Cake distribution

Annual distribution of New Year cake, sponsored by Helen Cruickshank and family.

New toilet block at Patharmura

Friends of R V Mission is sponsoring the construction of a toilet block for boys and girls at the Patharmura school at Patharmura Branch, West Bengal, India. 

Christmas gifts 2016

Dear Friends

Please see images of Christmas celebration at the R V Mission.  Cakes and sweets for all children had been sponsored by Helen Cruickshank, our member and supporter for many years..

Picture quiz update

This year's picture quiz, organised by David Haywood, raised a magnificent amount of £635, which will go towards the nutritional and medical visits to the Purulia Leprosy Village, co-ordinated by the RV Mission. The quiz was won by Mrs Margaret Thompson, from Saddleworth, and the picture shows her receiving her prize from Edna Green.

Donation from Order of St Lazarus

The Commandery of John of Gaunt made a donation of £1000 towards the ongoing sponsorship of children at the Mission, and the picture shows the Commander, Professor Marios Adamou, presenting the cheque to David Haywood on behalf of FORVM.

Picture Quiz

Since many of you are waiting eagerly for the answers to this year's quiz, they now appear below. The entries are still being examined and a winner will be announced this week, together with the amount raised.

Picture Quiz answers – 2016 (Famous films)
1	Casablanca	21	Notting Hill
2	The Wizard of Oz	22	Babe (or Baby)
3	The Godfather	23	Blazing Saddles
4	Citizen Kane	24	The Sound of Music
5	North by North West	25	Love Story
6	One flew over the Cuckoo’s nest	26	The Elephant Man
7	The Graduate	27	Chicken Run
8	Home Alone	28	Frankenstein
9	Jaws	29	Jailhouse Rock
10	The African Queen	30	The King and I
11	The Maltese Falcon	31	Little Women
12	Singing in the Rain	32	The Great Escape
13	High Noon	33	Shakespeare in Love
14	West Side Story	34	Some like it hot
15	Midnight Cowboy	35	Dial M for Murder
16	Apollo 13	36	The English Patient
17	Taxi Driver	37	Edward Scissorhands
18	Top Hat	38	Swallows & Amazons
19	Dead Poets Society	39	Yanks
20	Silence of the Lambs	40	The Railway Children

New Water Purification unit

A new water purification unit is installed at the Leprosy Hospital of Believers’ Church of Purulia  India sponsored by Order of St Lazarus and organised by Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission  India.

The unit has been installed as a result of a Fundraising Quiz held by the members and friends of the Commandery of John of Gaunt. It has been of enormous benefit for leprosy patients and also staff members and local residents especially as the temperature is now around 50 degree C in that area.

Purulia Leprosy Village Nutritional Programme

Images of nutritional and healthcare programme sponsored by St Lazarus at Leprosy Village, Purulia  in July and August

2016 through R V Mission and Friends of R V Mission.