Vicky summarises her time at Udayan back in 2015
With 6 days to go until we depart for Kolkata to visit Udayan, Vicky McMillan who visited Udayan back in 2015 shares her experiences of her time in Kolkata and Udayan.
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Sophia provides her thoughts on the 2019 trip to Udayan
With 14 days to go until the 2019 group of Year 13 students from St Joan of Arc Catholic School set off for India to visit Udayan – our whole school charity, Sophia, one of the students on the trip tells us how she’s feeling about the trip.
Kolkata
Although much of our time will be spent at Udayan with the children we will be staying in Kolkata itself for a number of days. During this time we will be visiting various people who are carrying out extraordinary work among the poor. rnrnIt may have changed its name, but for many Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) […]
Team 2019
Another team is getting ready to embark on the trip of a lifetime to visit the Children of Udayan.
Welcome to St Joan’s Udayan Mission 2019
Pre &During Trip Article
Our last night in India
Today is our last day in India before the long journey home tomorrow. We visited the Asha Bhavan Centre which is an excellent home and school for children that have special needs. Here we got taken on a tour which allowed us the opportunity to see the fantastic facilities that are on offer and for […]
Farewells at Udayan
It was an emotional farewell to Udayan today, particularly, with the girls in 12 Class (Pratima and Rosalie) as these girls won’t be around for the next visit of St Joan’s to Udayan. Both these girls will return home to study nursing at college if their higher exams (taken at 18) are good enough.
Fiesta at Udayan
Today was our last full day at Udayan and we had the opportunity to travel by bus with the Wesleyiane School students. On our return we were shown the administrative side of Udayan including the doctors office, dispensary, library, stores and computer room. We then had the chance to practice our dances for the evening […]
Our Return to Udayan
Following an early start (4:30 AM!), we made our way to The Mother House to have mass with Mother Teresa’s sisters (The Missionaries of Charity). Once back at the hotel we relaxed, packed and had breakfast. All gifts – including teddies, pens and nail polish – were taken to Udayan today to be distributed before […]
Touring Kolkata – Part 2
Today we went on Weldon’s tour of Kolkata which started with a visit to the Botanical Gardens. We saw the remarkable Great Banyan Tree which is over 250 years old, has 3,600 ariel roots and covers 1.6 hectare. We took a walk around the garden and lakes which was a nice change from the hustle of Kolkata outside.