Tony and Esther Payne with their children Abigail, Joshua and Caleb

Tony is a joiner by trade. Tony and Esther Payne and their children went out to India in July 2004 with three main aims...

1. To build a home for girls called The Helga Mosey Home for Girls in Ooty.
This was completed in June 2005 and now is home to thirty girls.
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2. To build a pre school called Asha Kiran Pre-school in Latur.
This was completed in June 2005.
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3. To build a home for babies in Ooty. Unfortunately they were unable to do this through reasons that were beyond their control.

Tony and Esther are now working in Hebron School as dormitory parents catering for the needs of about seventeen fourteen year olds. Esther also does some teaching in the school.
Hebron School is a school catering for children of the missionaries from around the world working in India. It is mainly a boarding school which also has some day students.

They are also involved with the Kids on Track project in Mumbai which is a charity looking after about fifty street kids in Mumbai.