For the rural poor of Tamil Nadu, India, access to educational resources is often financially untenable. Fees for books, uniforms, transportation, and food are all ill afforded, particularly in support of what many families consider to be a long-term investment with abstract benefits. Presented with these considerations, the farmers and bricklayers of Kurumbupalayam village often choose to keep their children home to help with the work and generate income.
This project with BGR partner Lotus Outreach International provides nutritional support for students and staff members at the Garden of Peace school, located on a 5.6-acre organic farm just outside of Kurumbupalayam. Garden of Peace offers a holistic educational program that provides its enrollees with a traditional primary school curriculum as well as English and Tamil courses, and training in meditation and philosophies of nonviolence. BGR support funds nutritional support twice a day for all students. The nutritional component is fundamental to the school’s identity, as the facilities are situated on an organic farm. The students and their parents are involved in farm activities, helping to grow a portion of the food served to the students. The beneficiaries will be 175 schoolchildren, half of whom are girls, and 15 school staff members. Annually renewable project
For the rural poor of Tamil Nadu, India, access to educational resources is often financially untenable. Fees for books, uniforms, transportation, and food are all ill afforded, particularly in support of what many families consider to be a long-term investment with abstract benefits. Presented with these considerations, the farmers and bricklayers of Kurumbupalayam village often choose to keep their children home to help with the work and generate income.
This project with BGR partner Lotus Outreach International provides nutritional support for students and staff members at the Garden of Peace school, located on a 5.6-acre organic farm just outside of Kurumbupalayam. Garden of Peace offers a holistic educational program that provides its enrollees with a traditional primary school curriculum as well as English and Tamil courses, and training in meditation and philosophies of nonviolence. BGR support funds nutritional support twice a day for all students. The nutritional component is fundamental to the school’s identity, as the facilities are situated on an organic farm. The students and their parents are involved in farm activities, helping to grow a portion of the food served to the students. The beneficiaries will be 175 schoolchildren, half of whom are girls, and 15 school staff members. Annually renewable project
