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Friends of Mettupalayam / IRDT Report 4/1/5 Pictures Mr Venkatachalam and Mr Nagarajan have visited the affected areas of Tamil Nadu. This is their report. The losses are phenomenal. Initially relief work has to be undertaken to stabilise the existence of people in the fishing communities. Whilst undertaking this work we will finalise the exact…

Friends of Mettupalayam Trust RegisteredCharity 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 Report on activities following July/August 2004 visit Education School numbers have now reduced to 130 children. During the visit, around 20 children were absent from the…

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 It’s been an exciting start to the year. Our long standing friends Martin and Susan Sands have made a visit to Mettupalayam and have once…

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…

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…

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…

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…