Donor stories
Although our donors are all special people who have concern for others and have put that concern into action, sometimes there are special circumstances related to a particular donor or a particular donation, which we feel are inspiring food for thought. These are their stories.

Hidden heroes: Pete and Margot

Pete and Margot are regular donors to Ganga Prem Hospice. They are enthusiastic about helping in any way they can. Margot scans the web for new ideas on fundraising and Pete spends a great deal of his spare time having fundraising brainwaves and writing to potential donors about the Hospice in his own innovative style. So what's so special about them? Well, Margot has advanced multiple sclerosis (MS) and is paralysed from her neck down, and Pete, her husband and only carer, looks after her 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

About Ganga Prem Hospice, Pete writes, "Í saw immediately the huge potential for good that these people were dreaming up. Not only the compassionate care of poor people who would otherwise die in agony and isolation—as if that's not enough—but the future potential to become a centre of excellence in the North of India as the excellent centre in Kerala is for the South. Our dream is that in a few years doctors and nurses from all over India will come to Ganga Prem as training interns!

"Our small involvement with GPH has been an extraordinary journey challenging us to look at what big words like 'generosity' can mean in practice and really just how true it is that 'it's in the giving that we receive.'

"It is painful for us to realise that being 'spiritual' was so easily seen in the past as being about us, and being 'special,' at the centre of the universe...
We now see that just how we transform the "good words" and pious intentions into small compassionate acts is what counts. All the rest is just the little ego telling its tales... Puffing away...

"This week Margot took delivery of a new laser controlled computer that lets her type using the pupils of her eyes. She has advanced MS and is paralysed from the neck down. Despite that she continues to write her novel and has written over 61,000 words! This will enable her to continue and we are so very grateful for this.

"It is about counting our blessings and looking at how we can share the little we have with Kartik and his family and all of our other brothers and sisters around the world (and around the corner)."