Faith in Action

Serving God by
serving His children.

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these … you did for me.”

Matthew 25:40

Eight kinds of help, given directly: groceries, a rebuilt house, school uniforms, medical supplies, blankets, footwear, college fees and football kits. Needs are identified locally, verified in person, and met the same week — no overhead and no middlemen.

Prayer with families and volunteers before a distribution

The eight groups

Photographed on delivery · 2023 – 2026

Photographs shared by the families and the volunteers who delivered the help.

Group 01

Groceries

Rice, oil, vegetables and dry provisions carried to households with no income — mostly elders who are terminally ill, and young widows.

Every month

A month’s rice collected at the mission centre.
A month’s rice collected at the mission centre.
A food packet handed over at the door.
A food packet handed over at the door.
Oil and provisions collected through the village shop.
Oil and provisions collected through the village shop.
A bag of provisions delivered at home, where one of them is bedridden.
A bag of provisions delivered at home, where one of them is bedridden.
Vegetables and rice shared with elders at the community hall.
Vegetables and rice shared with elders at the community hall.
Provisions and household supplies handed over at home.
Provisions and household supplies handed over at home.
Group 02

House construction

Rebuilding and repairing homes that no longer keep the rain out — walls, roof, door and a dry room to sleep in.

As needs arise

Before — the tin and timber shed the family was living in.
Before — the tin and timber shed the family was living in.
After — plastered walls, tiled roof and a gutter, built with local labour.
After — plastered walls, tiled roof and a gutter, built with local labour.
Blessing the finished house with the family and neighbours.
Blessing the finished house with the family and neighbours.
Group 03

School supplies & uniforms

Uniforms, books, bags and exam fees so children of daily-wage families stay in school instead of leaving to work.

Every school year

A student in his new school uniform, back in class for the term.
A student in his new school uniform, back in class for the term.
A boy with his new school shoes at home.
A boy with his new school shoes at home.
Group 04

Medical supplies

Medicines, dressings and hospital costs for families living with leprosy, disability and long-term illness.

Ongoing

Rice and medical supplies for a man whose hand was disabled by injury.
Rice and medical supplies for a man whose hand was disabled by injury.
Group 05

Blankets for street dwellers

Woollen blankets handed out to people sleeping on the street before the hill-country cold sets in.

Every winter

Blankets handed to a man sleeping rough, outside the mission.
Blankets handed to a man sleeping rough, outside the mission.
A blanket handed over, house to house, before the cold set in.
A blanket handed over, house to house, before the cold set in.
Group 06

Sandals, shoes & clothing

Footwear and warm clothes for people who are handicapped, blind, living with leprosy or too ill to work.

Ongoing

Sandals and provisions for an elderly couple met on the roadside.
Sandals and provisions for an elderly couple met on the roadside.
Group 07

Supporting higher education

Sponsoring college and nursing courses end to end — fees, books and hostel — until the student qualifies and can support their family.

Per student, per year

Lamp-lighting ceremony at St. Mary’s School of Nursing, with her parents.
Lamp-lighting ceremony at St. Mary’s School of Nursing, with her parents.
Registered Nurse and Midwife certificate — course completed.
Registered Nurse and Midwife certificate — course completed.
Group 08

Football kits for Chennai fisher families

Match uniforms, boots and travel for the children of Chennai fisher families competing in their soccer tournament.

Tournament season

The team in their new kit with coaches and parents before the tournament.
The team in their new kit with coaches and parents before the tournament.

Why this page exists

A career in systems, a life in service.

The discipline that keeps an HR tenant audit-clean — know the real need, verify it, deliver on time — is what makes small-scale giving work. Every rupee goes to provisions, materials or fees, and every delivery is photographed and accounted for.

Sponsor a family's month

Rice, oil and provisions for one household →

Put a student through college

Fees, books and hostel for one year →