41st Annual Report by delhi brotherhood

Preface

ith pleasure we place this Annual Report of the Delhi Brotherhood Society (DBS) in your hands. However, the problem of environment has been on the world news. Delhi has been one of the worst hit cities. Health related issues arising from air pollution were well attested in the city hospitals. Yet this did not deter the people to attend to their daily round of work at home and market. Similarly it did not daunt the team of the Delhi Brotherhood Society in their initiatives. All the projects of the Brotherhood have done well. It has been a year of expanding our infrastructures. I want to draw attention particularly to the Deenabandhu Schools. The C-Block School which was renovated has been put to full use as its upgrading to class XII has increased the number of students on premises. We now have a full class of grown up boys and girls who are between fifteen to eighteen years of age. It means that our teachers have to develop new skills to address the issues of this age group. In the same way the development of infrastructure in the J-Block School has been taken up in full measure. By the midterm next year the building will be completed. In this report you will read the how the various programmes of the Brotherhood were carried out. The programmes were to enable women, children and the elderly of the disadvantaged communities. I am deeply grateful to all our staff who worked hard through the year to make the work bear fruit, to the members of the Brotherhood who took various responsibilities in administering the projects and all the supporters and well-wishers of the DBS. I hope you will enjoy reading this report of our work which you had supported faithfully through the year. Sincerely, Dr Monodeep Daniel, Chair

Contents Serving Children of Deprived Families Deenabandhu Inter College Deenabandhu Primary School

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Deenabandhu Afternoon School Nav Nirman Study Centre for Children of

Commercial Sex Workers Brotherhood Boys Home

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Childline Services Serving the Young People

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vocational Technical Training Centre Serving Women

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Serving the Elderly Home for Senior Citizens

Recreation Centre for Elderly Serving People affected by Leprosy

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Work for Promoting Dalit/Tribal Awareness Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies

Helpline for Women Women's Legal Cell

Inter-Religious Dialogue Abhishiktananda Centre for Interreligious Dialogue

Conclusion Brotherhood Hospitality

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Acknowledgments Grants & Donations

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Statement of Accounts

41st Annual Report of the Delhi Brotherhood Society SERVING CHILDREN OF DEPRIVED FAMILIES EDUCATION is a powerful tool to enhance children's intellectual calibre and a sense of self-worth. This is basic to make them instrumental for social change. In the last three decades thousands of children of the vicinity were educated in the Deenabandhu Schools of the DBS. Effectiveness of education is evident progress thinking among the members of their families. Although economic conditions have also improved yet many children have to be helped with fee concessions and text books. Both formal and non-formal education streams were open for children and instilled love for the nation by regular celebration of national days like the Independence Day and Republic Day and also days that commemorate Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar. Similarly with the aim of fostering coexistence we celebrated all the cultural festivals particularly Christmas. The role of DBS is to find volunteer in each district to enroll people from the unorganized sector of the population. They have to help them fill up the enrolment Form, collect their contribution and take them to the nearest Life Children in a primary class Insurance of India Office to start off their pension scheme. This project will raise the profile of DBS to a national level partner with the Government of India. Other ventures have been in the Agricultural Farm and work in the Amarjyoti leprosy colony. To these we will turn our attention in the subsequent sections of this Report.

DEENABANDHU INTER-COLLEGE at Shahid Nagar A total of 554 children attended the school. They were from 04 years to 17 years of age enrolled from pre-schooling to class XII. All the students who were enrolled in class X and XII for the State Board Examination have cleared their examination. The result was 100%. This year the enrolment in class X is 27 out of which 7 are girls and in class XII is 18 and out of which 7 are girls respectively. This rise in the enrolment is most encouraging. With best compliments from Dr David Baker from New Delhi

Some events for children were organized in collaboration with other organizations. On 30th April the Delhi Child Right Club invited our school to participate in a daylong event at the National Stadium in New Delhi. The purpose was to acquaint them with Child Right. For encouraging the children for livelihood, "Udaan" a well-known voluntary agency organized career counselling session on 23rd July in the school. The aim was to motivate the children in the senior classes for a professional career.

