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Good Shepard School
Good Shepard School
young mums
young mums
nursery festival
nursery festival
chia time
chia time
my youngest playing chess
my youngest playing chess
the girls
the girls
breakfast
breakfast
my partner and Jules who runs the boys home
my partner and Jules who runs the boys home
family
family
the boys
the boys
me teaching
me teaching
my eldest teaching history
my eldest teaching history
top student
top student
Hanna
Hanna
promo shot for school
promo shot for school

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Our Home

Photographing and volunteering at an orphanage in Kerela.

Our Home Community is a grass-roots organisation established by a local Keralan, Chacko K Mathew. It provides a safe and loving family environment for approximately 45 orphans and homeless children from Southern India. It is also home to The Good Shepard School, which provides affordable primary education for 300 local children and all the orphans.
During my world trip I spent an extraordinary week here photographing the children and their wonderful family. Volunteering also involved helping out with chores and technology queries, playing and sharing games and teaching in the classroom – which was a first and quite nerve wracking! The stories of the children and the people who worked there were heart breaking and inspiring.

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