Entries by Chris Mann

Kerry Flanagan

I’m 18 and live in watford. I studied Psychology, Business Studies and English Lit. at Sixth Form and I’m hoping to go to Birmingham University to study Psychology. I volunteered to go to India because I believe it will be a great experience and will enable me to develop my perspective of life and gain […]

Declan McDonnell

Declan left St Joan’s in 2004 having completed his A-Levels and gained a place at Bristol University. However, he took a gap year to earn some money and to be able to travel to Udayan with us. He hopes to gain from the trip an understanding of what medical problems the children of Udayan have […]

Angela McCathy

My name is Angela McCarthy and I am currently studying chemistry, business studies, English literature and art and design. This year, I will be applying for university, hoping to read law. In my spare time I enjoy horse riding and when I get the chance, often spend time at the stables. At weekends I socialise […]

Chris Ridley

I am currently Head Boy at St Joan’s and am studying Maths, History and Business and am hoping to go to university this September to study Computer Science at Southampton. I got involved in Udayan when Mrs Weldon did her presentation to the Sixth Form. Then from hearing more from Mrs Weldon in Business lessons […]

Presentation given to Police in Hendon

On October 29, armed with a laptop, extensive notes and a carefully planned talk, the 4 representatives of the Udayan trip at St Joan of Arc, along with Mrs Weldon travelled to Hendon Police Academy, where we gave a talk on India, leprosy and Udayan to ‘Blue Intake’. The purpose of the talk, which was […]

The Udayan Hootenanny

The Udayan Hootenanny turned out to be an absolutely fantastic evening. The band were superb and themselves commented how eager people were to get up and dance. Many thanks to all who helped make the evening run so smoothly. Thank you also to all of those who came and made it such a success – […]

James meets ‘Friends of Udayan’ in Dorking

James met a number of supporters of Udayan at Friends Provident in Dorking yesterday evening and was interviewed on the stage by author / biographer Kathryn Spink, the UK trustee of his charity. The evening opened with some delightful Indian dancing by Masti, followed by a slide presentation of Udayan created by some of the […]

Hootenanny!

Our new fund raising event, the Hootenanny, which takes place on Saturday, September 25, has now been launched! We hope you can come and join us for a fun evening of food and dancing. Please encourage your friends and family to also come along as its sure to prove a great night for a good […]

Tour de Tibet

You would have to be crazy to cross the Himalayan Mountains on a bicycle. But to raise money for a worthy cause sometimes requires something out of the ordinary. In September 2004, Ben Roache, Chris Harney and Andrew Puglia will attempt to do the seemingly impossible, To raise money for Udayan, and Indian bases charity […]