CRED partner FIAM have 3 main income generation programmes to help them move towards sustainability and away from total reliance on external donors. One of these is the goat project. Another is St Joseph’s school. And the third income generator that FIAM has set up is their compost business. A…
St Joseph’s school in Nallajeerla was set up in 2008 by Janaki Menni, her wonderful father (now sadly died), and others within the FIAM team at the time. Over the years that I (Helen) have known it, the school has grown impressively from a small-ish facility comprising just one class…
One of the programmes supported by FIAM is providing support to 18 elderly people, each of whom is widowed and essentially abandoned by their family, leaving them with nowhere to call their home. The 18 live as part of a larger community of 30, and it was a delight to…
The week that I (Helen) was visiting St Joseph’s school (run by CRED Partner FIAM in India) happened to coincide with election week for the new head boy and head girl, and their deputies, and it was fascinating to see the process unfold as the week progressed. It started with…
On a recent trip to CRED Partner FIAM in India, one of the projects that I visited was the goat farm, or should I say goat sub-farm. FIAM currently own over 400 goats and have been gradually building this number over the years. The goats are all traditional breed, and…
written by Janaki Menni We completed our schedule work and came back to home safly on Tuesday morning. God did wonderfully amongest those village people. Hallelujah. Amen. We spent two days on Sunday and Monday in mission work. We opened two churches, one in Malkangiri village and the other in…
A beautiful story of the children of St Joseph’s school (FIAM) putting the Good Samaritan ethos into practice. Written by Janaki Menni of FIAM. I am very happy to share that most of the children are showing kindness and helping minds and behaving like very responsible children. We organized a…
written by Janaki We spent two days on Sunday and Monday in mission work. We opened two churches in villages that have not had a church for a very long time. We did a lot of evangelism in the area and through it God raised up people from those villages…
written by Janaki Menni Our school children recently competed in the 2025 All India Maths Olympiad exam and 16 children from St Joseph’s have secured ranks in it. Out of those 16 children, a student named Nutanesh got All India rank 15th, a student named Greeshma Rose got All India…
Written by JM, but all locations removed to protect identity, and some religious words amended. This evening I reached home after finishing a trip in some tribal villages that we had not visited before. G_d is doing wonderful things and leading us to reach out and prepare young leaders for…
