The first wave in India was mainly in the cities. The second wave has spread everywhere. It is deadly and has come so suddenly that it has caught the authorities unaware. We do not want to get into why this situation has arisen but want to concentrate our efforts in helping those who need it most so…
BEHT has helped to build another village school as part of its Anand Dhara village development programme in Visavadar Taluka in Junagadh District. The new 2 classroom school has been built in a village called Laskar Shobhagvadla. The construction started in September 2019 and was completed in…
As part of our Anand Dhara project to help develop villages in Visavadar Taluka of Junagadh District, where we are working in 40 villages, BEHT is helping to build school assembly halls in 9 villages. All the halls have been donated by one UK donor, Bhanuben Kotecha, who sadly passed away in 201…
On 24th March, the Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire 1.3 billion population of India as a preventive measure against the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India. It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public…
After a lovely trip with my family to Mexico in the New Year, I thought my trip to India in February 2020 would be the next major event to remember. Little did I know what awaited me as I returned on 28 February after what was a really uplifting and exciting as well as educational trip to Chaparda…
The BEHT Trustees are delighted to be able to share with you the news that our founder and Chairman Ajay Gudka was awarded the MBE (Most excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth the II in the New Year’s Honours list – For services to Charity and the community in Gujarat, India. The…
On Sunday 26 April 2015 we ran the Virgin London Marathon, something that both of us had always wanted to do albeit knowing that the 26.2 miles would be an enormous challenge, both physically and mentally.We began training towards the end of 2014 and the training was by far the hardest part of the…
In Chaparda the majority of my time was spent in the Girnar English medium school. This school runs form nursery to standard 8, and I was able to spend time in every standard, taking classes myself and teaching individuals who needed more help. The head teachers’ idea behind the school is for…
As we flew into Kilimanjaro International Airport we caught out first glimpse of Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa and the peak of the highest freestanding mountain in the world – Mount Kilimanjaro. The peak that sat proudly above the clouds looked very calm and majestic, sitting quietly for…
In Summer 2013 I travelled to Chaparda to volunteer at Brahmanand. It was my first visit to rural India and Brahmanand so I did not know entirely what to expect or how I would cope with living there. Upon arrival in Brahmanand however, it immediately became clear to me that it is an idyll compared…
Mount Kilimanjaro, in Chaga, the ‘Mountain of Greatness’… but in Swahili, the ‘Mountain of Cold Devils’. When the ‘Climb Kilimanjaro for BEHT’ advert caught my eye in the Oshwal Magazine, I immediately decided that one day I wanted to be the one standing on the summit of that mountain, watching the…