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F irst of all we are grateful to God for SheilaChild who for almost three decadesworked to coordinate the raising of sponsorship

for poor children of Deenabandhu Schools. She was aninherent part of Wye-and-Brook-India-Trust. Due to herefforts thousands of children were educated in theDeenbandhu Schools in Delhi. We deeply miss her andfondly remember her.

This is the 40th annual report of the Delhi Brotherhood Society whichcovers the work of the Society, its success and drawbacks. Our work waslargely with the children and women but also with the elderly, the high riskgroups and leprosy patients. We were encouraged with the response andcooperation we received from those who we served and the team of staff whowork with us each day.

For us Indians this year was special. We got our fourteenth President HisExcellency Ram Nath Kovind. Promising to uphold the Indian constitutionhe won the confidence of the people. Kovind comes from a very humblefamily of Kanpur and was lawyer. From 1977 he was appointed as aGovernment's advocate. Internationally he represented India in the UnitedNations and addressed its General Assembly in October 2002.

For DBS this year was special for one more reason. The first batch of sixchildren attempted class-XII board examination after the Deenabandhu Schoolwas upgraded to Senior Secondary level and was entitled to call itself Inter

College. All of them passed the exams. Moreover, the construction of thenew block in the school was completed. We call it the Daniel Building inmemory of the family that financed its building.

Personally to all our friends who supported us, visited us and stayed withus and we in turn had visited them stayed with them. We have acknowledgedthem at the end of this report. Last but not the least I am grateful to all thestaff of the DBS without whom this work could not have been accomplished.I hope you will enjoy reading this report in which you also have been a partner.

Dr Monodeep Daniel

Chair

Preface

Contents

WORK AMONG CHILDREN FROM DEPRIVED FAMILIES

Deenabandhu Inter-College at Shahidnagar - 1

Deenabandhu Primary School at Seemapuri - 2

Deenabandhu Afternoon Section at Shahidnager - 3

Prabodh Bal Niketan at Bareilly - 4

WORK AMONG CHILDREN IN NEED

OF CARE AND PROTECTION

Nav Nirman Community Study Centre for Children of

Commercial Sex Workers, Frashkhana - 5

Brotherhood Boys Home at Shahignagar - 6

Childline: Service to Children in Distress

in North East Delhi - 6

WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

St. John’s Vocatinal Technical Training Centre - 8

WORK AMONG THE ELDERLY

Home for Senior Citizens at Lampur - 9

Recreation Centre for Elderly at Sundernagri - 9

WORK AMONG WOMEN

Helpline for Women - 10

Women’s Cells - 10

WORK AMONG HIGH RISK GROUPS

Targeted Intervention Programme for

People Affected by HIV/AIDS - 11

WORK AMONG LEPROSY PATIENTS - 12

WORK FOR PROMOTING DALIT/TRIBAL AWARENESS

Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies in Matiala - 12

INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

Abhishiktananda Centre for Inter-Religious Dialogue - 13

Epilogue from the Secretary - 14

Epilogue from the Treasurer - 15

Raising Fiscal Resources - 16

Acknowledgments - 17

Grants & Donations - 18

REMEMBERING SHEILA CHILD - 20

Statement of Accounts - 22

Richard & Hannah with the students of primary class

WORK AMONG CHILDREN FROM DEPRIVED FAMILIES

EDUCATION is a part of that vision which aims to empower people. Withintellectual calibre, knowledge and a sense of self-worth the children becomeagents of social change. In the last three decades thousands of children have beeneducated in the Deenabandhu Schools of the DBS. The gradual improvement ofthe living standards in the vicinity from where the children come to the schoolsdemonstrates the effectiveness of education. Although economic conditions havealso improved yet many children have to be helped with fee concessions and textbooks. Both formal and non-formal education streams were open for children andinstilled love for the nation by regular celebration of national days like theIndependence Day and Republic Day and also days that commemorate MahatmaGandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar. Similarly with the aim of fostering co-existencewe celebrated all the cultural festivals particularly Christmas.

Deenabandhu Inter-College at Shahidnagar

A total of 489 children attended the school. They were from 04 years to 17 yearsof age enrolled from pre-schooling to class XII. The06 students who wereenrolled last year in thisnewly upgraded seniorsecondary section (classesXI and XII) attempted theState Board Examination.All of them passed. Thisyear the enrolment hasincreased to 18 out ofwhich 07 are girls. Thisrise in the enrolment ismost encouraging. As faras the class X i.e. secondary section was concerned we had 20 children out of

40th Annual Report of the Delhi Brotherhood Society

THIS is the 40th annual report of the work of the DBS for the year 2016/17. Weare happy to present briefly the achievement of all our programmes. Those whosupport a particular project would be able to see how it fits into the larger pictureand pattern of the whole work of the DBS. The unifying vision of the diverseprogrammes is "to empower the people to create their destiny".

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With best compliments from

Dr Shailendra Awale from New Delhi



which 04 were girls. They also appeared for the State Board Exams and they allpassed.

