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 taking place 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 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, Annabel 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!

Celebrating 20 years of service

It was on 8th February 2005 when the first group to travel to India from St Joan of Arc Catholic School arrived at Udayan. Today 20 years on the tenth trip prepares to leave for India in 7 days time.

Welcome

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 2025 Udayan blog as the group of 10 students prepare for the tenth mission to Udayan in February 2025. Let's hear a little more about Udayan from the students of the 2019 trip.