A bright and healthy future Text and photos by Sarah Kang


The Padhar Hospital in the state of Madhya Pradesh, central India, serves all patients—regardless of caste or creed. Owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh, the mission hospital has 200 beds. It receives funding from ELCA World Hunger for its “Tripti Project,” which serves patients, women and children in nearby villages who are food insecure and malnourished.


“ A lack of education and extreme poverty prevails in this region. I thank the ELCA for supporting such a project in this growing, poverty- stricken country, especially focused on a bright and healthy future for women and children.”


— Emmanuel Panchoo, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh.


The Tripti Project The Tripti Project provides nutritious meals to patients and offers surrounding tribal villagers free education and training on nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, and safe cooking practices.


At the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center, located on the hospital campus, malnourished children receive care and remain at the hospital until they have reached a healthy weight.


32 AUGUST 2016


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