Gilbert Spaletta, Gilbert Spaletta, who wrote Margot et les enfants du sourire (ed. Broche) wrote these few verses inspired of the smile of children he met at the " Open Hands " center.

Il est là, à nos côtés, nous de jeunes filles, aussi banales que fréquentes. Il prend le temps si précieux pour nous parler d’un ton juste et réaliste de ce pays aux mille paradoxes ; des femmes qu’il respecte, aime, qui travaillent dès cinq heures du matin, cherchent l’eau, lessivent, frottent, cuisinent pour la famille, travaillent sur les chantiers. “Elles sauveront l’Inde”…

Fleur Martin Laprade et Marie Simonnot

In all these humble places, an extraordinary joy… An intense joy on all these children, sick people, women, dalits, parias faces. Because one day, somebody told them : " I love you ", " You are not worthless to me " ! This is Father Ceyrac's revolution.

Jean-Yves Robin, Jean Yves Robin, worked 2 years in Madras with Father Ceyrac's community (1999-2001)

We finally went to India for 6 months, my cousin Nathalie who is a nurse and I. We joined there Father Ceyrac who made us discover this fabulous country through the numerous humanitarian projects he was leading.

Claire de La Borderie, le 11 Octobre 2001