Some events for children were organized in collaboration with other organizations.On 30th April the DelhiChild Right Club invitedour school to participate ina daylong event at theNational Stadium in NewDelhi. The purpose was toacquaint them with ChildRight. For encouraging thechildren for livelihood,"Udaan" a well-knownvoluntary agencyorganized careercounselling session on23rd July in the school.

The aim was to motivate the children in the senior classes for a professionalcareer.

Deenabandhu Primary School at Seemapuri

A total of 259 children through the year attended the school from the age of 04to 10 years of age. Theemphasis was on activitybased learning.Accordingly the childrenparticipated in variousactivates like learning andcompeting in generalknowledge, writing andrecitation of nurseryrhymes. Children wereengaged in sessions ofdrawing and colouring sothat they could expressthemselves. Those whocompleted the fifth class were admitted in the nearest Delhi State School forfurther studies.

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Celebration of Chritsmas

Students with their creative items prepared for X’mas



Deenabandhu Afternoon Section at Shahidnager

All the teachers of this section did a survey of the vicinity to identify children whoneeded the non-formal stream to continue their studies. They came across 10 suchchildren who due to various reasons had either discontinued or were not admittedin a school at the right age.They all were admitted. Asa result the total strengthof the children was 74 outof which 26 were girls. Theteachers also drew up arelevant syllabus for thechildren. The focus was toteach the children to read,write and calculate. Alongwith studies there wereregular co-curricularactivities and educationalevents like games,competitions in writing, speaking and recitation; and celebrations of festivals andnational days bringing joy to all.

Kuldeep makes the right decision

Kuldeep jumped with joy at the offer of admission in DeenabandhuSchool. He is about ten years old, past the age of admission in a formalschool. His family had some years ago settled in Shaidnagar. They are froma remote village in Bihar but they had been travelling from town to townwherever they could find some employment as casual labourers in factories.However, since they came to Delhi they found greater stability. In thecourse of all this their children missed out on education. Kuldeep's sisteris married and his elder brother, like his father, works in a factory.However, Kuldeep was too young to be employed. So when the teacherscontacted him he enthusiastically joined the school. He has now completeda full year in non-formal stream and intends to go steady. He is self-motivated and spends a lot of time on his own to practice his lessons.Kuldeep clearly does not want to work as unskilled labourer like his fatherand brother; and he knows that education will help him to be skilled andtrained.

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A class in progress



Prabodh Bal Niketan at Bareilly

This is a middle-school up to class VIII where children of 05 to 13 years of ageare enrolled. This year there were 51 enrolments out of which 18 were girls. Allof them were from economic backward families. Let us take just one example.Sumit is 08 years old. His father Jagpal is employed to sweep the municipal roadsand the mother earns by cooking at a home. The family has 09 members. Theirtwo daughters study at the Methodist Mission School and the youngest one is inthe pre-school class of Prabodh Bal Niketan.

Along with the academic routine of classes, tests and results, help for thesechildren came from the Vodaphone mobile company. Each child was given a giftof story book, stationary, pen and a bar of chocolate.

WORK AMONG CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE AND

PROTECTION

ATTENTION should be drawn to the tragedy of women and children who in thecities have been victimized and subjugated in various ways. Frashkhana at GBRoad in Delhi is one such place where women are pushed into flesh trade. Theplace is very congested where the Community Study Centre under the aegis of the

Church of North India(CNI) and the DelhiBrotherhood Society(DBS) operates in aninterior pocket of thethickly populated location.The ally narrows all theway down flanked by tallbuildings. The groundfloors of the buildings withopen doors along the wayhave small scale factoriesproducing variousmachines with their

business offices on the upper storeys. Behind these the world of flesh trade is ripe.Here women sell their bodies under the violation of their human rights. However,the problem remains hidden due to legal compulsions and therefore the womenhave nowhere to complain.

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Children at CSC, Frashkhana


Mrs Charmian Jena from New Delhi

Nav Nirman Community Study Centre at Frashkhana

It is with this concern that DBS runs the Nav Nirman Community Study Centrein Farashkhana. Here the aim is to provide educational space to the children ofcommercial sex workers during the peak hour of business.

This Centre opened from 4 pm to 9 pm six days of the week. Twenty five childrenwere enrolled and many more came whenever they could. According to the timetable, each evening session started with prayer followed by indoors activities. Thisis done in view of the fact that there is no open ground available for the childrento play.

Therefore, during these five hours they were provided with recreation by indoorgames like carom, chess, ludo, puzzles and other board games; they were helpedto complete their homework and they received nutrition including bread, lentils,vegetables and sometimes milk and fruits; and counselling.

Ms Rameeza our field worker visited and motivated the children to join theprogramme. Regular health check-ups were conducted for the children. The timespent in studying and playing together was aimed to help these children learn theimportance of cooperation.