DEENABANDHU PRIMARY SCHOOL at Seemapuri A total of 266 children through the year attended the school from the age of 04 to 10 years of age out of which 111 were girls. The emphasis was on activity based learning. Accordingly the children participated in various activates like learning to compete in general knowledge, writing and recitation of nursery rhymes. Children were engaged in sessions of drawing and colouring so that they could express Students attentively listen to Fr Jaikumar in a class themselves. Those who completed the fifth class were admitted in the nearest Delhi State School for further studies. DEENABANDHU SCHOOL - Afternoon Section at Shahid Nagar The children who attend this centre are in the age group of 3-15 years so that the children and their parents are motivated towards obtaining education. The teachers of this section did an annual survey of the vicinity to identify children

A class in progress

With best compliments from Mrs Lydia Sher Singh from New Delhi

who needed the non-formal stream to continue their studies. As a result of this 40 children were admitted for the beginners' class. As a result the total strength of the children was 93 which is slightly higher than the last year's enrolment. The focus of syllabus was to teach the children to read, write and calculate. For this the teachers creatively drew up a curricular plan with clear strategies. Along with Hindi, which was the medium of instruction, other courses on English, Arithmetic, Social studies and Science were also taught to the children. The facilities like library, art and craft, music and sports are also provided to children to shape children according to the present need. Parents are also motivated to send the children to join formal schools after gaining adequate knowledge comparative to a formal school going children. Along with studies there were regular co-curricular activities and educational events like games, competitions in writing, speaking and recitation; and celebrations of festivals and national days bringing joy to all.

Education is Akshay's Hope and Strength Akshay, now fourteen years old, had joined the Community Study Centre at a young age as there was no one to take care of him and his brother in those years of his childhood. Their mother had left the home and the boys were nurtured by the grandmother. Unfortunately his older brother died. As Akshay grew up he had to learn to take care of himself. Besides doing petty work to earn some money he regularly attends the school and actively participates in all the activities. Last six month Akshay had to cook and do the house chores due to a prolonged condition of his grandmother who was bedridden due to legfracture. Recently his grandmother died which left him heartbroken and lonely to an extent. He wants to join the police after completing his studies. The School is his hope and strength.

NAV NIRMAN COMMUNITY CENTRE at Frashkhana It is no secret that flesh trade thrives in the Indian metros which brings owes on the trafficked women and their children. Frashkhana at GB Road in Delhi is one such place where women are pushed into flesh trade. The place is very congested where the Community Study Centre operates in an interior pocket of the thickly populated location. The ally narrows all the way down flanked by tall buildings. The ground floors of the buildings with open doors along the way have small scale factories producing various machines with their business offices on the upper storeys. It is not possible to solve the whole problem connected with human trafficking. However, a model has been set up at the the Nav Nirman Community Study Centre here. Here the aim is to provide educational space to the children of commercial sex workers during With best compliments from Mrs Lydia Sher Singh from New Delhi

the peak hour of business. This Centre opened from 4 pm to 9 pm six days of the week. Twenty five children were enrolled and many more came whenever they could. According to the time table, each evening session started with prayer followed by indoors activities. This is done in view of the fact that there is no open ground available for the children to play. Therefore, during these five hours they were provided with recreation by indoor games like carom, chess, ludo, puzzles and other board games; they were helped to complete their homework and they received Gaining friends at the Study Centre nutrition including bread, lentils, vegetables and sometimes milk and fruits; and counselling. Ms Rameeza our field worker visited and motivated the children to join the programme. Regular health check-ups were conducted for the children. The time spent in studying and playing together was to help the children learn how to cooperate and to live in community.

BROTHERHOOD BOYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; HOME at Shahid Nagar This year we had five boys some of them were with us for the past few years and others joined later. They attended different classes according to their ages in the Deenabandhu School. The boys in Home were under two supervisors and two ladies to cook their meals. Their time table includes prayer in the chapel, meals, recreation and study. Every weekend they went to the Brotherhood House for stay and enjoy a game of cricket. Brethrens join boys in breakfast at the Boys Home

