INDIA

In India, the caste system still prevails, with the Dalits at the bottom of the caste system. They often live in clay or straw huts, on the outskirts of the city or on the streets. The nehemia team India works primarily on educational opportunities for these people, who are often excluded from society.

Capital: New Delhi
Size: 3,287,000 sq qkm
Population: ca. 1.3 B
Location: Rajamundhry
Team Leader Raja Sekar Gudala
Language: Telugu

Aid Projects of nehemia team India

Children’s Center

In the nehemia children’s center around 30 children (mostly Dalits) have found a new home where they can develop their personality and be educated. In the meantime, a kindergarten has also been set up in the centre. 

Small Business Development

The nehemia team India offers sewing lessons for widows. Here up to eight widows learn how to handle fabrics and sewing machines.The duration of the training is six months and it is free of charge. The aim is for the widows to be able to run a microbusiness from home. School uniforms and simple articles of clothing are to be produced. Those who have completed the training are provided with a sewing machine as basic equipment.

Education

The nehemia team India has opened its first school in India.145 children now have the opportunity to visit the school from Monday to Saturday. It is located in an extension of the children’s centre. Most of them are Dalit children (casteless). The few students who belong to families of higher castes have one thing in common with them: the poverty of their families.

Sponsorships

Especially for “Dalit children” a sponsorship provides food, accommodation, clothing, school education and medical care. Adolescents can stay in the nehemia center until they reach the age of 18. Until then, they have usually also completed vocational training, so that from then on they can lead their lives independently.

Competence Training

Various training courses and seminars for employees and leaders of church congregations take place throughout the year.

News from India

Farewell to Raja Sekhar Gudala

Farewell to Raja Sekhar Gudala

We are sorry to inform you that our dear friend and faithful co-worker Raja Sekhar Gudala passed away on 5 May 2021 at Rajahmundry Hospital at the age of 47 due to Covid-19 infection. We are deeply saddened by the news. Raja was a faithful and dedicated worker in our...

The officially unofficial social system: Indian castes

The officially unofficial social system: Indian castes

Officially, the Indian caste system was already abolished in 1948, but the reality is different. People are still divided into castes, i.e. social classes, which are automatically assigned certain rights, duties and privileges. In India, you can neither move up nor...

Women Empowerment for Indian Dalits

Women Empowerment for Indian Dalits

Since the end of 2020, the nehemia team has been working in the southern state of Telangana with the organization "7 Fruits Foundation", which offers women, especially among the Dalits, new opportunities for a self-determined life in dignity and some independence....

Meet our new staff: Indian water buffalos

Meet our new staff: Indian water buffalos

As nehemia team we have already done so many things, but a herd of Indian water buffalos is new to us! Raja, our leader of the Indian nehemia team and experienced water buffalo farmer wants to do exactly that. He dreams of initially three water buffalos as the start...

A SEWING CENTER FOR WIDOWS

A SEWING CENTER FOR WIDOWS

In August 2018 a new project began in Rajahmundry: a sewing center for widows. Here up to eight widows have the opportunity to learn how to work with fabrics and sewing machines. Each training course runs for half a year and is free of charge. Nehemia team India was...

School opened

School opened

´Good things come to those who wait.´ This saying has proven true in one of Rajahmundry`s suburbs. “Back in 2003 nehemia team India dreamed of opening a school”, explains Carry MacFarlane, who visited the team leaders Raja and Ebba Sekhar last September. “In June 2018...