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This website was created and is hosted and maintained at no cost	Part of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Churches Christian Trust Charity Number 279776 *************** Collectors needed at Marylebone Station from 4 to 6pm on Friday, 2nd December and Friday, 9th December. Free train travel to Marylebone Trevor Austin has arranged for a brass band to play Christmas Carols on the concourse in aid of 2 charities, one supporting an orphanage in India and the other a school for children of the poorest castes in rural India. We need as many collectors as possible.  People who have collected in the past have enjoyed the experience. Free train tickets from and to Beaconsfield are provided for the collectors by Chiltern Railways.  If you can help please contact Tom on 01494-676373. *************** Thursday, 8th December from 12.30 to 2.30pm 'Soup and Stalls' at St. Michael's Hall and Church and Community Resource Centre - end of Warwick Road, Beaconsfield New Town An excellent opportunity to enjoy a homemade soup lunch and browse our various stalls. There will be stalls for Craft, Homemade cakes, Chutneys and Jams, as well as a Bottle stall and a Tombola. All proceeds go towards supporting the school in rural India, supported by people from St Michael’s, which is now giving over 400 children of the poorest and lowest classes a free education. Tickets are £5 which includes the soup lunch and are available from Sheila and Tom 676373 or from your local church. ***************
	The school in India provides free education and uniforms to children who are born into the poorest and lowest castes. Sharon International Ministries (SIM) is an Indian Charity serving the needs of some of the poorest and lowest castes in a rural part of Andhra Pradesh in S.E.India. SIM was founded 15 years ago by Dr. Sam Karra, who is also from the lowest caste and received an education to become a doctor. He is supported by his family, his father being one of 4 pastors running 4 churches in the area. Sheila and Tom Holyer first met him in Beaconsfield in 2006 and shared his vision to build a school out there, as education is a way for children to progress upwards and away from their poverty. They visited the area in 2007 and saw the building foundations; the following year, 2008, they saw the roof of the ground floor being made, and the first students started later that year with over 400 children aged from 4 to 12 years enjoying an education for the first time. Originally there were over 700 applicants, and there are now over 1,000 children who would love to join the school but at the moment there is only room for 400. In 2009 Tom and Sheila again visited the school to see 400 lovely children so eager to learn. It was a great experience!! Some of the funding of the school is through the local churches, Dr. Sam’s family and various contacts that have been made in India by Dr. Sam. SIM is a registered charity in India, and Sheila and Tom Holyer have established SIM in Beaconsfield to also raise money and the present commitment is to pay the teacher’s salaries each year by having a number of fund-raising events. Now the Beaconsfield Christian Churches Trust (BCCT) itself a UK registered charity - Registered Charity Number 279776 - has become involved by making SIM’s work one of their projects. The members of the Beaconsfield churches are active in raising funds for the running of the school. There are no overheads in the UK – every penny (rupee) goes to support this worthwhile work. We would be very grateful for help with the teachers’ salaries and upkeep of the buildings. If you can help or would like more information please telephone Tom and Sheila on 01494 676373 or click to email Click to see more photographs
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