For about 17 years I had worked with the poor folks of the southern most part of India. I found them living in dehumanized conditions. For generations they are economically most backward, illiterate and primitive in many ways. It dawned on me that the only way to rescue them from their wretched conditions would be to educate their children. Left to themselves they would never be able to educate their kids. I was convinced that their second generation of children would live decent lives as befitting human beings only if they are properly educated.

To improve their lot and to give their children a better future, it occurred to me, “Why not send some of their children to school by providing them a home with necessary facilities for their stay, study and proper care?”. This has been the philosophy behind starting a home for the children. “Bethany Home” is for such children. Bethany Home currently takes in poor children irrespective of religion, community and so on. Preference is given to orphaned children or children with single parent.


Bethany Home for children is not an institution like a hostel or a boarding or an orphanage. Ours is a “Home” where my wife and I are mother and father to them. In order to retain the family atmosphere we do not take in more than 15 to 20 children. Otherwise our home is likely to lose its family atmosphere. All of us live together, pray together and dine together. In our home we are able to pay personal attention to every child and give him/her the warmth of our love and acceptance. This is a unique feature of “Bethany Home”. Our children coming from destitute background find our home a haven where electricity, running water, good food and accommodation and above all good education are available to them. Our children in Bethany Home are truly happy and contented.


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