- My First Shoes
- Several months ago, Family members in Japan received a donation of 18,000 new pairs of shoes, to be sent as humanitarian aid to the Third World.
- More on Resettlement Village Project
- We've been able to complete the repair or rebuilding of 20 houses for the poorest families and organize free medical check-ups by local doctors, and supply the needed medication for 75 middle-age and elderly people.
- The Himmata School
- The NGO Himmata has developed a free school for not only the street children, but also for all the children of the surrounding areas.
- Making Young Lives Better
- We have grown very close to a group of 40 children from the K-4 orphanage, who range in age from 9 to 16. We have brought them all to our home for “family time” each weekend for the past year, and our son Peter teaches weekly English classes at the orphanage.
- Excursions for Underprivileged Children
- Kids’ Days Out
The Family India organizes regular excursions for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to places of educational and historical interest.
- School for Slum Children
- The Family India runs a preparatory school for slum children between three to six years of age in Southern India. Besides receiving a good preschool education, these children also receive nutritious midday meals.
- Training Programmes for Prison Staff
- According to internet statistics, prison staff and administration have the third most stressful jobs in the world. In order to provide them with the psychological and emotional tools needed to keep stress at bay in their lives, we conduct regular seminars on stress management for prison staff.
- The “Tools for Schools” Sponsorship Programme
- We have co-produced and put together a library of unique character-building materials for school children called Tools for Schools.
- Initiatives for Junior School Children
- Our young people conduct unique, interactive, and high-impact music and theatre programmes highlighting values that we would all like to see in children—good manners, respect for others, a good work ethic, respecting the environment, good health habits, positive friendships, handling peer pressure w
- Character Education for Teenagers
- Tomorrow’s world will be as morally sound as the children of today make it in the future. We therefore endeavour to provide them with the input that they need to help them become good human beings.
We have seen that students will learn best the subjects that they enjoy the most.
- “Deaf Way” Project Update
- Helen Keller Awards: In an effort to encourage children from all the schools for the deaf in Delhi to do better academically, we instituted the Helen Keller Student Award. This annual award is the first of its kind and a significant morale booster to the deserving.
- Helping the residents of Pasi
- Since November 2005, Family Care International-supported doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have been making regular visits to Pasi, working with YIN, our faithful partners in Aceh. This project has been an exciting joint venture--successful due to a truly cooperative effort.
- Organic Desalination
- We have facilitated the desalinating of 60 acres of agricultural land in Kandakaddu in Cuddalore District. This land was rendered useless by the flooding of tsunami salt water. The desalination process was a completely organic process.
- School Renovation and Village Rebuilding
- The Family India, with the help of several donor agencies was able to provide 59 new houses to the residents of a tsunami-affected village in Tamil Nadu called Ponanthittu. Each of these houses has a living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and staircase leading up to the terrace.
- Providing Tools to Boat Workers
- Not only did the tsunami ravage the lives of the fishermen, it also hit the lives of those who earn a living by providing services to the fishing industry. The Family India has been helping these allied workers by making it possible for them to be self-reliant once again.
- More on Tsunami Relief Work
- The Family International visited camps which were scattered all over the two main islands affected. Mountain refuges, remote villages, hospitals, and Buddhist temples were all turned into relief centers and centers for missing persons.
