MAKING A BETTER WORLD

Born and bred in England, I have spent more than fifty years in India.

In India, there are many rich people. Equally there are many poor, deprived and underprivileged.

I have felt moved to spend my life among these - the poor in villages.

To be one of them, I learned their language and live their simple life .


SOME PROBLEMS FACED BY THE POOR.

1. HOUSING : Many poor in villages lack suitable housing. Their houses are often very old and dilapidated. They live in make-shift huts. Building the simplest house costs about £6000, ($7900, ₹5,00,000). To build their own house is out of the question for the poor.

When I have funds I help as many as I can.

If you would like to help someone, contact me (Fr. Tim) at ftgreenway@gmail.com 

2. EDUCATION : young people in villages from low income groups want to study and get on in life. Their first problem is that there are no colleges or institutions of higher learning in villages. They are only in urban areas. The best are in major cities.

Their second problem is college fees are prohibitive. Since colleges are far away, they must live in hostels where fees are very high.

The Government does give a partial scholarship to poor students. However, they must pay the balance themselves plus their own personal expenses. As a result, many are forced to drop out.

I reach out to as many as I can. I want to help 93 this year.

You too can share in this. You can help someone reach their dream. Just contact me at

 ftgreenway@gmail.com

3. A PROBLEM FOR GIRLS : married girls go to live with their in-laws, while boys stay in their own home with their wives. With little money, many parents hesitate to spend money on their daughters higher education. So, girls lose out.

I step in to make their dreams come true. Girls respond very well to what little help I can give. Many are now in a profession such as teaching or nursing. Lack of funds means that some are , unfortunately, left outside.

Thank you for reading so far. if you feel moved to work for a better world, even in a small way, do contact me, ftgreenway@gmail.com

4. SINGLE MOTHERS AND ORPHAN CHILDREN. There is a sizeable number of these in villages, due to untimely deaths and other causes. Single mothers and orphans are the most deprived of all.

I will not refuse them. This year I am helping 43 - by paying fees and other educational expenses such as books, bags, uniforms etc.

I go ahead, believing people of good-will will always come forward to support my work. 

SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER (Jeeva Jala Nilayam)

This is our ashram. We live by the principle: by giving we receive, by loving we are loved, by sharing we are rich and that true religion is "to help orphans and widows in their distress and not to allow the world to corrupt us".

With some of the residents of Springs of Living Water.
Each one has a story to tell.

TO LOVE HUMAN BEINGS IS TO LOVE GOD.


You too can be part of our work. Contact me today: Fr. Tim, ftgreenway@gmail.com.

OUR FAMILY:

Pandu

 Pandu came here about six months ago (Jan 2017). He was totally paralysed and helpless.  However with love and care he is well on the way to recovery.

Yadamma

Yadamma came to The Springs five years ago.

We are her family. She has no husband or children.

Saidamma

Saidamma has been with us since the beginning. Who knows how old she is. Maybe eighty five or more!

Buchamma

Buchamma has been with us for four years now.

Anji

Anji was orphaned when he was very small and he was born with HIV.

He has been with us since he was four or five years of age.

His sister who was also brought up by us is now happily married with two children. Anji and her keep in close contact.

Vinod

Vinod was brought here two to three years back completely paralysed due to some rare sickness.

With treatment he is now almost cured. He is now able to work and 

drives our autorickshaw.

Shantamma

Shantamma came here with her daughter and then ten-month old son in 2011. She was very badly burnt and almost died.

However she recovered, even though she is badly disfigured.

Sujaatha

Sujaatha is also an orphan from Nellore which is one night's travel from here. How she ended up here is quite amazing. Her parents died some years ago and she lived with her grandmother. Her grandmother also died and she was left with no one and nothing. One day she boarded a train and then another and eventually alighted in Vikarabad. She went to a church here and the people of that church brought her to me. "I was homeless and you gave me a home" - she is now a member of our 'family' here.

Thank you for reading so far,

you can be part of our work.

Contact me today: Fr. Tim, at ftgreenway@gmail.com

Jyothi

When Jyothi was about four she was abandoned on the railway station here. The police brought her here and we welcomed her. She is now about fifteen and preparing for the school leaving examination. She stays in our boarding home with the sisters.

Sireesha

Sireesha lost both her parents on one day. She was at the time in our boarding home. Since then she is with us. She too is studying along with Jyothi in St. Gonzalo Garcia English Medium High School in Pargi and stays with the the sisters there.

Rohini

 Rohini is another orphan, brought here by the people of one of our villages. She came a couple of weeks ago (July 2017). She would like to become a nurse and is doing preparatory training for this.

Mamatha

Mamatha is an orphan who came here of her own accord. She too is now doing preparatory vocational training to become a nurse. 

Nirmala

Nirmala looks after all the internal affairs of the ashram – cooking, residents’ needs etc. She comes from a farming family and is keen on growing vegetables and food crops for the residents.

She is a widow having recently lost her husband. She and her husband were here from the beginning.  

She came here to serve out of gratitude. Some eleven years ago she had a very serious accident when knocked down by a bus. She was in a private hospital for more than three months since there was no other place to get the treatment needed. Invalided for more than twelve months, she lost the use of one arm. But we saved her life.

Without support we can do nothing.

Your support will enable us to do more.

You may contact me today:

Fr. Tim

ftgreenway@gmail.com

IN 'SPRINGS OF LIVING WATER', 

WE LIGHT A CANDLE, WE DO NOT CURSE THE DARKNESS.

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE

All these YOUNG PEOPLE are from the poorest backgrounds. They have intelligence and they work hard. However, they lack money. I reach out to 93 students. I help them with what they can’t do for themselves.

In the last TEN YEARS more than three hundred have graduated in their chosen field and are now earning a living.

If you would like to help me do more, contact me today, Fr. Tim, 

ftgreenway@gmail.com

I WANT TO DO MORE: 



Is it right to have to live like this?

I would like now to help 5 families build their house and home.  Total £ 25,000 ($20,000, ₹21,00,000)

If you would like to help contact me today: Fr.Tim,
ftgreenway@gmail.com

I want to continue helping our 43 orphans and very poor children: Total £3,600.00 ($3000, ₹3,02,000)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

and continue helping deprived young people realise their dreams.  Total £ 13,000 ($16,000, ₹10,90,000).

Why not contact me at ftgreenway@gmail.com ?

Let's help one another

This year I plan to help 20 tribal children be educated at a cost of £6500 ($8500)

Jesus, Our inspiration

To care for those living in Jeeva Jala Nilayam (Springs of Living Water),  £ 2700, ($3500, ₹2,28,000).

WHAT I NEED NOW TO REACH OUT TO ALL THE ABOVE: £50,800 ($67,000, ₹42,67,200)

1.    If you like this blog, please give a comment below. To share in my work to those in need, please send an email to me at ftgreenway@gmail.com

Every little helps!

You may send your donation directly to the bank  -  F.T. Greenway, a/c no 80431761, Barclays 20-82-14

(Barclays Address: 1 Bridge Street, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 1XU, United Kingdom)

In India: A/c  Jeeva Jala Nilayam of the St Josephs Society,

a/c number: 173511100002449

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or (for GIFT AID DONATIONS in the U.K.) to the Mill Hill Missionaries, mentioning for Fr. Greenway’s mission in India.

Mill Hill Missionaries address: Accountant Finance Office  P.O.  Box 3608 St Joseph’s Parish Centre 36 Cookham Road Maidenhead SL6 7UX United Kingdom

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