Causes: Children & Youth, Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, International, International Relief, Literacy, Youth Development Programs
Mission: A collaboration with the salesian, carmelite and franciscan clarist sisters to rescue, house and educate 1000+ orphan girls, the unwanted "street children", and assist in the education of 70,000 boys and girls, the poorest of the poor.
Programs: Building: major construction occurred during 2017 and we are just months away from completing orphanages 6 at tangla, assam and 7 bangalore. Orphanages 8 churachandpur in manipur and 9 dimapur in nagaland are under construction and should be completed by late 2018 our orphanages now are home for 1000+ girls and many thousands more have received temporary shelter until they could be reunited with families. All our orphanages have dormitories, study rooms, computers, sanitary kitchen and bathing facilities in addition to a sustainable water harvesting and storage system. Need for buildings at 10 carmel jyoti, manipur and 11 alphonsa home, bongaigaon, assam -critical need for sheltering vulnerable girls and providing them education. - these new orphanages are for children orphaned by aids, some of whom are hiv-positive. -many children are abandoned here as people come for work and cannot afford to keep their children, so we need more space. -girls are rescued or found abandoned and have to sleep in classrooms, on the floorwherever we can find room. No decent place to sleep or wash up. -and the numbers of girls keeps growing because of ethnic clashes, broken homes, and unmarried mothers with children they cannot raise. -girls are given faith formation, health and hygiene class, plus they learn skills so they can support themselves: computer and basics in tailoring for girls who are lacking a skill. -homes range from 50 to over 100 girls. And provide a bright future. Education: this is the sixth year for our exciting new program, the "thinking schools academy. " led by dr. David paige of bellarmine university in louisville, the objective is to teach methods to teachers so that they might encourage higher level thinking in their instruction. Too much of indian education is based around memorization. With "thinking schools, " we are preparing our indian students to be problem solvers, to "think outside the box, " to be creative and innovative. We have now provided basic and advanced training for over 1,050 teachers in 43 schools. We are demonstrating that it can be the model for education throughout india and in other developing countries. We supplied 25,000 in scholarship grants. We provided funds for musical instruments and instructor fees. Health and wellness: we procured grants to fund critically needed medical procedures. We provided funds for purchase of nutritious brown rice, fruits and vegetables to supplement diets. We purchased chickens and a chicken coop. We continue to supply backup electricity systems and other critically needed services.
Mission: A collaboration with the salesian, carmelite and franciscan clarist sisters to rescue, house and educate 1000+ orphan girls, the unwanted "street children", and assist in the education of 70,000 boys and girls, the poorest of the poor.
Programs: Building: major construction occurred during 2017 and we are just months away from completing orphanages 6 at tangla, assam and 7 bangalore. Orphanages 8 churachandpur in manipur and 9 dimapur in nagaland are under construction and should be completed by late 2018 our orphanages now are home for 1000+ girls and many thousands more have received temporary shelter until they could be reunited with families. All our orphanages have dormitories, study rooms, computers, sanitary kitchen and bathing facilities in addition to a sustainable water harvesting and storage system. Need for buildings at 10 carmel jyoti, manipur and 11 alphonsa home, bongaigaon, assam -critical need for sheltering vulnerable girls and providing them education. - these new orphanages are for children orphaned by aids, some of whom are hiv-positive. -many children are abandoned here as people come for work and cannot afford to keep their children, so we need more space. -girls are rescued or found abandoned and have to sleep in classrooms, on the floorwherever we can find room. No decent place to sleep or wash up. -and the numbers of girls keeps growing because of ethnic clashes, broken homes, and unmarried mothers with children they cannot raise. -girls are given faith formation, health and hygiene class, plus they learn skills so they can support themselves: computer and basics in tailoring for girls who are lacking a skill. -homes range from 50 to over 100 girls. And provide a bright future. Education: this is the sixth year for our exciting new program, the "thinking schools academy. " led by dr. David paige of bellarmine university in louisville, the objective is to teach methods to teachers so that they might encourage higher level thinking in their instruction. Too much of indian education is based around memorization. With "thinking schools, " we are preparing our indian students to be problem solvers, to "think outside the box, " to be creative and innovative. We have now provided basic and advanced training for over 1,050 teachers in 43 schools. We are demonstrating that it can be the model for education throughout india and in other developing countries. We supplied 25,000 in scholarship grants. We provided funds for musical instruments and instructor fees. Health and wellness: we procured grants to fund critically needed medical procedures. We provided funds for purchase of nutritious brown rice, fruits and vegetables to supplement diets. We purchased chickens and a chicken coop. We continue to supply backup electricity systems and other critically needed services.
1413 Hawthorne Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403
910-815-0695
Children & Youth
Wilmington
