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

BGR partner Building Bridges India (BBI) works in Sangrur, India, to support and empower women and children from low-caste, impoverished rural families. Among the challenges facing this population are widespread malnutrition, emotional distress, and chronic illness. Many of these women have lost a husband or other important male family member to suicide due to

BGR partner Building Bridges India (BBI) works in Sangrur, India, to support and empower women and children from low-caste, impoverished rural families. Among the challenges facing this population are widespread malnutrition, emotional distress, and chronic illness. Many of these women have lost a husband or other important male family member to suicide due to

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