It was a great pleasure to receive the news that Mrs Priyo Lal, Head of Special Education at Raphael (the Ryder-Cheshire Home in India) has been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award. This award is in memory of the late Prime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi, and honours those who have made […]
Month: December 2014
The launch of Peter Newton’s book ‘Klibur Domin Sharing With Love’.
 Peter is the dedicated, long serving President of Ryder-Cheshire Australia and was the driving force behind the inception and growth of Klibur Domin (the Ryder-Cheshire Home in Timor Leste).  The book is a thoroughly researched and yet deeply personal account of the ‘perfect storm’ of issues within both Ryder-Cheshire Australia and Timor Leste that led […]
Tristan
I arrived about two weeks after Jo and Kate, with almost no idea what to expect. With 36 hours of travel behind me, I crawled into bed and woke up to the sounds of Raphael all around me. It has been an island of peace and complete tranquillity in an otherwise bustling country. It took […]