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A prayer garden that grew into a house of service

Elshadai Jebathottam Trust began with a small group meeting under a tamarind tree to pray for the families around them. What started as prayer soon became provision — a sack of rice here, a hospital bill there, then school fees for children who had stopped going.

Today the trust runs a daily kitchen, sponsors children through school, holds free medical camps in remote panchayats, and supports widows and elders who have nobody else. The work is carried by volunteers and funded entirely by people who choose to give.

We keep our promise simple: what you give goes where you sent it, and we will tell you exactly how it was used.

Volunteers serving hot meals to a queue of villagers

18

Years of service

12,400+

Lives touched

260

Children sponsored

94

Villages reached

Faith in action

We pray first and then move — every programme begins in the prayer garden that gives the trust its name.

Full transparency

Audited accounts, itemised spends and a receipt for every gift, however small.

Local hands

Our volunteers live in the villages they serve, so help arrives fast and stays long.

Walk with us

Give monthly and you become part of the family that keeps the kitchen open and the classrooms full.

Become a monthly giver