Help us to break the chains of poverty and transform lives
KMH provides support and education to children and their families from some of the most disadvantaged communities in South India.
What we do
KMH's 'Kathryn's Nursery and Primary School' provides high quality education for over 300 children from the most deprived parts of Devakottai. This gives the children a great start in life and the opportunity to go on to secondary and higher education. It helps the children to escape from the cycle of poverty they are born into. A project to construct eight extra classrooms has just been completed. This will increase the number of children we can teach at the school to 500.
KMH's 'Joan's Grace Home' provides care and accommodation to around 100 girls from remote rural villages surrounding Devakottai. The hostel enables the girls to attend a local high school and go on to higher education to study for a professional qualification. We prioritise girls because women are particularly disadvantaged in this society. Through the hostel the girls are able to transform their own futures and build a life free from poverty, exploitation, and violence.
KMH's 'Joan's Old Age Home' is a loving home for around 20 elderly women, providing accommodation, food and medical care. The women are mainly widows who have no means of support. The home is integrated with the girls' hostel and provides a happy community where the girls and women live in harmony and develop friendships.
KMH employs six teachers living in remote rural villages to teach around 350 children in five separate villages. Without these extra lessons the children are more likely to leave education at primary level, and some of the girls to be forced into an early marriage. The centres encourage families to participate in other KMH projects, cultural programmes and educational tours. KMH provides funds for over 100 boys and girls to attend colleges and courses when they have completed secondary education.
KMH provides vocational training, such as tailoring, embroidery, dress making and computer courses for local unemployed people, as well as for the girls in the hostel. The training is held at Joan's Grace Home. The trainees are given certificates from the district social welfare department which validates the training. This increases people's opportunities for employment to earn money and support their families.
KMH provides free medical camps and health awareness programmes for people in remote rural villages as well as for the children in the projects. KMH provided extensive relief work in the villages during the covid pandemic. This was vitally important as many of the families had no means of income due to long lockdowns and curfews. Around 500 families benefitted from this relief.
How you can help
Provide extra classrooms
KMH has recently finished the building of eight new classrooms at Kathryn's Nursery and Primary School. This extends the existing classroom block and will allow 200 more children the opportunity to go to school. Help us to raise the outstanding £45,000 for this project.
Transform a young life
Every new sponsor allows us to care for and educate another child. For £15 per month or £180 per year you could transform a young life.This makes a wonderful gift, or could be in memory of a loved one. Email kmhuk88@gmail.com for more information.
Support an elderly woman
Every new sponsor allows us to admit another elderly woman into Joan's Old Age Home. For £15 per month or £180 per year you could help us to care for an elderly woman.This makes a wonderful gift, or could be in memory of a loved one. Email kmhuk88@gmail.com for more information.
Current Challenges
Dear friends and supporters of Rev. Jeyapaul's work in Devakottai,
You may have read in the news that South India has experienced unseasonal rain in recent weeks. This has affected both Kathryn's School, where a wall has collapsed and where there is standing water, and Joan's Grace Home, where the water has brought poisonous snakes into the compound.
Jeyapaul asks us to support him, his family and all the children and workers and has suggested some prayers:
"Please kindly pray for recent heavy rain making so much disorder at Joan's Grace Home campus and Kathryn's School campus."
"Please kindly offer your prayers to God to stop more rain."
"At Kathryn's School new building campus 76 feet compound wall fell down on southern side. We should rebuild again."
"At Kathryn's School still the flood surrounded over the ground and we are afraid about the dangers of virus fever and other infection to little children. "
"At Joan's Grace Home some of our girls affecting by virus fever and cough during this raining season. Please remember them in your prayers. "
"At Joan's Grace Home during our regular Sunday morning prayer 3 snakes came to near our main building. .... So it's really make fear and uncomfortable to the children and elderly ladies. Please kindly pray for the situation. Because the water surrounded all over the compound and outside the compound. "
Thank you in advance for your prayers, as well as for your continuing support. We wish you every blessing.
KMH(UK) Trustees - William, Ian, Kathryn, Hazel and Rachel.
Make a donation
> Use the Donate Now button (we are charged a 3.5% fee for this):
If you have a 'Stewardship' account you might find it helpful to donate via the stewardship.org.uk/partners/KMH.UK link or by using the QR code below (a fee of up to 3.5% will be charged for this)
Alternatively, with no associated charges:
> Transfer your donation directly to KMH(UK), Sort code 40-52-40, Account number 00018566. (Some banks don't like the brackets. In this case, KMHUK is fine.)
> Set up a standing order for regular giving, either by using the standing order form which you can download here or set the standing order up yourself using online banking, or in person at the bank.
> Send a cheque made payable to KMH(UK) to 48 Ditton Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6RB.
> Consider leaving a gift in your will to help the work of KMH for future generations. Please email kmhuk88@gmail.com for more information.
Kathryn's Mercy Home Trust (UK) or KMH(UK) is a registered charity (No. 1129791). If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete a Gift Aid form which you can download here . This way we can add 25% to your donation at no extra cost to you. The Gift Aid form can be sent to us either by email kmhuk88@gmail.com or by post to 48 Ditton Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6RB.
Every pound you give us is put to good use in all the KMH projects. The projects are managed by our partner in India, Kathryn’s Mercy Home Trust (India). Registration Number 075930017. (President: Rev J Jeyapaul). All the projects are staffed by Indian nationals and are regularly inspected for welfare and child protection by the Indian authorities. None of the trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity. There are no intermediaries, administration costs or expenses. See our Internal Financial Control and Due Diligence Policy and our annual accounts.
Together we can help break the chains of poverty and transform lives
Contact us
If you require further information or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Trustee and Secretary of KMH(UK): Rev William Allberry
E-mail: kmhuk88@gmail.com
Address: KMH(UK), 48 Ditton Road, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6RB
Telephone: 07818 641576
Internal Financial Control and Due Diligence Policy
Kathryn's Mercy Home Trust (UK) or KMH (UK) is a registered charity (1129791)
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