Aisha becomes a professional Health Worker

The spark of hope leaped into a bright flame for Khurshid as her onlydaughter Aisha is now on the verge of completing a health relatedprofessional course. Khurshid since her younger years was a CSW. Duringthose hard years she also had to nurture her girl child. She named her Aishaafter the beloved wife of her blessed Prophet. Aisha after the morningschool always attended the Nav Nirman Kendra where she improved herability to read and write. One reason for her regularity was due to her motherKhurshid who was employed as a caretaker at Nav Nirman Kendra since thetime when it was started in that area. Aisha was eighteen years old when shecompleted her formal studies and she applied for a two-year course in alower grade nursing called "General Duty Assistant" at Kotak MahindraInstitute at G.T.B Nagar Delhi. She has successfully completed therequirements of the course and has only one more month to finish. Her jobin a government hospital is fixed where her starting salary will be rupeesfifteen thousand. We hope that she will soon be self-reliant and will takecare of her mother in her old age.

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Mrs Charmian Jena from New Delhi

Brotherhood Boys Home at Shahidnagar

This year we had twelve boys some of them were with us for the past few yearsand others joined later. The youngest one is Prabhat. He attends the LowerKindergarten along with Rahul. We have two more from boys, Shiv and Darshan,

from the Leprosy colony atKaithal town. They wereattended class I along withPawan. Amit Thapa andDev Sagar attended classIV. Sameer is in class Vand Vishal Sagar in VIIand Rohit in class VIII. Asifis preparing for the HighSchool board examination.He was the senior boy inthe group.

The boys at home wereunder two supervisors and

two ladies to cook their meals. Their time table at home included prayer in thechapel, meals, recreation and study. Every weekend they want to the BrotherhoodHouse for stay and a game of cricket.

Childline: Service to Children in Distress in North East Delhi

The work of DBS Childline expanded throughout the east district of Delhifunctioning in East District,Kalyanpuri and Shahadra.Each of these operated fromwhat they call as theChildline Contact Centre.Being in partnership withthe government, theChildline teams workclosely with the StateLabour Department andpolice. The range ofactivities undertaken underthe DBS Childline includedpreventive measures,rescue operations and legal action for the protection of children. To make people

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Dev and Sameer complete their home work

Ridhima (on right) reunited with the family

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aware about the Childline and its toll free number 1098 the team organizedawareness events.

Day Outreach Events: A team of five Childline workers organized evening eventswith the aim of making the communities aware of the Childline services andactivities. To make this interesting the team organized street plays and distributedpamphlets and stickers each month of the year. These events were organized inschools, slums, police stations and hospitals.

Night Outreach Events: These are similar to the day outreach but focused on busbays, railway platforms and spaces under the road flyovers where there was ahigher possibility for exploitation.

Open House Forums: This forum was open to all people, particularly thechildren. The team members addressed the children on various problems alongwith the information about the Childline services. The sessions were interactivewhich helped to assess and review the work and find out the problems that childrenface 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.

Twenty Boys Rescued from a Factory

A ray of happiness shone on twenty boys through the dark walls of thefactory where they worked as bonded labourers. These boys were all underfourteen years of age from Bihar and were engaged in the production andpacking of jeans. The treatment of the owner was exploitative and harsh.They were forced to work for twenty-two hours, fed only once a day and ifthey complained were beaten up with belts.

The tipoff was given to the DBS Childline on the phone. After makingdiscreet inquiries the Childline in collaboration with the officers of theChild Welfare Committee and police organized a surprise raid-and-rescueoperation on 2nd February 2017. The factory owners were arrested andFirst Information Report (FIR) was lodged against them. The children wereproduced before the magistrate who sent them to care home till their parentswould collect them; meanwhile the case against the owners will proceed inthe Criminal Court.

WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE

THE major difficulty that the youth faces is unemployment. The cause for this is

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their lack of training in a trade. With the aim of equipping the youth with alivelihood trade St. John's Vocational and Technical Training Centre was set up.

St. John’s Vocational/Technical Training Centre

It has been one year since the VTTC has worked in the new premises impartinglivelihood skills to the young people from socio-economically backward sections.

The Centre offered twelvetraining courses to 141trainees out of which 21were women. As thetraining ranged from sixmonths to two years, theadmissions were opened uptwice a year offeringadmission to men andwomen from fourteen yearsof age. The 'A' categoryincluded the trades whichwere affiliated to the Statedepartment of National

Council of Vocational and Training (NCVT) whereas those in 'B' category wereawarded VTTC certificates. The placements for jobs were successful. Somejoined factories; others were taken as apprentices in companies and others openedup thier own business and workshops.

Good Training and Good Job for Ravinder

Ravinder's life changed in a new way when he got a job with the BSES, awell-known semi-private electric company. However, this was possibledue to his hard work and excellent performance in the one year training inElectrical Trade at VTTC. His father works in a small factory with a lowsalary with which he has to care for his six children, four boys and two girls.The mother is a homemaker and the family is poor. Ravinder use to dreamof being financially independent and support his family. This he will nowbe able to do with his new job.

WORK AMONG THE ELDERLY

SOME elderly in the cities are finding increasingly difficult to survive as theirchildren have migrated to other places for jobs. However, the worst affected are

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Girls practice in beauty culture trade

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those who are unwanted by their family. There is very little moments that theelderly can enjoy. The DBS reaches out to the elderly in two ways. The first is aHome and second is a Recreation Centre.