With best compliments from Ms Anurita Ferdinand from Gurgaon, Haryana

CHILDLINE SERVICES The work of DBS Childline expanded throughout the east district of Delhi functioning in East District, Kalyanpuri and Shahadra. Each of these operated from what they call as the Childline Contact Centre. Being in partnership with the government, the Childline teams work closely with the State Labour Department and police. The range of activities undertaken under the DBS Childline included preventive measures, rescue operations and legal action for the protection of children. To make people aware about the Childline and its toll free number 1098 the team organized awareness events. The DBS Childline Offices received 19394 calls through the year. Out of this 106 were of children seeking shelter, 122 were of missing children, 167 were for children to be rescued from bonded work and begging, 44 were for medical help, 122 of parents looking for their lost children and 32 were repatriated with their family. Day Outreach Events: A team of five Childline workers organized evening Night outreach of the Childline staff events with the aim of making the communities aware of the Childline services and activities. To make this interesting the team organized street plays and distributed pamphlets and stickers each month of the year. These events were organized in schools, slums, police stations and hospitals. Night Outreach Events: These are similar to the day outreach but focused on bus bays, railway platforms and spaces under the road flyovers where there was a higher possibility for exploitation. Open House Forums: This forum was open to all people, particularly the children. The team members addressed the children on various problems along with the information about the Childline services. The sessions were interactive which helped to assess and review the work and find out the problems that children face and together explore solutions. The DBS Childline resolved problems of many children in the course of this year. We will take just one case below as an example.

With best compliments from Mrs Premlata and Revd Prakash V Mall from Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Arman restored with his Family Arman was found in distress by Howrah Childline, at railway station in Kolkata. He was left by his step mother in train from Delhi. The Childline Delhi received the information from Childline Kolkata about that child and we were told to trace the family and address of that child. The team started working and went Seelampur Police Station but no records were found. It was difficult to trace on the short notes. We contacted the child and he was ready to return to Delhi. Despite difficulty in finding his home our team was able to locate it. They met Armanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two brothers, a brotherin-law and his father. His arrival was a surprise to them and they burst into tears of joy. They has desperately searched for him and had lost all hope of finding him. Arman was also overwhelmed with joy to unite with his family. After duly completing the formalities with the Child Welfare Committee, Arman was safely handed back to his father. Presently the child is living happily with the family.

SERVING THE YOUNG PEOPLE TRAINING for livelihood is the most relevant service to the young people. This is particularly true as on the one hand the government is curtailing workforce and on the other the entry to a few jobs in private businesses is most competitive. This leaves a very large number of young people underemployed or unemployed. If they are trained in a trade they can establish their own businesses. It is with this Learning livelihood skills - Motor Mechanic trade aim that the DBS works to equip the young with vocational or technical trades

ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL CENTRE For two years the VTTC has functioned in the new premises. The Centre offered eight training courses to 95 trainees out of which 16 were women. As the training ranged With best compliments from Mrs Catherine Sundar Raj from Chennai

from six months to two years, the admissions were opened up twice a year offering admission to men and women from fourteen years of age. The 'A' category included the trades which were affiliated to the State department of National Council of Vocational and Training (NCVT) whereas those in 'B' category were awarded VTTC certificates. The placements for jobs were successful. Some jointed factories; others were taken as apprentices in companies and others opened up thier own business and workshops.

Sani's passion leads to success Sani achieved success with his sheer hard work in his life and presently working as a senior engineer in 'Solution Pvt Ltd' at Noida. He belongs to a poor family and got admitted in the Electronics Mechanics trade in St. John's Vocational Technical Training Centre. He was a good student and successfully completed his two years course and got a government certificate of NCVT. After completing his course he joined one year apprenticeship training in BEL at Sahibabad, U.P. He earns INR 25000 per month with his present work in Noida and supports his entire family.

SERVING WOMEN THE subordinated status of women in patriarchal society is a great disadvantage. Besides being mistreated there are routine reports of physical violence. Psychological trauma arising from this adversely affects their health with blood pressure, heart conditions and diabetes. Under these circumstances the DBS reaches out to women with effective programmes.

HELPLINE FOR WOMEN For women in distress there is a provision of Helpline round the clock. 3600 calls Celebrating World Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day were from women this year and most of the issues were resolved. In addition to this 2432 calls were by men. The number of calls had a increase towards the end of the year indicating that the Helpline With best compliments from Mr Romesh Bhattacharji from New Delhi

is still gaining popularity among the women and as well men. Most calls were complaints about domestic violence and abuse. The government appreciated the initiative of the DBS and extended help in various ways particularly in supporting cases needing legal help.

WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LEGAL CELL This is a paralegal aid for the protection of women is also called Mahila Panchayat. It is a venture in partnership with the Delhi State government. The Panchayat is particularly active in New Seemapuri, Mandoli and Shahidnagar. It organized 332 meetings for women this year. It also heard cases, offered advice and counselling and succeeded in reconciling couples ensuring that the families are save from breaking up. During the course of the year 393 cases were heard and 275 were resolved. The disputes mainly involved property disputes, harassment, dowry and Resolving family dispute at Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cell family maintenance. The Women's Day was significant and they participated in the celebration at the Constitution Club on the Women's Day. Besides the routine work of conflict-resolution, the Panchayat took initiatives to organize cleanliness drive, health check-ups for diabetes and blood pressure. This year the Diabetes Foundation of India came forwards to help our group in setting up free camps for such check-ups. Sonam's life restored Sonam has faced various ups and downs in her life. She was married at a young age of 18. Her health was adversely affected after her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. Fortunately she recoved soon and had two children a boy and girl. Another tragic moment came when her husband died in an accident. She was forced to leave her husband's home with her son. She started working in a factory and taking care of her son. There she met a coworker Avinash who was divorced. He took interest in herand wanted to marry. They finally got married and started living a new life. Her misery started again when her With best compliments from Mr Romesh Bhattacharji from New Delhi

mother-in-law took her home. She was severely ill-treated and was forced to leave her job. She was beaten up and finally called the helpline who counseled her but her in-laws remained the same. The helpline counseled and three times hearing was held, her mother-in-law was not accepting children. Finally her husband left her parents and started living with her, Mahila Panchayat members used to visit three times at her house and found her life satisfactory with her children. Her In-laws have accepted her and used to visit them time to time.

SERVING THE ELDERLY SOME elderly in the cities are finding increasing difficult to survive as their children have migrated to other places for jobs. However, the worst affected are those who are unwanted by their family. There is very little that the can elderly enjoy. The DBS reaches out to the elderly in two ways. The first is a Home and second is a Recreation Centre.

HOME FOR SENIOR CITIZEN at Lampur At the end of this year there were 25 elderly in the care of this Home. The daily routine in the Home involved rest, recreation and meals. Some were interested in gardening, while others were in reading. Most of the residents watched the TV news and entertainment channels. Celebration of national and religious festivals brought cheer to them. Medical check-up was done for all the residents and medication was provided to each as Happy and secure at Lampur Home prescribed by the doctor. RECREATION CENTRE at Sundarnagri The Centre is in the community therefore it is accessible. 65 elderly women visited the Centre through the year. The Centre remained opened from ten in the morning to one at noon every day, except Sundays. The activities were simple. They came With best compliments from Mr Romesh Bhattacharji from New Delhi

together to sing songs to Lord Jesus in the morning for half an hour. They all heartily joined in the singing. They are fond of hearing the newspaper read out aloud and watch the television. From time to time they are informed about their civil rights. Every day they have refreshments at midday. Other activities in the year included a picnic, celebration of various festivals and gifts on Christmas.

SERVING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LEPROSY The residents of Amarjyoti Colony since its inception have had an association with the DBS. Each month the patients received from DBS an allowance to procure the medical aid particularly to dress their affected limbs, fingers and palms. Sunday morning's community meets were held in the Chapel and the local businessmen provided them with daily supply of rations and clothing. On Christmas the residents were provided with blankets and they enjoyed a celebration meal of rice and chicken curry. Nancy, a girl Residents inteact with a visitor at Amarjyoti Colony of one of the resident family was doing her general nursing at the city hospital. This is a progressive step in the life of this family.

