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Balamma Satram at Holy Family Home for the Needy - Sharing Our Love
 India is a vast country – the UK can fit into it 12 times
National language is Hindi, but each state has its own language
 Balamma Satram is situated in the Kadapa region of Andhra Pradesh
in the South East of India
 Telegu is the language spoken in the State of Andhra Pradesh
 70% of people in Kadapa do not have sufficient food to eat
 Some do not have drinking water and have to walk some distance
to get water
 In the cities, animals roam among the people, but in the
villages the animals live with the people
 In the cities and towns they have open sewers outside their
homes. In the villages there are no toilets and people
use fields and roadsides
LIVING FOR A CAUSE- DOING SOMETHING MEANINGFUL
When we live for a cause, serving humanity, especially those living without
the basic facilities, we experience true happiness and our own lives become
truly fulfilled. Balamma Satram Holy Family Home for the Needy offers a
home to the most needy people whose lives are transformed by living there.
The sick are offered medical aid, the elderly are given a purpose in life and
the will to live. Children are given excellent education and young teenage girls
are taught how to sew and make a living for themselves and their families.

Desperate Conditions in Surrounding Villages
Village families living in tent like conditions, they have no proper home.

Desperate Conditions in Surrounding Villages
These are the desperate conditions where families have to live after their homes have
been destoyed to make way for new roads. The well on the left has dried up and so people
have only the bare minimum of clean water. The water in the picture top left is all open
sewerage.

The home of a poor
family
These are the living conditions of a poor family living in the rural areas of the Kadapa
district. All the family live in the one room, there is no furniture and cooking is done
on an open fire.

Water & sewerage conditions in India
Young child taking water to aged
grandparent
Open sewer outside houseOpen sewer outside house
Using dirty water collected for
washing cooking pots
No clean water for miles – lady
collecting dirty water for her use
Since the year 2000, there has been very little rain. Most people live from day to day,
water is a luxuary, something we take for granted here in the western world. Disease is
rife because of the open sewers.

Child being washed with sewerage
water
Carrying water to
the village to be
used for
washing, cooking
and drinking
No water for man
or animals
In most rural villages there is a hand pump for water but many times it does not work
because of all the dust and so many people resort to using water from the sewers!

A typical shop
Animals roaming
the street
General Pictures of Indian Life
Typical Indian
travel
Animals roam the streets and there is so much rubbish lying around. Everything is
mingled together causing much infection and disease.
Travel is at your peril!!!

 In the year 2000 Fr Sarves took up the challenge to take care of the destitute people in the Kadapa
diocese
 During a visit to England, Fr Sarves spoke to Mary about his mission. Mary also took up this challenge with
the help of some friends
 26 acres of land was bought and from 2002 onwards a village now called Holy Family Home for the Needy
has been built
 Between 2002 and 2016 many thousands of people have been cared for
 The houses which have been built are to Western standards
 There is clean, running drinking water (both hot and cold)
 Energy is provided by solar panels
 The people are provided with food, accommodation, health care and the children receive an education

Balamma Satram
Road sign for
Holy Family
Home for the
Needy
Fr Sarves
Director of Holy
Family Home for the
Needy in Kadapa
Map of
Kadapa
Designing the
village – Fr Sarves,
Mary, John and the
Engineer 2005

Development of the Land at Balamma Satram
Clearing of Land purchased in 2002 Land cleared in 2004
Planting & harvesting the crops from 2010 Clutivated land
From dry uncultivated land to an oasis in the desert!

Development of the Land at Balamma Satram
Everybody working
hard on the paddi
(field where the rice
crop is cultivated)
Even the visitors
from England help
out while they are
there
There is enough rice
now to last for 2
years

Development of the Buildings at Balamma Satram
First hut with
small water jar
and compound
wall to keep out
wild animals
First building
under
construction in
2004
Admin. Block
under
construction in
2004
Traditional mud
hut where local
people live
Completed
beginning of
2005 and
extended in
2015
Over a period of three years several bungalow type homes have been built, each can
accomodate up to 20 persons. The administration unit was completed in January 2005.
The building now consists of three floors, the upper floor for accomodation.