Home for Senior Citizens in Lampur

At the end of this year there were 30 elderly under the care of this Home. 03 elderlyhad died in the course ofthe year. Their last riteswere done according totheir religions tradition.The daily routine in theHome involved rest,recreation and meals. Somewere interested ingardening, while otherswere in reading. Most ofthe residents watched theTV news and entertainmentchannels. Celebration ofnational and religiousfestivals brought cheer to them. Medical check-up was done for all the residentsand medication was provided to each as prescribed by the doctor.

Recreation Centre at Sundernagri

30 elderly women attended the Centre's activity through the year. The Centreremained opened from tenin the morning to one atnoon every day, exceptSundays. The activitieswere simple. They cametogether to sing songs toLord Jesus in the morningfor half an hour. They allheartily joined in thesinging. They heard thenewspaper read out aloudto them and watched thetelevision with greatinterest. From time to time

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Elderly sitting in sun on a winter day

Waiting for Check-up at Recreation Centre


Shamon, Sarah, Mary and Gladwin Michael from Delhi

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they were informed about their civil rights. Every day they had refreshments atmidday. Other activities in the year included a picnic, celebration of variousfestivals and gifts on Christmas.

WORK AMONG 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 chiefly dueto blood pressure, heart conditions and diabetes. Under these circumstances theDBS reaches out to women with effective programmes.

Help line for Women

For women in distress there is a provision of Helpline round the clock. 3177 callswere from women this yearand most of the issues wereresolved. In addition to this2144 calls were by men.The number of calls had asteep increase towards theend of the year indicatingthat the Helpline had gainedpopularity. Most calls werecomplaints about domesticviolence. The governmentappreciated the initiative ofthe DBS and extended helpin various ways particularly

in supporting cases needing legal help.

Women's Legal Cell

This 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 isparticularly active in New Seemapuri, Mandoli and Shahidnagar. It organized 337meetings for women this year. It also heard cases, offered advice and counsellingand succeeded in reconciling couples ensuring that the families were saved frombreaking up. During the course of the year 380 cases were heard and 253 wereresolved. The disputes mainly involved property, harassment, dowry and familymaintenance. The Women's Day was significant and they participated in thecelebration at the Constitution Club on the Women's Day. Besides the routine

Hearing a case of family dispute



work of conflict-resolution, the Panchayat took initiatives to organize cleanlinessdrive, health check-ups for diabetes and blood pressure. This year the DiabetesFoundation of India came forwards to help our group in setting up free camps forsuch check-ups.

Conselling helped Hari and Reena

Reena's case shows the importance of counselling. She had been marriedto Hari Prasad for twelve years. Sometime after their marriage they hadshifted to Delhi for better prospects but lately began to doubt Reena'sfidelity. This was partly due to Reena's active participation in women'sforum and its public celebrations. From verbal arguments he started tobecome violent under the influence of alcohol. On 23rd January Reena gavea written complaint to the women's cell. The women worked out a plan todeal with this situation. In the first instance they called Reena and Hariseparately to their office for a conversation. The second time they calledthem together and had a longer time to talk. Then they visited their homeseveral times. This gave Hari the confidence he needed in his wife andpeace was restored.

WORK AMONG HIGH RISK GROUPS

Targeted Intervention Programme for People Affected by HIV/AIDS

DBS team of ten was actively involved with the pears to reach out to the FemaleSex Workers in variousassigned places in NewDelhi. This year the areasassigned to DBS were invarious parts of the citylike Connaught Place,Shivaji Stadium, MandiHouse and Ajmeri Gatewhere they were in regularcontact with 1002 high riskgroups. They providedthem with medical careholding 3293 clinics andcarried out 982 testing forHIV and 555 for syphilis. 241120 condoms were distributed free and counselling

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TI staff ready to intervene in the community



was provided to 3927 individuals.

WORK AMONG LEPROSY PATIENTS

THE residents of Amarjyoti Colony since its inception have had an associationwith the DBS. Each month the patients received from DBS an allowance to

procure the medical aidparticularly to dress theiraffected limbs, fingers andpalms. Sunday morning'scommunity meetings wereheld in the Chapel and somelocal businessmenprovided them with dailyrations and clothing. OnChristmas the residentswere provided withblankets and they enjoyeda celebration meal of riceand chicken curry. Nancy,

a 17 year old girl of one of the resident family was selected for training in GeneralNursing this year. This is a progressive step in the life of this family.

WORK FOR PROMOTING DALIT/TRIBAL AWARENESS

Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies in Matiala

The centre aim to undertakeintellectual activity oftheologising from Dalit andTribal perspective and topublish books in thissubject. The centre issituated at the far end of thewest periphery of Delhi.This year on 21st December2016, Fr. Monodeep's booktitled "Religious in India:

The Vision of Dr.

Ambedkar" was launched.

