Vishal is 21 years old, a very polite young gentleman. He is currently doing his 3rd year bachelorโs degree. Vishal and his mother Manju have been a part of Shalom for over 12 years. A glimpse into Vishalโs life My family used to live in Madhya Pradesh but when I got really sick we came …
Learn about NeST (Neonatal Survival Training)
Psalm 139 declares that we are fearfully and wonderfully made - woven together by God our Father Himself in the womb of our mothers. We in Canada enjoy superb health care for our mothers and babies - even the tiniest and sickest of them. But this is not true in other parts of our world. Many newborn babies, and especially the …
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A Beacon of Hope
"Visit to Landour Community Hospital"- An Account by Joy Antonia, Billย and Carol Huggan February 2019 was anย exciting month for my family.ย My brother Bill, sister-in-law Carolย and I (Joy), went onย theย trip of a lifetime to India. We wanted to retraceย our parents' footsteps, who about eighty years ago,ย worked in Landour, India, where they served the poor, in the …
A Gift of Hope from “Joni and Friends”
Sunil Kumar Kushwaha is a 19-year-old man from a village in north Bihar. Three years ago, he was involved in a motorcycle accident and injured his spinal cord. From the nearby hospital, he was referred to a hospital in Delhi and after a brief period of rehabilitation, he returned home, facing the life-long challenge of …
An Account of CBR from the Founder, Mary Ellen Sellers
On a hot and dusty day, my colleague Silas and I arrive in front of a small house in a rural village in Bihar. ย Silas and I, working with Duncan Hospitalโs Community Based Rehabilitation Project (CBR), have come to meet a child with a disability who lives with her parents and her extended family in …
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