He Didn't Go Out There to Build an Orphanage but He Just Had to Help
Western Mail › January 09, 2008
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A Welshman in India saw children in need and decided to act. Steffan Rhys reports AS HE strolled past swarms of children, some as young as four and others missing limbs, begging on the roads and in the railway stations of the town of Guntur in the Indian province of Andhra Pradesh, Martin Rees was struck by an overwhelming need to intervene in some way.
But the pastor from Llwydcoed, near Aberdare, had no idea when he managed to acquire some land in the town last February that he would, within a year, be on the verge of opening an orphanage that will save dozens of lives and create a lasting legacy.See the full content of this document
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He Didn't Go Out There to Build an Orphanage but He Just Had to Help
The orphanage has so far taken in 14 parentless children but will soon house 40 of the most disadvantaged children in the province.
With 50 million Indians on the brink of starvation and 59 million children under 14 not attending school, it may seem like a drop in the ocean but Mr Ree...See the full content of this document
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