Education for children,
care for widows,
hope for communities.
Bethel Mission carries out educational and livelihood work that strengthens communities, cares for people in need, and turns hope into meaningful action. We support the schooling of children and stand alongside widows as they rebuild a livelihood for their families.
“Let us do good to all people…”
What we do
Two things sit at the centre of our work: keeping children in school, and giving widows the resources to earn and provide. Everything else grows out of those.
Supporting children's schooling
Books, bags and the school costs that quietly push children out of education. Here children work through their own textbooks together — the difference between staying in school and leaving it for good.
Standing with widows
The hall fills on a distribution day. Losing a husband often means losing the household's entire income overnight — we provide the resources that let a woman live with dignity and keep her children in school.
Creating welcoming spaces
Every hand up at once. Safe, warm places where children can learn, play and build confidence alongside people who know their names — the setting that makes everything else in our work take root.
Our work in pictures
Moments from the communities we serve in Chennai and Nellipudi.
Together in the community
Families and volunteers meeting together. Our work runs through relationships built over years, not one-off visits — which is why the same faces appear again and again in these photographs.
Support that reaches the household
Provisions handed to each widow to carry home the same day. Support for a child's education only holds if the household around them can also eat.
Where we work
Nellipudi Project
Educational support for children, livelihood resources for widows, and welcoming spaces where children can learn, grow and build confidence. Read more →
Chennai Project
Bethel Nursery and Primary School — early years and primary education for children in the community we have served the longest. Read more →
Get involved
Whether you want to support a child's education, help a widow rebuild her livelihood, or simply learn more about our work — we would be glad to hear from you.