Kathryn's Nursery and Primary School

KMH 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 onto secondary and higher education.

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Kathryn's Nursery and Primary School, Devakottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Name: Kathryn's Mercy Home Trust (UK)
Address: 48 Ditton Road, Surbiton
Telephone: 44 2083902019

KMH employs 15 qualified teachers. The head teacher was a former child in one of KMH's Rural Child Development Centres, and is a great role model to the children. The school is authorised under the Tamil Nadu Government, and as such is subject to the inspections for education and welfare of all authorised schools in that state. The classrooms are bright and attractive, and some classrooms have interactive boards with touchscreens. The school follows the Indian Government’s curriculum for English medium schools, and the children perform well.

Some of the parents who can afford it pay a small amount towards the school's costs. At least 25% of children receive a fully funded place including free school uniform. The school heavily depends on the money we raise to pay for the teachers' and other workers' salaries, the school equipment and buildings.

The school provides education for children between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The children wear the uniforms provided with pride.

There is a large area of land around the school which provides lots of room for play and other activities.

New classroom building project

The 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. The children have been involved at every stage of the building project, form the blessing of the foundations in July 2023, to the dedication of the classrooms on the 3rd April 2024. They have watched the building work with keen interest. Some of the children may have been inspired to study engineering, as other children who have been through the school have.

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> Use the Donate Now button (we are charged a 3.5% fee for this):

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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