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PSYS skills education

Some £5,800 from ERSF to Praja Seva Yuvajana Sangam (PSYS) has been used to teach embroidery skills to the poor women and girls of a tribal community. The money helped purchase sewing and embroidery machines, raw materials for training, furniture, books and pay for electricity charges and an instructor. PSYS Director Mr Shanmugam said: “The […]

Build a School

Tickbird Visitor Centre in Malawi – for the training of farmers and a women’s co-operative in fair trade crops – received a £10,000 boost thanks to the ERSF. The grant was made to the organisation Build A School which is in the initial stages of forming the Fairtrade eesential oil co-operative and is training 10 […]

OBE for ERSF Trustee

ERSF Trustee, Jehangir Sarosh,has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list. It is in recognition of his decades of work in promoting co-operation and goodwill among religious leaders. Jehangir is the President Emeritus of the European Chapter of the World Council on Religions For Peace, an organisation devoted to better relationships between […]

Calcutta Rescue Chitpur leprosy clinic

Nepal Schools Trust

A £6,000 grant from ERSF to the Nepal Schools Trust has been used towards a new building for Milijuli Primary School, Nepal. Replacing the school’s bamboo and grass building, the first floor was 80 to 90 percent complete by the end of 2011. Plastering work, doors and shutters is still required but the school expects […]