Welcome to St Joan of Arc’s Udayan Mission 2025

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the St Joan of Arc Udayan Mission 2025, for our visit to India in February 2025. The 2025 mission will be the tenth trip students from the school have made to visit Udayan and marks the twentieth anniversary of the first trip back in 2005 .

We hope that our website will provide readers with an insight into Udayan and our travels through our daily diary written by us, the students, along with photographs.

The countdown begins…

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Let’s start by taking a look back at out 2024 trip

The group which went to India to visit Udayan included 10 students (Lola Boi, Michael Bradfield, Evangeline Delargy, Madeleine Drury, Charlotte McEvaddy, Emily McEvaddy, Ruby O’Connor, Isabel Perez-Pineda, Amy Rodrigues, Eva Wise) together with 2 teachers Liam Lynch, Becky Bowden and former student and trustee of City of Joy Aid, UK – Chris Mann.

LET’S MEET THE TEAM

The group who will be going to India to visit Udayan includes 10 students (Irene Almarcha, Olivia Barrows, Macie Boi, Amy Davis, Victoria Osorio, Carmen Perez Pineda, Catherine Pomeroy, Caitlin Prunty, Ola Szulc, Erin Walsh) together with 3 teachers Liam Lynch, Becky Bowden, Annabelle Barton and former student and chair of City of Joy Aid, UK – Chris Mann.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR JOURNEY

We look forward to telling you all about our time on a daily basis from India!

Week 2 Summary

Our arrival back at London Heathrow marks the end of our journey from what can only be described as a trip of a lifetime! So many amazing memories and bonds made that we will never forget.
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The Last Supper

After a long night of dancing, we had a slower morning as our final day had arrived. We started our morning by spending some time with the girls after a very emotional night for both us and the children.
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2 roses and a thorn 2

Today the emotions of leaving hit like a hot madras with extra chilli. This evening there was to be a gala evening with a cultural programme of entertainment so our attention turned to rehearsals after breakfast.
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