Mallappally

Today we moved on to Mallappally. We visited a church and 2 temples. One of the temples was dated BC. It was built into a rock, which showed how the early Hindus worshiped in this area (see above).

We also visited an orphanage and school, St. Philominas. The orphanage is raising money to build a new building for housing 40 students. I am posting 2 pictures that make me very sad. The first is the dormitory for the orphanage.


The second picture is of the "library" for the school. It is 1 cabinet of books for 350 students to share. This school needs money to build a new bathroom facility. There is 1 toilet for all the students and teachers. It is a government run school, and it is in need of assistance.