Joy from Dogs of Gaya charity and a local vet with the street dogs
Children at the Shanti India School
Charities
I support a few different charities when I travel to India to help them in their wonderful work and a percentage of each clinical session and retreat goes to these charities. One of my passions is the wellbeing and education of children as well as the care of street animals. In Bodhgaya, there are a couple of very worthy charities such as Dogs of Gaya (set up by my wonderful freind Joy Frederick). The charity runs regular animal camps to treat sick animals, provide rabies vaccines, de-sex, feed and otherwise offer care and love. The other is Shanti India School which was set up by my good friends Anuj and Dominque to help educate the children of very poor families who are often required to work in poorly paid work or are street begging during the day. Both charities are in Bodhgaya in Bihar state, one of the poorest in India. Shanti India now provides schooling for around 850 children.
Another more recent charity I sponsor is the Shashthi Childrens’ Fund. This is a private fund which provides educational supplies to remote and isolated village schools in rural India. Every Rupee goes to the children.
Please have a look at the facebook and website links below and consider donating.
https://www.facebook.com/Shashthi/