Stories

I came across the lads when on holiday in Candolim one Sunday when a group of boys came walking up the beach.  I asked what they were doing and it was explained to me that they came down to the beach every weekend for a couple of hours. I decided to walk over and have […]

I became involved with El Shaddai in 2002. I had a conversation at Anjuna market with co-founder Anita Edgar and she discovered that l was a cricket coach and invited me to coach the boys at Victory House. From my first visit, l was astounded at their enthusiasm, their natural ability and their athleticism, to

Wayne and Nicki Dawson of @absoluteembroidery (www.absoluteembroidery.co.uk) very kindly made and donated three sets of football strips for the El Shaddai under 10s and 12s boys and for the under 13s girls. The teams loved their new football strips and proudly wore them to play their tournament so a BIG thank you to Wayne and

Nirali Hathi happened to be in Goa with her parents Jagdish and Daksha having a few days holiday in Candolim when she got talking to Sanjiv, one of our UK Trustees, whilst enjoying the pool at the apartment complex they were all staying at . It transpired that Nirali was a Cricket Coach! The opportunity

My name is John McCormack, the founder of the Skip2Bfit challenge, a family-run business that we started in 2003. Our son David presents workshops and my wife Joanne runs the office in Broadstairs in Kent. Joanne and myself have been visiting Goa for the last three years and whilst there, we saw a stall at

Alick and Kathryn Lavers, Child Sponsors write about their experience sponsoring Mallamma One Sunday about twenty years ago, Kathryn and I were privileged to find ourselves sitting next to Anita in our church, where she had been invited by our vicar to tell us of her work.  As a result of her presentation, we have

Neil Patel, a regular donor, shares how his life changed when he met his sponsored child. One day, I went to visit El Shaddai in Goa with my mother, Tara Patel. She told me that she liked to visit, and to be with Matthew and the children in the afternoons. As soon as I arrived,

Fundraiser Mina Changela writes about her experience with El Shaddai: My love for El Shaddai in Goa grew when I visited the school and homes in Assagao around 2013. The children touched my soul with their love and warmth. I am grateful to Neil Patel for recommending El Shaddai Charitable Trust. To support the exceptional