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Distribution of blankets during winter

Releasing of Monodeep’s book by Mr. C.P Singh



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The venue for this event was Ambedkar Bhawan in New Delhi. The event wasattended by more than hundred people from various organisations and politicalagencies. Mr. C.P Singh was the Chief Guest and who launched the book is alsoa popular activist.

INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

Abhishiktananda Centre for Inter-Religious Dialogue

It was with great sadness that the Abhishiktananda Centre came to hear of the lossof two dear friends Dr Farajajé and Sri Swami Shastri.

Dr Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé (1952 - 2016) was a scholar of Sufism andan intellectual genius. He served as Provost and Professor of Cultural Studies andIslamic Studies at the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California.Dr Farajajé was also Director of the Starr King Luce Project for Multi-religiousTheological Education and served on the GTU Core Doctoral Faculty in the areaof Cultural and Historical Studies of Religions. He was a Senior Research Analystat the GTU's Center for Islamic Studies.

A renowned and respected Sufi spiritual master in the Chishti Tradition, DrFarajajé was fondly known by his followers and students as "Ibrahim Baba". Hisdeep admiration for the life and message of Sri Swami Abhishiktananda led himto join the Abhishiktananda Centre for Interreligious Dialogue in Delhi in 2011and serve on the Editorial Board for five years. Dr Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajésuffered a massive heart attack on 15th January 2016, and, although there weresigns that he could recover, he passed awayon 9th February 2016.

The Abhishiktananda Centre will alwaysremember Ibrahim Baba's profoundopenness, great love and vision of universalspiritual oneness.

Sri Swami Magni Ram Shastri attainedmahasamadhi in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on 18thNovember 2016. Sri Swami Ji hailed fromRajasthan and, after his studies inSwargashram (Rishikesh) and Haridwar, heobtained his Vedanta Acharya degree fromthe Sanskrit University of Varanasi.

Sri Swami Ji spent more than twenty years living in Phul Chatti Ashram near

Sri Swami Magni Ram Shastri ji


Mr Ashok and Mrs Sandra Fenn from Gurgaon, Haryana

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Rishikesh, from as far back as 1962. There he came to know personally Sri SwamiAbhishiktananda and Sri Swami Ajatananda, his chief disciple. This was thestarting point of a deep spiritual connection. In 1984, Sri Swami Ji shifted to anewly built ashram, Om Ram Dham, in Rishikesh. He was a long-time member ofthe Executive Committee of the Abhishiktananda Society, based at the BrotherhoodHouse, where he took part in many interreligious meetings both in India andabroad.

On 19th November 2016, Pujya Sri Swami Ji was given bhu samadhi (burial),close to the Ganga River at his Rishikesh ashram, amid Vedic chants and rituals.His beloved presence is fondly remembered by the Abhishiktananda Centre.

Upcoming Publications

Regretfully, due to unforeseen technical issues, the work of the Centre's publicationdepartment has been delayed. The Call of The Self: The Life and Vision of Swami

Abhishiktananda, a carefully chosen selection of Swami Abhishiktananda'swritten works, remains eagerly anticipated and is expected to be publishedtowards the end of the year or early next year, alongside the new edition of The

Secret of Arunachala: A Western Hermit at the Foot of Lord Shiva's Holy

Mountain.

Talk on Swami Abhishiktananda - Paris, France

On 7th December 2016, Swami Atmananda, the Director of the AbhishiktanandaCentre, delivered a talk at Forum 104, a well-known spiritual centre in Paris,entitled "The Journey of Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux) and Spiritual

Awakening". Approximately one hundred and fifty participants attended the talk,which speaks for itself as an indication of just how alive Swami Abhishiktananda'smessage and vision remain today.

EPILOGUE

From the Secretary's Desk

Dear Friends

In this brief report of the work of DBS in and around Delhi youcan get a glimpse of its achievements and challenges. It has alsobeen a year of building useful contacts particularly in NewZealand while strengthening our old ties with England. Theseglobal contacts are not only historical as is the case withCambridge, but also part and parcel of initiative that civilsociety takes to forge good ties with citizens of other countries.


Mr Ashok and Mrs Sandra Fenn from Gurgaon, Haryana

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Be this as it may, the work in Delhi demanded some reorganization. The major onewas the relocation of St John's Vocational Training Centre to a new premises. Thechallenge now is to make the youth of this area to take advantage of it. At the endof this report I thank all of you for your prayers and encourgament for us.

Revd Fr Raju George

Secretary

From the Treasurer’s Desk

Dear Friends

This was an eventful year chiefly due to the government'sdecision of demonetization, the effect of which was felt by allcitizens of this country. We too were affected by it and had toadjust to a new level of normalcy as after the cancellation of oldcurrency bills it took some weeks before the new paper currencyof 500/- and 2000/- were issued. In the midst of all thisconfusion we worked hard to ensure that all our staff-about twohundred of them, were paid their salaries each month. One of our partner agencieshad to discontinue their funding and it affected the children and staff that wereinvolved with them. However our team was innovative and gave a new turn to theproject. One reason why we survived turbulent times was due to multiple sourcesof raising our funds which we have developed gradually over a long period of time.We are confident that we will successfully negotiate crises that may arise in thefuture.