WORK FOR PROMOTING DALIT/TRIBAL AWARENESS CENTRE FOR DALIT/SUBATTERN STUDIES in Matiala The Centre had a full year with plenty of activities to build up awareness among the middle class or creamy layer of the Dalits people. This aimed to sharpen the intentions and inspiration of the Dalits, particularly those who are in place of some influence, is to ensure that Dalits under their leadership are empowered and organized. Almost each month Dalit Chintan Baithaks were held through the year. Every meeting had around thirty people largely young and from various walks of life. Many of those connected with the Dalit Chintan Baithak are already leaders in their own right. Some are pastors; others are teachers and social organizers. With best compliments from Mr Romesh Bhattacharji from New Delhi

A National Seminar on Dalit Tribal Praxis was held in Dimapur, Nagland in North East India in April 2018. The delegates were from the Delhi and Naga Tribals from the interiors of Nagaland and learned about each other's contexts and challenges. The plan is to publish the papers in form of a book later in the year.

A Dalit Chintan Baithak in progress

INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE ABHISHIKTANANDA CENTRE FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE The Centre collaborated this year on the publication of two important books, one of which is a complete collection of the poems written by Swami Abhishiktananda during the twenty-five years he lived in India. We are grateful to the editor, Dr Jacob Riyeff, Visiting Assistant Professor at Marquette University, for successfully completing the task of assembling Swami Abhishiktananda's poems into one single volume for the first time, and for beautifully translating them from the original French into English. In the Bosom of the Father: The Collected Poems of a Benedictine Mystic is a unique book in that it has the immense merit of conveying to the reader the divine call which deeply inspired the spiritual journey of Swami Abhishiktananda, expressed as it is through his poems which were published during his lifetime or posthumously. Poetry has always been the supreme form of language chosen by mystics to convey their highest contemplative experience. Swami Atmananda, the Director of the Abhishiktananda Centre, made the Abhishiktananda Archives available to Dr Riyeff and followed up the translation project step by step, offering suggestions and corrections on the manuscript. He also wrote a substantial Afterword to this outstanding and long-awaited anthology of poems. The book is published by Wipf and Stock Publishers (USA) and can also be ordered through amazon.com. The second contribution of the Center, Guru and Disciple: An Encounter with Sri

Gnanananda, a Contemporary Spiritual Master offers the translation into Tamil of Swami Abhishiktananda's acclaimed essay on the teachings of the great Tamilian Sage, Sri Gnanananda Giri (d. 1974), in whom he recognized his own master. The new and enlarged English edition was published in 2012 and Swami Nityananda Giri, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Centre, then undertook the long and difficult task to translate the same edition into Tamil, thereby making the book available to a larger public in Tamil Nadu. Swami Atmananda wrote the Foreword and oversaw the entire publishing process. The new book is available at Sri Gnanananda Niketan, Thapovanam P.O. 605 756, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. And finally, it is also worth mentioning the chapter dedicated to Swami Abhishiktananda written by Sri V. Ganesan, former manager of Sri Ramana Ashram in Tiruvannamalai (TN), and the grandnephew of the renowned South Indian Sage Sri Ramana Maharshi, in his recently published Meetings with Sages and Saints: Lighthouses Guiding the Seeker's Journey Within. This book contains Sri Ganesan's recollections of his encounters with various Mahatmas from India, including Swami Abhishiktananda, whose encounter profoundly impressed him. The author included him within a prestigious In the Bosom of the Father, list of twenty-five great Sages such as: Sri The Collected Poems of a Anandamayee Ma, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Benedictine Mystic Sri J. Krishnamurty, Sri Swami Chidananda, etc. The Center is proud to have assisted Sri Ganeshan with this publication by providing him with essential writings and quotes from Swamiji and several photographs from the Archives.

Upcoming Publications Since last year, several new and revised editions of Swami Abhishiktananda's books are now ready and awaiting publication. As the book of Qoheleth said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of the making of books, there is no end of trouble.â&#x20AC;? Eventually an agreement was made in April 2018 with two publishing houses in Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal is an Indological publisher and is ready to publish some of Swamiji's best titles which are of interest to

a greater audience, reaching not only Christian but Hindu readers, as well as those who are beyond both. The first of these titles, The Secret of Arunachala: A Western Hermit at the Foot of Lord Shiva's Holy Mountain, will hopefully be published before the end of the year. On the other hand, the second publishing house, Christian World Imprints, focuses on Christian studies, and has accepted to publish the titles which are more fit for a Christian readership in India and worldwide. In this regard, Saccidananda: A Christian Approach to Advaitic Experience is being submitted and, all going well, will also be published by the end of 2018.

