James left St Joans at the end of year 11, but has remained close friends with many of the group going to India. He hopes to become a photographer, and so as well as helping in India will also be using the trip as an opportunity to build up a portfolio and take some stunning […]
Sinead is in her last year at St Joans and is taking English, History and Business Studies. She hopes to go onto University in Ireland next year to study law.rnrnSinead is coming to India for the chance to help those less fortunate than herself whilst putting her own life into perspective. She hopes it will […]
Natalie left St Joan of Arc last year along with Declan and Kerry, and having been involved with events like Light Music an’ Eats decided she would like to come to Udayan to find out more about the work that is being done there.
Jenny is the school chaplin. She will be coming with us to help at Udayan.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 – […]