Beside this we have plans to develop the piece of land which is in excess. This willbring in a capital that will help us to restore the loss that has hit some of our projectseither due to demonetization or due to the withdrawal of funding agencies. Thiswill ensure that the children and staff retain their benefits.

At the end of this report you will find a statement of report indicating how yourmoney was used and had helped the disadvantaged people. I am deeply gratefulfor the help and support we received from you.

Revd Fr Solomon George

Treasurer

OFFICERS OF THE DELHI BROTHERHOOD SOCIETY

Revd Fr (Dr) Monodeep Daniel (Chair) Revd Fr Raju George (Secretary)Rev Fr Solomon George (Treasurer) The Rt. Revd Collin C. Theodore

Revd Fr Jai Kumar


Mrs Alice and Mr Sanjay Massey from Ajmer, Rajasthan

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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. Theguests are welcome to join us for meals in the refectory, prayer in our chapel andresearch 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 gardensare too accessible.

For details pertaining to your donations towards full board and lodging, kindlywrite to The Guest Warden, Brotherhood House, 7 Court Lane Delhi-110054,email at [email protected] 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 orif you are thinking to review your existing one. Drawing up a will is important foryour loved one’s to follow up what you desired. In this way they will do accordingto your will what was closest to your heart. Professional help in this exercise isadvisable. You can include DBS in your will. Perhaps the following format willhelp you to do this.

“I give free of duty for the outreach and development work among the poor in Indiato the Delhi Brotherhood Society in Delhi India to be applied to the generalpurpose 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 myTrustees for the same”.

For the Education of Children

In England you may do this for the Wye and Brook India Trust (Registered CharityNo. 288217) that raises support for the DBS Educational work among poorchildren. 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

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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

The DBS are pleased to acknowledge the donation from Reverend Rajinder

and Mrs Lorna Daniel to cover the total cost of the two Inter-collegeclassrooms. This classrooms block is now named The Daniel Building.Last year they financed the renovation of three classrooms and the corridorof the school in memory of Revd Daniel's parents. Revd Daniel now retiredcomes from Holy Trinity Church,Turkman Gate, Delhi and has lived inEngland all his adult life, whilst his wife Lorna is from Oxford and a retiredClinical Nurse Teacher. They have two grown up independent daughters.They have been for a very long time associated with the Brotherhood andare its supporters. They frequently visit Delhi.

LIKE many other voluntary organization, the DBS also partnered with the Stateand the Churches. With the State worked with Ministry of Social Justice andEmpowerment, Delhi State AIDS Control Society, Department of Women andChild Development, Delhi Commission for Women. With the Church we workedwith the Ministry to Children of CNI Synod and United Society in Partnership withthe Gospel.

We are grateful to the Wye and Brook India Trust, friends at St. Mary's ChurchHadlow, All Saints Church Poplar and colleges in Cambridge UK. Individually weare grateful to Ms Karin Abramson who took interest to promote our work this yearand Mary Hiscock who was a great support to Fr Monodeep during his visit toEngland.

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 thedirections of Dr. Nigel Poole (Chair), Mr. Ewan Michie (Secretary) and Dr. AlisonPoole (Treasurer) who took unending trouble to raise support for the children'seducation at the Deenbandhu School through the Child Education SponsorshipProgramme. The Trust facilities are available to any donor anywhere in U.K. andEurope. For further details please contact Dr. Nigel Poole, Wye & Brook IndiaTrust, 7 Orchard Drive, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AU. Tel: 01233 812496,email at [email protected] website: http://wandbit.wordpress.com

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Holy Trinity Church and Chaplaincy of Dubai

We are very grateful to the Holy Trinity Church and Chaplaincy of Dubai whohave very kindly donated a very substantial amount for the renovation of the OldAge Home, Narela which improved the toilets, kitchen and living rooms of the 30elderly people staying at Senior Citizen Home, Narela. We prayerfully acknowledgetheir support and help since it has brought many smiles in the face of SeniorCitizens.

DBS is also immensely grateful to friends, donors and funding agencies whodirectly or indirectly have helped in reaching out to a great number of people. Wethank every one of you for all your support and encouragement. This has kept usinspired to work with much zeal and commitment.

We acknowledge gratefully the Trusts, Parishes, Colleges, Schools and Clubs,

individual donors and sponsors, who contributed directly or else throughagencies and support organisations and also those who collect funds on behalf ofthe DBS. Below given is the list of donors and institutions.

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.

