The following video was taken on a recent visit to the Children’s Village, and shows Dr Prasad with the children. You will also get an idea of the type of work Heal undertakes, and how happy the children are!
This video below shows the children at the Bala Kuteer school, where the Heal children receive a good quality education.
HEAL's Children's Village was officially opened on the 11th February 1999. This project near Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, cares for more than 200 orphaned and destitute children, from ages 5 to 18.
The Children's Village is situated 15 Km from Guntur and is opposite a major rural project at Chetna, which provides both educational and recreational facilities. The Village is ideally situated for access to the local school.
The Village consists of 10 cottages, linked together in a circle. Each cottage houses 8 to 10 children, of different ages, with a House Mother to look after them. The village is situated in 3 acres of land, and is overlooked by mountain scenery.
This is an Indian design, hand painted on the ground at the entrance to the Village, It is renewed every day.
In 2005, Heal added a boy’s dormitory to the Sri Venkataeswara Bala Kuteer School which will house up to 50 teenage boys. The addition of the dormitory has now increased the capacity of the complex, and Heal are looking to care for up to 60 more children at the village.
Some of the younger children awaiting the arrival of the guests from the UK
Five House mothers looking very elegant!
Matthew & Andrew meeting the girls
Waiting for the visitors
We would like to say a special thank you to all the supporters who sponsor children and also supporters who give regular payments (where no child is sponsored). Without these Heal would not be able to care for these unfortunate children.