December 2003

Friends of Mettupalayam Trust Registered Charity No. 1054673 C/o David Eldridge, Director The Coach House, Bainbridge, North Yorks, DL8 3EE Tel 01969 650618 E Mail [email protected] Charity website address www.irdt.info Newsletter / Update December I am delighted to be able to send out this brief update on the Mettupalayam project, as we reach the end…

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August 2003

Friends of Mettupalayam Trust Registered Charity No. 1054673 C/o David Eldridge, Director The Coach House, Bainbridge, North Yorks, DL8 3EE Tel 01969 650618 E Mail [email protected] Charity website address www.irdt.info Newsletter / Update September We have been lucky this summer to have received a visit from Mr. Venkatachalam (Venkat) and his daughter Ramya. They arrived…

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January 2001

Since our last newsletter the trustees and friends have come together and had a formal meeting. The following is a report of the things that we discussed. All future meetings of the trustees and friends will be covered in the newsletter. MEETING 15-11-00. Present: David Eldridge, Adele Eldridge, Kath Lawson, Stephen Lawson, Rosie Muncaster, Francis…

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August 2000

Following on from newsletter number one, for which I am indebted to Martin Sands, here is issue number two. Venkat sent a short letter that I received at the beginning of August. Mettupalayam is now in the most stable financial position that it has ever enjoyed. IRDT(Institute for Rural Development Trust) has “no loans or…

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