India Trip Photos 2015
A selection of the photos from the 2015 Mission to India including Udayan
Entries by Chris Mann
Touring Kolkata – part 1
After a few very busy days, today was more laid back. We decided to have a much later start this morning and after breakfast we went off in search of local bargains. Firstly, we made our way through the busy streets of Kolkata to a bookshop that stocks English books. We all bought something to […]
Bye Bye for now Udayan & Titagarh
Once again it was a 5am start – for the girls at least! The boys decided to stay in bed for a lie in (well until 8:30am). Over the past three days, we have been called aunty and uncle by the children which has become the norm for us, and what we are so used to answering to! In the girls’ dorm, the younger girls enjoyed giving the girls a makeover before breakfast.
Namaste from India
We have arrived in India! After 13 hours travelling, we landed early this morning at Kolkata airport and were driven to the Fairlawn hotel in the Udayan bus James had sent for us. We experienced a slight glimpse of the chaos of Indian traffic and seeing a cow in the middle of the road is definitely not a sight we are used to seeing. Although we have been told the roads may be livelier tomorrow, a weekday.
Welcome to St Joan’s Udayan Mission 2015
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the St Joan of Arc Udayan Mission 2015 website of our visit to India in February 2015. We hope that it provides our readers with an insight into Udayan and our travels through our daily diary written by us, the students, along with photographs. The […]
Jason Yates
My name is Jason Yates, I am 18 and studying biology, chemistry and mathematics at A-level. I aim to go to university in September to study a degree in Paramedic Science, with the view to becoming a paramedic. Through my 7 years at St. Joan’s I have been involved in a lot of wonderful fundraising […]
Ruth Charlotte Yardy
My name is Ruth Charlotte Yardy. I am in my first year studying Law with French Law at the University of Birmingham. I joined St Joan of Arc in 2010 and was soon introduced to the school’s link with Udayan – I knew straight away that the link was special and that it would be […]
Caroline Weldon
I am about to return to Udayan for the sixth time and am as excited about this visit as I was the original one in 2005. Many things have changed there over the ten years but essentially Udayan remains the same – a place of refuge and love for the very poorest of the poor, […]
Vicky McMillan
My name is Vicky McMillan and I’m a senior prefect at St. Joan of Arc school. I am studying Art, Sociology, Philosophy and Ethics, and I hope to study Art after sixth form. I have an interest in travelling and meeting new people. Udayan will be a great experience for me because I have always […]
Chris Mann
As a former student of St Joan’s I have been involved since the very beginning of the school’s involvement with Udayan in 2004. On hearing Mrs Weldon talk so passionately about the work of the home I became hooked and it’s amazing to see the school community still generating significant funds for the charity 11 […]