Grants & Donations received from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017

Bishop’s Stortford, St. Michaels PCC Mission (£250); Delhi, Urjayati Foundation;Derby, Central Derby United Reformed Church (£500); Dinnington, St. MatthewsChurch (£400); Dublin University Mission to Chota Nagpur (Euro 3000); Hadlow,St. Mary’s Church (INR 107,337.49); Hong Kong, The Shamdasani Foundation(INR 5000); Hermitage Parochial Church Council (£150); Hinckley, St Mary’sChurch (£400); Franciscan Aid (INR 184,473.70); London, Stone Square Films(£400); New York, On Demand Publishing LLC (US$ 21.21); Oakley JuniorSchool (£108); Poplar, All Saints Church (£500); Sweden, Centrumkyrkani iSäffle (SEK960); Sweden, Flitiga Figrar (SEK 5180); Sweden, FröskogsFörsamling (SEK1255); Sweden, Hemoch Samhälle (SEK1500); Sweden,Kontaktnätet IDA (SEK2400); Sweden, Rotary Club (SEK 1500); Sweden, StoraBerga Church Group (SEK10000), Kungsbergskyrkan Åmål (SEK840),Albinssons Minnesfond (SEK3000), Svenska kyrkan i Bengtsfors (SEK1811),Elisabeth och Henry Robertson (SEK1200), Ms Karin Abrahamson, Mr AbhishekAggarwal, Mrs Joyce Allan, Mr Ravdeep Anand, Bishop Jeremy Ashton, Dr DavidBaker, Fr Terence Byron, Mrs J L Chakravorty, Mr and Mrs Janet Critchley, Mrs

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Thelma Crossley, Mary Ann Dasgupta, Mr A.R and Mrs C.N David, Rev. AlistairDrummond, Mr Paul L Duncan, Rev. Henry Everett, Mr Ian John Fairchild, MrsNirmala Fenn, Mr Suresh and Mrs Bhanumati Ghadia, Dr Mrs Sheila Gart, MrPeter and Mrs Eunice Griffiths, Mr Arnold B Goddwin, Mr Mukesh Kumar Gupta,Mr Mike and Mrs Philippa Hayden, Mrs Mary Hiscock, Prof R.L and Mrs G.O.MHudson, Ms Caoline Kennedy, Peo and Ingrid Larsson, Prof Julius Lipner, MrsPremlata and Mr Prakash V Mall, James Margaret, Ms Tanvi Maroo, Mr PrakashMasih, Mrs Alice and Mr Sanjay Massey, Mr Gladwin Michael, Mr Virgil DMiedema, Mr R.A Myers, Rev. D Nelson, Mrs Noreen Z.S Peters, Mrs I.H Samuel,Mr Rajit Seth, Mrs Ingalill Saxena, Mrs Pooja Sharma, Mr Adhiraj Singh, MrsLydia Sher Singh, Mr R Raj Singh, Ms Isabel H Stenhouse, Sir William MarkTully, Prof John Varghese, Rev. Andrew Wilson, Rev. Alan J Wynne.

Through Wye and Brook India Trust (Donors of £200 or more)

Churches and Institutions

St. Peters Church, Rickmansworth (£200); R & H Woods Charitable Trust (£220);Churches in Netherlands via Dr Jaap Wiegers (£245.93); St. Paul's Church,Bedford (£300); St. Lawrence Church, Towcester (£376.57); St. John's Church,Heronsgate (£400); St. Margaret's Church, Barming (£650.50); St. Bede's Church,Blyth (£680); Friends of the Delhi Brotherhood (£1500); WBIT Coffee Morning2016 (£1826.13); Jerusalem Trust (£2000); Anonymous bequest (£9000).

Individuals

D T Watt (£200); Mr BC Jones (£200); Mr M Wood (£200); Mr R Skillbeck(£200); Mr T King (£200); Mrs D Finch (£200); Mrs J Bow (£200); Mrs SGunning (£200); Professor J Prescott (£200); Mr A Brooke (£210); Miss E Jeanes& Rev N Beasely (£240); Mr M Stone (£240); Mr P Knight (£240); Dr D Gwyer(£250); Mr J Gillbe (£300); Mrs C Pickering (£300); Rev M Madeley (£300); RevD Marshall (£386); Mr P Whitley (£480); Dr J Young (£500); Mr L Davey (£500);Mrs H Hay (£500); Mrs M Turner (£500); Dr N Edwards (£625.65); Mr W Stovin(£ 900); Dr Jaap Wiegers (£1283.22).

Care has been taken to include the names of all contributors and we apologise

if any name is left out.

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REMEMBERING SHEILA CHILD

I recall her as a humble and unassuming saintly figure and may well call her

“Shiela of Wye”. I met her for the first time in 1994 during my first visit to

England. She was introduced by David Marriot who had contributed to the life

and work of the

Brotherhood in so many

ways. But Sheila who never

visited us in Delhi got close

enough as if she was there

on the spot. She took

unending trouble to write

letters to Delhi

Brotherhood listing out

each child who received

the WBIT support as she

identified whether or not

the sponsor had received the case history or progress report of the child. These

letters which she wrote in ink are still with us in the Delhi office.

Her queries were followed up by surveys and interviews by Ms Anju Grover in

Delhi. Since 1988 when the WBIT was constituted till now Anju has surveyed

more than 3000 families in Seemapuri and Shahidnagar areas. The aim was to

assess the condition of the families who needed subsidy for their children under

education. Based on her survey findings so far 1053 children have benefitted from

the subsidies in form of fee waiver, free text-books, stationary and uniform.

