21 November 2016 Archives

Marshalamni, Leelavathi and Shanthi – Essential service

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

Three times a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner – one hundred and fifty Mithra residents head for the Dining Hall to be served a nutritious meal. Most of the meals are prepared and cooked in the attached kitchen by the cook and his wife. But...

M Subramanyam – Faithful service

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M Subramanyam – Faithful service

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

If you ever wish to see the smiling face of Mithra, then M Subramanyam is it. No one at Mithra is more gracious or welcoming than Subramanyam. He came to Mithra in 1989. Sr Mary Theodore had taken a keen interest in developing the physical and intellectual...

Kondama – Doing small things with great love

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Kondama – Doing small things with great love

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

Recently with Mother Teresa being declared a Saint by the Church, we recall her many pearls of wisdom. To encourage us to perform daily acts of kindness, Mother Teresa reminded us: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with...

M Saravanakumar – Mithra’s Physiotherapist

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M Saravanakumar – Mithra’s Physiotherapist

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

Mithra is very fortunate to have a Physiotherapist. It was always part of Sr Mary Theodore’s vision that the disabled children of the poor, deserved on-going professional therapy. She was appalled to discover that many physiotherapists in Madras who...

Hemalatha Chena – Mithra School Principal

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Hemalatha Chena – Mithra School Principal

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

From the beginning in 1977, Sr Mary Theodore knew that physically and intellectually challenged children could live much better lives if they received help from the relevant professionals. Rehabilitation was Sister’s “buzz” word. She had discovered...