$22,815 Donation Goal
Bethel House India provides life-affirming alternatives to abortion and female infanticide. The purpose of Bethel House India has always been to spread the message of life with the disadvantaged—as in the song, Like a bridge over troubled water.
Who We Are
Bethel House is a project under the umbrella of Devxchange– a network of many volunteers of People Helping People.
Doug and Anna Roth are the Lead Members for the project that are working with their local implementing partners in India.
Jeevan Initiatives
Jeevan has also been producing videos to encourage pregnant moms during this pandemic. In April 2020, the video was on avoiding anxiety during gestation. May’s was on how to deliver an emotionally healthy baby through gratefulness, and June’s was Jennifer’s story, the story of a mom who already had twins and was surprised to be expecting again. Here Jennifer tells her story of pregnancy and how she manages life as a busy mom.
Mr. Godfrey, through Jeevan, has been creating a publication called Pranasvasa. We have posted the first and second ones here for you to have a read.
Pregnancy Resource Centers
Establishing Resource, Education and Pregnancy Centres throughout India.
Conferences
Awareness Seminars
Training
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Our History
Bethel House India supports very needy children who live in a loving foster home in South India.
In 2014 we took another step to address these crying needs. A social worker was hired to be our project manager. She lives and works in Tamil Nadu, South India, presenting the message of the sanctity of life, fetal development, abortion procedures with the side effects, and forgiveness and healing. She has spoken to thousands of people – 100-Days workers (poorly paid manual labourers who work for a period of 100 days before getting paid), students, pastors, nursing students and gypsies – with this message. Many women have chosen life over abortion as a result.
In 2015 Doug contacted many others in India, those who had a similar desire to affirm life, inviting them to a “Gathering” of people affirming life. This was held in Delhi and was attended by seventeen people in all, a far cry from just two in 2008. Very encouraging.
Since then Doug has hired a Regional Director with the goal of expanding the work throughout India and establishing an Indian work team and support base.
Strategic doors are opening to expand the work with Resource Centres throughout India.
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Our Needs
We are seeking to add two additional staff. We would like to multiply the number of Awareness Seminars to 180 and add four professional conferences.
It is also our aim to reach and support 15 additional women experiencing unplanned pregnancies.
We would like to provide a manual and training for staff for new Resource Centres.
In order to strengthen the financial base of the work, we have a two-pronged goal. In India, the Regional Director would seek to inspire various groups with the tremendous need and opportunity to invest in such centres.
He would also like to come to Canada to present the project and stir donors with the opportunities.
In addition, we would like to have a videographer collect the stories and testimonies of Indian women who have been assisted.
Our budget in 2021 is $90,000. This includes the project work in India and the Canadian expenses related to fund-raising here and sending the lead member and his wife to visit the field annually to encourage, strengthen, expand, and establish the work.