Father Monodeep from the Delhi Brotherhood in New Delhi gave
an informative assembly to KS2 about the society and life in India. He
told us how in 1877 the rector at the time in Framlingham, Edward Bickerston,
founded the missionary for boys from poor families. Father Monodeep told
us how they have a night shelter where boys, who work during the day, are
invited to be educated, where they can sleep in safety, be fed a cooked meal,
showered and washed with a change of clothes and play games with each other –
something many children are deprived from but which our children here in
Framlingham take for granted. Alongside the night shelters for boys,
young women are trained to used computers and taught how to sew; young men are
taught basic DIY skills eg repairing and restoring simple electrical item and
some boys are given a lifetime opportunity to be educated and disciplined in
the hopes of having a more stable and safer future.
A lot of extra information about life in New Delhi and India
was gleaned during the question session at the end. It was great to see
how money sent from the school and the town is being used to help deprived
areas in New Delhi.
