Teenage girls in South India, who would otherwise have no education opportunities, attend Intermission’s training centre in Chennai. The students can stay in the workshop for up to three years, where they learn skills like batik, handloom weaving and sewing. They can also learn secretarial and computer skills.

The founders, Mr U Benjamin and his wife Parwin, felt that God was calling them to give up their academic careers to work with orphans and street-children. Now they are responsible for the overall administration and running of the centre.

When the training centre began there was little money. The batik work was done in a thatched shed and the girls had to sleep huddled among sacks of rice and wheat.  Now they have a beautiful building with good facilities.