Sri Lanka has South Asia’s second highest rate of severe acute malnutrition, according to UNICEF, and nearly one in six children here suffer from chronic wasting. In 2022, severe inflation and economic collapse resulted in crisis-level hunger across this nation of 22 million people, as food prices rose by almost 100 percent. BGR partner

In Sri Lanka, low-income women face tremendous barriers in accessing the vocational education necessary for lifting themselves and their families out of poverty. Even among women who qualify for tuition-free education, many find themselves unable to afford to pay for their room and board, required uniforms, data plans for online classes, and other necessities.

In San Juan de Miraflores, a community on the outskirts of Lima, more than 55 percent of the population lives in poverty, and in project area Nueva Reconda 10 percent live in extreme poverty. Many girls are at risk of becoming child domestic laborers and face great difficulties in gaining an education and escaping

The ongoing human rights crisis in Nicaragua has resulted in skyrocketing food costs and unemployment, the confiscation of land and personal property by the government, and economic collapse. In rural communities, only 25 percent of families have access to safe drinking water and sanitary facilities; 50 percent of the rural population lives below the

Undrajavaram Mandal in Andhra Pradesh is a rural area with limited economic opportunities, particularly for women. Girls and young women lack access to education and vocational training, and caste principles broadly limit opportunities for improving their livelihoods. This project with the Rosary Prayer Society provides training in tailoring and embroidery for adolescent girls, widows,

Located on a five-acre plot in the Himalayan region of Tawang, the Mahabodhi Tawang Centre provides educational, housing, and nutritional support for area children and the elderly. The organization nurtures an environment in which the children, senior citizens, staff, and monks at the center live together as an extended family, sharing love, care, and

Mahabodhi Maitri Mandala Arunachal Branch, Diyun, was established in 2003 to provide an elementary education to children from local families in need, using bamboo huts to provide classroom and hostel space. Generous support from villagers and other donors allowed the project to expand to provide secondary education, and 683 students currently attend. Additionally, the

Founded in 1992 by Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC)’s Mahabodhi Residential School serves hundreds of children from economically marginalized communities of Ladakh, providing them with education according to Buddhist values of compassion, loving-kindness, nonviolence, and non-separation. Over the last three decades, thousands of students have been educated through the MIMC, and

This project with longtime BGR partner the Bodhicitta Foundation provides housing and schooling for 30 young women, ages 14 to 23, who are at risk of having their educations cut short due to poverty, as well as educational funding for 55 other young women. The girls come from some of the poorest regions in