CONCLUSION In this report we have not only shared with our friends where their money was used, but also to show what difference it made to the lives of so many people who otherwise would not have had the chance to improve their conditions. We must at the end on behalf of all those who have benefitted and the members and staff of DBS say thank you for all you did for us. There are interesting instances of young boys who were emotionally affected due to neglect and loneliness, we shared with you cases where we reached out to children and elderly who needed care and protection and love. By organizing the SHGs were helped many women towards economic self reliance. We attended to women who felt that they were wronged and needed support. Many men who were unkind to their wives we, instead of penalizing, put them on track of restorative justice. Hundreds of children were educated through the year on subsidized fees. Many children alienated from families were restored to them and many were settled successfully with jobs. But you would have also realized that in some places we failed to succeed and some programmes are reaching their logical end. We hope you enjoyed reading this report and we request you to accompany us in our endeavour to serve the poor of our city.

EPILOGUES From the Desk of Secretary Papers pertaining to variety of administrative concerns passed through my table. These were minutes, reports, drafts, letters and emails. All this was the routine that secretarial work demands. But the action was in the communities where the Delhi Brotherhood Society has its intervention. We visited these interventions with friends from time to time and it was amazing to see the enthusiasm

of the women, children, elderly, leprosy patients and the young. Hope flashed through their smiling faces songs and dances. This report reflects their enthusiasm and hope. We acknowledge with gratitude of your unwavering support and partnership with these people in their journey of hope. Revd Fr Raju George Secretary

From the Desk of Treasurer Dear Friends, All that pertains to accounts was done in the stipulated time-the making of Balance Sheets, statement Income and Expenditure, and Receipt and Payment. It was clear to me the contract according to the MoU of some funding partners ended. Granted that new partners were found but should this fail there would be financial crunch ending in loss of employment for some. It is clear that in the near future the work of the Delhi Brotherhood Society will have to be made self-sustaining. In the last report I had mentioned about the measures we are taking to address this concern. The piece of land that we had plans to develop is now beginning to take shape. We are awaiting one more legal clearance before laying the foundations for the new buildings. In the meanwhile with the little that we have we are rebuilding the Deenabandhu Primary School (J-block Seemapuri). We have raised half and are looking for partners to help was finance the rest. With this concern I heartily thank all the supporters and well-wishers of the Delhi Brotherhood Society. Without your partnership it would not have been possible to smoothly administer these programmes Revd Fr Solomon George Treasurer

Raising Fiscal Resources Brotherhood Hospitality A way to raise funds for DBS is to provide hospitality to friends in our guest rooms. Every room has air conditioning for summer, attached bathroom and toilet. The guests are welcome to join us for meals in the refectory, prayer in our chapel and research in our library. There is a beautiful and quiet garden with sprawling lawns. The House is situated in secure vicinity well connected with the city with metro, buses and taxi services at walking distance. Shopping centres and public gardens

are too accessible. For details pertaining to your donations towards full board and lodging, kindly write to The Guest Warden, Brotherhood House, 7 Court Lane Delhi-110054, email at delhibrotherhood@gmail.com or Call at +91 11 23931432.

Bequests/Legacies For General Work We would encourage you to think of DBS if you are considering making a will or if you are thinking to review your existing one. Drawing up a will is important for your loved one’s to follow up what you desired. In this way they will do according to your will what was closest to your heart. Professional help in this exercise is advisable. You can include DBS in your will. Perhaps the following format will help you to do this. “I give free of duty for the outreach and development work among the poor in India to the Delhi Brotherhood Society in Delhi India to be applied to the general purpose of the said Society under its direction the sum of £/ $/ ` _______________. And I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer in office for then of the Delhi Brotherhood Society aforesaid shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Trustees for the same”. For the Education of Children In England you may do this for the Wye and Brook India Trust (Registered Charity No. 288217) that raises support for the DBS Educational work among poor children. You may similarly use the following format, “I give free of duty for the education among the poor children in India to the Wye and Brook India Trust the sum of £_______________. And I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer in office for then of the Wye and Brook India Trust aforesaid shall be a good and sufficient discharge to my Trustees for the same”.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to the Wye and Brook India Trust, Ministry to Children of CNI Synod, United Society in Partnership with the Gospel(USPG), Chaplaincy of Dubai, friends at St. Mary's Church Hadlow, All Saints Church Poplar and colleges in Cambridge UK for their support and prayers for our work in Delhi.