Once Sheila drove me down to the West Malling St Mary’s Abbey where with all

good intentions she asked me to be placed in a solitary room. She explained the

Sister in charge of the guests “Monodeep is very tired and needs rest”. But a full

day of solitariness with boiled potatoes and mince for lunch in an Abbey was not

what I had looked forward to! Next year it was a short visit to the Abbey. This

time while driving she told me of her adventures involving a couple of near

crashes which she had survived while driving her car. Both the times she had

rammed it into the bush along the highway.

Sheila Child (on left) with Alison Poole

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During my later visits to Wye one afternoon was always dedicated for talk and tea

with Sheila. She would not only be ready with refreshments but also with accounts

which were flawless. She would neatly lay them out on her lounge table. She was

so proud of them. These were the income and expenditure statements and the

balance sheets. Each successive year that I had met her I found her more confident

in what she was doing for the Brotherhood.

The last time I saw her in 2016 she had shifted to a care home where Nigel and

Alison drove me down. She was very frail but alert and clear – it was just before

her 84th birthday. She was glad to see me and I said a prayer before leaving her

side. When I met Nigel this year in May he told me that she gently slipped away

into eternity.

Sheila was gentle in her ways, devout in her heart and disciplined in her life. This

created a power of concentration to think and work which was essential for

building up the WBIT particularly after the demise of David Marriot. She did this

with a gentle but steadfast determination. These were the qualities for which we

who knew her will always remember her.

The Brethren

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Summary of Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended

31st March 2017

EXPENDITURE INR

1 School Education Programme 5,781,718

2 St. John’s Vocational & Technical Training Centre 1,786,683

3 Community Study Centre-a project of CNI 439,200

4 Child Development Programme/Children of Sex Workers 452,059

5 Programme for Physically Challenged Children 76,200

6 Night Shelter Programme 510,000

7 Centre for Poor Students 420,000

8 Leprosy Work 654,000

9 Centre for Dalit/Subaltern Studies 1,115,414

10 Recreation Centre for Senior Citizen 319,250

11 Brotherhood Boys Home 510,000

12 Mahila Panchayat (Delhi Commission for Women) 400,146

13 Child Line Project 5,078,988

14 Old Age Home, Lampur 3,454,041

15 Social Development 2,009,024

16 General Establishment 3,366,650

17 Gender Resource Center and Ext. 1,947,060

18 Targeted Intervention Project HIV/Aids 1,633,350

19 Help Line for Violence Against women 3,015,632

20 Awareness Programme 3,108,680

21 Fixed Assets 235,000

22 Excess of Expenditure Over Income (87,807)

TOTAL 36,225,288

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Note : £ 1.00 = INR 82.00 (Approx.), $ 1.00 = INR 64.00 (Approx.)

and Euro 1.00 = INR 72.00 (Approx.)

GRANTS & DONATIONS INR

1 Parishes, Institutions 7,173,768

2 Individual Friends 1,731,075

3 Local Contributions 3,680,687

4 Wye & Brook India Trust 3,599,448

5 Wye & Brook India Trust (general work - building) 1,088,838

6 United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG) 1,435,950

7 ICCO Cooperation (Kerk in Actie) 1,111,028

8 Church of North India Synod 1,247,850

8 Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment 4,314,000

10 Department of Women and Child Development Delhi 3,779,823

11 Delhi Commission for Women 212,000

12 School Education Programme 4,837,225

13 Department of Social Welfare, Govt. of NCT 240,000

14 Delhi State Aids Control Society (NACO) 1,627,550

15 Interest on Saving Bank Accounts 146,046

TOTAL 36,225,288

About Donations

People in India and overseas can help us by sending their donations

through a crossed cheque drawn in favour of Delhi Brotherhood

Society. Contributions to the Delhi Brotherhood Society from within

India are entitled to Income Tax relief under Section 80G of the

Income Tax Act. 1961. Details will be found on the official receipt.

People in the U.K. and Europe who wish to support the education

of underprivileged children can do so through the Wye & Brook

India Trust. For further details please contact Dr. Nigel Poole, Wye

& Brook India Trust, 7 Orchard Drive, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25

5AU. Tel: 01233 812496,

email: [email protected] http://wandbit.wordpress.com

For more information on any of our projects please write to

The Chairman, Delhi Brotherhood Society

7 Court Lane, Delhi-110054. INDIA

Ph: 011 23931432 Fax: 011 23981025

email: [email protected]

http://delhibrotherhood.org

http://delhibrotherhood.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/delhibrotherhood

Donations from overseas through mail transfer is much appreciated.

Please immediately inform us so that we may be able to duly

acknowledge the source of support. The Bank details are as following-

Bank Name: Syndicate Bank

Branch: St. Xavier’s School, Rajniwas Marg, Delhi-110054 INDIA

Bank Swift Code: SYNBINBB126

Bank Account Number: 91152010005680

Name: Delhi Brotherhood Society

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