Bringing people in the UK and Haryana togetherThe Work of the Buwan Kothi International

Trust

The story begins in 2005 with the wedding of Gilly Mundy and Debbie Quargnolo in Buwan Kothi

a village in Haryana in northern India

A rural farming communityof around 36 families that is isolated and lacks basic amenities

such as a local doctor or a school

Visitors from Britainwere overwhelmed by the welcome they received from local people

and decided to give something back

By raising fundsTo improve education,health and the environment

in collaboration with local people

Gilly’s sudden deathin March 2007, aged only 36, gave us renewed energy and a plan

to build a school named in his memory

In the course of one yearthrough sponsored eventsand individual donations

we raised over £52,000

Allowing us to pay forwork to be completedby April 2008

on phase 1 of our major project

The Gilly Mundy Memorial Community School

the district‘s first non-profit school

benefiting the wider community

Over the next year we aimto complete work on the schooland start work on a Resource Centre

and schoolchildren in Britain

And strengthen tiesbetween the children at the Gilly Mundy Memorial Community School

Get in contact with us

To find out moreor to help and support our work over the coming year

www.buwankothi.org.uk

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