History

Help in Suffering was founded by Englishwoman Crystal Rogers (Mishy to her friends), when, on a stop-over on her way to New Zealand, she saw a lame horse being eaten by crows in the street.

She first founded Animal Friend shelter in Delhi and then moved to Jaipur and founded Help in Suffering in l985. Her early helpers were Mr. G.K. Tiwari, still a trustee, Ajay Lobo's family, and Dr. T. Ramchandani.

The first shelter was located on land provided by the Rajmata of Jaipur, but after Mrs. Janine Vogler, President of Animaux Secours, France, visited Mishy in l985, Animaux Secours raised the money to enable Mishy to build a new shelter on a piece of abandonned land at Durgapura. At that time the shelter was surrounded by bare fields. Trees were planted and gardens developed.

Today the shelter is a small oasis among the outer suburbs of Jaipur.

Trustees Profile

	Mrs Timmie Kumar, Managing Trustee
	Jack Reece is a British veterminary surgeon who has worked at HIS since l998. He became a trustee in 2007. His peer-reviewed articles published in leading journals have demonstrated the efficacy of the HIS ABC programme. Under the guidance of Jack and Dr. Sunil Chawla the incidence of human rabies in the Jaipur HIS ABC area has been reduced to nil
	Dr. T.Ramchandani, Previously Assistant Director, Government Polyclinic, Jaipur, now retired, conducts his own veterinary practice. A founding trustee of HIS.
	Mr. G. K. Tiwari, Senior R.A.S. (Rajasthan Administrative Services )
	Mr. John Singh, retired businessman, who together with his wife Faith founded the Anokhi boutique clothing stores, now working voluntarily for several NGO's in India
	Mrs. Jane Singh, Businesswoman
	Mr Ajay Lobo, Zoologist who runs a computer systems business operating throughout Rajasthan
	Mr Federico Spinola, an Italian businessman who has founded the Marwar Animal Protection Trust in Jodphur, India
	Mrs Janine Vogler,  Animaux Secours, Arthaz, France, became a trustee of HIS in l985 and has worked continuously to raise funds for the shelter.

HIS PATRONS

Her Highness The Rajmata of Jaipur (right) accepted the position of patron of HIS in 2005. She has supported and helped HIS since its foundation in l985. She has had a close relationship with animals all her life. Numerous books have been written about her life in which her love of the people of Jaipur shines forth.

Christine Townend (holding paper) was managing trustee and later Chair of HIS for 17 years, during which time she lived and worked mostly at HIS with her husband. In 2007 she retired as a trustee and was appointed a patron of HIS. The story of HIS and her work has been published by Macmillan (2006) entitled 'Christine's Ark'.

Some of the HIS-India Staff and trustees