Each home has a courtyard with
shower block and wash facilities
Study room for the children
Each home has a Western style
toilet
Each person has a bed with a
mosquito net which is very
important in preventing malaria
First hospital building

Completed Chapel and
Community Hall 2007
Chapel and Community Hall
under construction 2005
Chapel and Community Hall
under construction 2006/7

Entrance to Balamma Satram
showing Christian, Hindu & Muslim
symbols – a Holy Family home for
all
Village by 2009
Children and the elderly enjoying
the fruits of our giving
Holy Family village life!
An oasis in the desert

2009 2016 – covered by tree plantation
Between 2007 and 2016, 1000 trees have been planted. The tree plantation was
necessary to give shade for all those living in the village. In this part of the Kadapa
district the temperature rises to over 50 Celsius.

Fr Sarves, Mary,
Fr Jeff, CMC
Sisters, Hannah
& Emily Green
The village is run by Fr Sarves with the help of the CMC sisters seen here with Mary, Fr Jeff
and Hannah and Emily Green. Above Fr Sarves with some of the people in the chapel.

Sumiah’s Funeral – Saturday 9th
January
Dignity in Death
When anyone dies in the village they are all given a dignified burial.

Building Completed with Donations from St Thomas More School, Blaydon
The third floor of this building was funded by St Thomas More School in Blaydon.

Building Completed with Donations from St Thomas More School, Blaydon
Interior of a bedroom and toilet.

New Hospital Building in Progress 2016
In January 2016, Mary, Fr Jeff and Hannah and Emily Green visited the village and
helped to carry the sand and bricks for the new building.

New Hospital Building in Progress 2016

Pongal Festival Activities in Balamma Satram Viliage 2016
On 13th
January 2016 the feast of Pongal or harvest was celebrated. Everyone joined in the
natural rural celebrations.

How we supplied clean, drinking water at Balamma Satram
The water is used for crops
for the village
Water tank under
construction to hold
80,000 litres of
fresh water
View of completed tank
within the village complex
Solar panels used to heat
the waterShower block and wash
area
Western toilet facilities
In 2004 when the project began there was no water supply. Over the years we have sunk 4
bore wells, each 465 feet deep into the ground. Water is pumped up into the overhead tank
which was built, this holds 80,000 litres of water. The water is then pumped back into all the
houses. Hot water is also available from the installation of solar panels.

Children being picked up from the villages
Typical village house where children
originally lived
Rich children in
uniform
Destitute family with nowhere to live
Poor children
without any
clothing
Visiting destitute children in the area
around Balamma Satram
Children have come to the village from the poorest living conditions.

The Children being Supported at Balamma Satram
Children gathered and going from basic eating on the floor to having tables and chairs
Village life from gathering together, learning to sew and getting to know English sponsors
Even time
for play
and
relaxation

Children being taken to schools for education
Not all children in India
receive an education – it is
just for the rich unless there
are sponsorships like ours

Children who are
reaping the rewards of
our sponsorship
programme

The Children being Supported at Balamma Satram by UK parishes
At Holy Family Home for the Needy everybody
gives a helping hand! Children help the elderly,
serving food, cleaning and giving medicine and
even a daily chat

Children writing to English
sponsors – all done in the open
air as are most things in India

Our Children at Balamma Satram in better conditions

Teenagers being Supported by Balamma Satram

Some of the needy people being cared for at Balamma Satram

Schools which Balamma Satram Children Attend
Yerraguntla CMC Convent School, St Joseph’s English Medium School, Pulevendula Loyola
College and University, St Anthony’s Don Bosco Engineering College and St Ann’s College, Guntur

Mentally & Physically Challenged Children Supported by our Charity in 2016

The Elderly and Sick being Supported at Balamma Satram
This man’s name is
Shindi. This name
was given to him by
Fr Sarves – he does
not speak the native
language so no-one
knows his real name.
In 2007 he was
found by Fr Sarves,
Mary and Fr Jeff in
the hospital dump.
Now in 2016 he is
still with us
He was suffering from
leprosy and ulcerated
wounds. He was
taken to Balamma
Satram where he was
treated with medicine
bought by the money
raised for the Home
This is Shindi in 2016
completely cured and
enjoying life in Balamma
Satram Holy Family Home for
the Needy
Dr Shennoy administering to
the sick

Helping the
elderly over the
years in Holy
Family Home

Fr Sarves with an elderly, sick
person
The children of Holy Family Entertaining
the Elderly residents
The Elderly residents in the dining
hall at Holy Family
The Elderly
residents in the
community hall
at Holy Family
The Elderly
residents outside
the bungalow
homes at Holy
Family

Sunset at Balamma Satram
Working together with Bishop
Prasad – discussing the
interests of Balamma Satram

Balamma Satram in 2016 – Home to hundreds of Needy people and
children over the past ten years.

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