This Sunday is Dalit Liberation Sunday, when the National Council of Churches in India are asking churches around the world to pray for justice for the Dalit people, the most oppressed minority in the world regarded as untouchable by the Indian Caste system. Read on to find out more and download the resource pack.  read more…

11 December 2011

A Catholic Bishop in South India has spoken out against discrimination against Dalits who are Christians.  read more…

12 July 2011

Amos supporters complete thousands of miles travel across India in a tuk tuk in aid of the Indian Street Child World Cup team  read more…

20 January 2010

UN conference on racism accused of shunning 260 million Dalits  read more…

28 April 2009

Our partners in India comment on the recent attacks against Christian communities in Orissa  read more…

12 November 2008

Watch a short video produced by participants in Highland Homes' trip to India  read more…

22 July 2008

Environmentalist and Dalit theologian Prem Mitra will be Amos Trust's guest at Greenbelt  read more…

11 July 2008

A story from BBC news about ongoing discrimination against the Dalits of Tamil Nadu  read more…

19 May 2008

Setting up a new Teacher Training College at the Tamarind Project  read more…

Chris Rose 3 April 2008

Helping rebuild in Dalit villages after the tsunami  read more…

Chris Rose 2 April 2008

Amos have teamed up with Wallspace for a special evening 'Caste, Dalits and slavery today', Wednesday 4th July.  read more…

4 July 2007

For the first time since the Tsunami struck on December 26th 2004, seven Dalit families will have a home of their own thanks to the support of Highland Homes.   read more…

Chris Rose 3 March 2007

With the commemoration of the second year of the Tsunami, Amos partner the Tamarind Tree project, in southern Tamil Nadu, still needs to respond to the legacy of the disaster. While the Tamarind Project work has increased drastically over the last two years and there are exciting plans for the future, there are still large numbers of houses needing to be rebuilt and many children who were orphaned two years ago are still waiting for a suitable home.   read more…

11 January 2007

In July, Garth went to India, to see what work had been done with your generous gifts tain how thin the areas damaged by the tsunami of Boxing Day 2005.   read more…

16 December 2005

Jacob reported at the end of October: 'The Tsunami affected villages and places were terribly affected by the recent monsoon, villages were heavily flooded; poor people - those who had begun to rebuild their lives and family - were again marred by flood water and their hopes are shattering again and again. We are planning for a commemoration/thanksgiving service on 26th December 2005 (one year) or the families - those who lost their beloved ones - and for the people and organisations involved in and working hard for the reconstruction process'.   read more…

16 December 2005

Following the devastating tsunami at the end of 2004, we have been involved in helping to rebuild people's homes and lives in Tamil Nadu, India. In conjunction with Jacob Devadason, we are looking at ways to continue our support as the reconstruction goes on, and Garth Hewitt will be visiting India in July to see for himself how the work is progressing.  read more…

28 June 2005

Jacob Devadason, our contact with the Tamarind Project in India, visited Tamil Nadu in January. He went to see first-hand the devastation wrought by the tsunami, and, with colleagues on the ground, to assess what the needs are - both immediate and ongoing.  read more…

16 February 2005

We received an amazingly fast and generous response to the  read more…

14 January 2005

The project which Amos Trust supports in Tamil Nadu, India has - by the grace of God - not been directly affected by the Boxing Day tsunami and consequent devastation, since the village where the Tamarind Project is based is some miles inland. However, the whole state of Tamil Nadu has been affected by this terrible situation, and we have received an urgent request for help from Jacob and Jasmine Devadason - our contacts and links with the Tamarind Project.  read more…

5 January 2005

The 2004 Greenbelt Festival audience were shocked when a planned visit organised by Christian Aid of their partner Annie Namala together with 3 drummers and dancers from the Dalit community (whom Garth Hewitt and Paul Field had worked with on their album 'The Dalit Drum') ended up as a visit by Annie only, as the drummers and dancers were not granted 12-day visas to enter the UK.  read more…

18 November 2004

Towards the end of 2003 we took on a new project (the Tamarind Project), working with the India New Hope and New Life Trust in Gomathimuthupuram in South India. This works with the local Dalit community (previously known as the 'untouchables'), providing resources to support education.  read more…

26 January 2004