Individually we are grateful to Ms Karin Abramson who untiring took keen interest to promote our work in Sweden and Europe.

Wye & Brook India Trust (Registered Charity No 288217 in U.K.) We thank to the all Trustees of the Wye & Brook India Trust (WBIT) under the directions of Dr. Nigel Poole (Chair), Mr. Ewan Michie (Secretary) and Dr. Alison Poole (Treasurer) who took unending trouble to raise support for the children's education at the Deenbandhu School through the Child Education Sponsorship Programme. The Trust facilities are available to any donor anywhere in U.K. and Europe. For further details please contact Dr. Nigel Poole, Wye & Brook India Trust, 7 Orchard Drive, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AU. Tel: 01233 812496, email at wbit.treasurer@gmail.com website: http://wandbit.wordpress.com We acknowledge gratefully the Trusts, Parishes, Colleges, Schools and Clubs, individual donors and sponsors, who contributed directly or else through agencies and support organisations and also those who collect funds on behalf of the DBS. Below given is the list of donors and institutions.

Grants & Donations received from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 Bishop’s Stortford, St. Michaels PCC Mission (£500); Derby, Central Derby United Reformed Church (£750); Dinnington, St. Matthews Church (£200); Dublin University Mission to Chota Nagpur (Euro 1500); Hadlow, St. Mary’s Church (£912); Hong Kong, The Shamdasani Foundation (INR 5000); Hermitage Parochial Church Council (£150); Hinckley, St Mary’s Church (£400); London, Stone Square Films (£400); New York, On Demand Publishing LLC (US$ 252.74); Oakley Junior School (£108); Sweden, Rotary Amal (SEK1500);Sweden, Bengtsfors Church Group (SEK1811); Sweden, Centrumkyrkani Säffle (SEK960); Sweden, Cafe Edsleskog (SEK1130); Sweden, Flitiga Figrar (SEK1400); Sweden, Fröskogs Församling (SEK1255); Sweden, Cafe Glasklart (SEK3680); Sweden, Hemoch Samhälle (SEK1500); Sweden, Kontaktnätet IDA (SEK2400); Sweden, MO dagledigtraff (SEK1530); Sweden, Rotary Club (SEK1500); Sweden, Stora Berga Church Group (SEK10000), Tooting, St. Augustine Church (£500). Ms Karin Abrahamson, Mrs Joyce Allan, Mr Ravdeep Anand, Bishop Jeremy Ashton, Dr David Baker, Fr Terence Byron, Mrs J L Chakravorty, Mr and Mrs Janet Critchley, Mrs Thelma Crossley, Andrew Davey, Mr A.R and Mrs C.N David, Rev. Alistair Drummond, Mr Paul L Duncan, Rev. Henry Everett, Mr Ian John Fairchild, Mr Suresh and Mrs Bhanumati Ghadia, Dr Mrs Sheila Gart, Mr Peter and Mrs Eunice Griffiths, Mr Arnold B Goddwin, Mr Mike and Mrs Philippa Hayden, Mrs Mary Hiscock, Prof R.L and Mrs G.O.M Hudson, Ms Caoline Kennedy, Peo and Ingrid Larsson, Joan M Lewis, Prof Julius Lipner, Barbara

Plagmann, James Margaret, Mrs Alice and Mr Sanjay Massey, Mr Gladwin Michael, Mr Virgil D Miedema, Alminssons Minnesfond. Mr R.A Myers, Rev. D Nelson, Mr Rajit Seth, Mrs Ingalill Saxena, Mrs Agnes Smith, Ms Isabel H Stenhouse, Sir William Mark Tully, Rev. Andrew Wilson, Rev. Alan J Wynne.

