LELC - Anna Irbe Foundation - Creating Caring Communities amongst all castes and creeds.
In 1933, Anna Irbe, daughter of Bishop Karlis Irbe, of Riga, Latvia, started a Mission Station in the Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu.Rev. G and Mrs. Mabel Stephen, fourth generation Christians, joined her,working together for 14 years. They established an holistic Christian centre with a working farm, Homes for children and old people, as well as Primary health care and Outreach spiritual educational and social work in the surrounding villages. In1938 Dr Feldmanis, the Latvian Mission secretary, visited this unique Swedish-Latvian-Indian community. He wrote:” the message of love was preached to the villagers in the context of their lives.” In 1968 Reverend Stephen established similar Mission work in the Tiruchy District of Tamil Nadu.