Through Wye and Brook India Trust (Donors of £200 or more) Churches and Charitable Trusts Barming, St Margaret's (802.33); Blyth, St Bede's (£440.00); Brook, St Mary's (£1,200.00); Heronsgate, St John's (£400.00); Rickmansworth, St Peter's (£200.00); Tooting, St Augustine's (£1,000.00); Towcester, St Lawrence (£295.69); Friends of DBS (£1,600.00); R&H Woods Charitable Trust (£220.00). Individuals Ms Jenni Back (£200.00); Mrs Jacqueline Bow (£200.00); Mrs Marie Cornish (£250.00); Rev & Mrs Rajinder Daniel (£10,365.00); Dr Nicholas Edwards (£510.26); Mrs D Finch (£200.00); Mr John Gillbe (£300.00); Mrs Lesley Grier (£200.00); Mrs Sheila Gunning (£200.00); Dr DG Gwyer (£250.00); Mr Paul Hewlett (£500.00); Miss E Jeanes (£240.00); Mr Barry Cave Jones (£200.00); Mr TMY KING (£200.00); Mr Paul Knight (£240.00); Rev Mark Madeley (£250.00); Rev David Marshall (£200.00); Mrs Pam Maxwell (£400.00); Mr Ewan Michie (£260.00); Prof David Mumford (£200.00); Dr & Mrs Nigel Poole (£246.22); Prof John Prescott (£200.00); Can Alan Ramsay (£265.00); Mr Rupert Skilbeck (£200.00); Mr ME Stone (£240.00); Mr William Stovin (£900.00); Mrs Myra Turner (£500.00); Dr Trudy A Watt (£1,200.00); Mr Paul Whitley (£480.00); Dr Jaap Wiegers (£1,015.89); Mr Michael Wood (£200.00); Rev CJH Wright (£200.00); Dr Janet Young (£1,040.00). Legacies Miss Sheila Child (£3,600.00); Dr Andrew Porter (£452.00). Care has been taken to include the names of all contributors and we apologise if any name is left out. We gratefully acknowledge a number of donors who do not wish their names to be published.

Summary of Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st March 2018 EXPENDITURE

INR

Community Development & Health

3,480,197.00

School Education Programme

4,652,576.00

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vocational & Technical Training Centre

1,142,784.00

Community Study Centre (CNI)

Caruna Bal Vikas

Child Development Centre for Children of Sex Workers (CNI)

570,480.00

Night Shelter Programme

584,224.00

Leprosy work

768,000.00

Recreation Centre for Senior Citizens

250,000.00

10.

Brotherhood Boys Home

874,562.00

11.

Mahila Panchayat (DCW)

639,399.00

12.

Helpline foe Violence Against Women (USPG)

2,316,000.00

13.

Childline Project

50,52,913.00

14.

Old Age Home, Lampur

3,120,559.00

15.

General and Administrative Expenses

3,402,360.00

16.

Social Development

2,784,650.06

17.

Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies

2,176,000.00

18.

Awareness Programme

2,235,362.00

19.

Renovation and Construction

1,848,724.00

20.

Excess of Expenditure over Income

TOTAL

355,182.00 1,357,756.00

(86,506.57)

37,526,221.43

Note : GBP 1.00 = INR 86.00, USD 1.00 = INR 68.00, Euro 1.00 = INR 78.00 and SEK 1.00 = INR 7.20 (Approx.) GRANTS & DONATIONS

INR

Parishes and Institutions

2,704,693.77

Individual Donors and Friends

2,985,320.00

Local contributions, donations & miscellaneous

4,217,031.00

United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel

Wye & Brook India Trust

2,980,482.00

Caruna Bal Vikas

1,059,993.46

CNI Ministry to Children

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (Childline)

Delhi Commission for Women

42,000.00

10.

School Education Programme

3,080,475.00

11.

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vocational & Technical Training Centre

1,024,765.00

12.

Delhi State Aids Control Society - Targetted Intervention

2,377,571.00

13.

Department of Social Welfare, Govt of NCT of Delhi

14.

Old Age Home at Lampur

3,120,559.00

15.

Helpline for Violence Against Women (USPG)

2,118,750.00

16.

ICCO Cooperation/ Presbyterian Church

2,024,163.00

17.

Interest on Saving Bank Accounts

TOTAL

731,380.06

360,800.00 7,528,000.00

888,410.00

281,828.14

37,526,221.43

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