Grace Kids’ Center: was
started in Kodaikanal in 2000 with the help of the founder of
the program, Betsy Dailey, who modeled the Crèche after Montessori
ideals of educating the individual child to learn life skills
and become independent. A new building was constructed of brick and tin sheet and opened July 4th, 2008, on our own piece of land.
Little Lilies Crèches: was started the in April, 2002, with the help of high school
students from Geneva International School in Switzerland, who
return each year to India for continued work on the project.
It is located in Palangi, near Kodaikanal.
Peach Tree Crèche: Swiss students in October, 2003, from Geneva
again returned to India to open another crèche and promised
to fund it for five years. Their commitment to the crèche
project is commendable and a good example of what can be done by
young minds and hard work.
Helping Hearts Crèches: was opened in response to extreme poverty in an area where our board members were raised as children in orphanages, and a desire to give back to needy children in the same way they were rescued through education. This village is located only a kilometer from
the coast and its families suffered loss of homes, land and livelihoods
due to the Tsunami disaster, after first suffering severe
draught conditions.
Note: all of our crèches have increased their enrollment to 50 children, our limit with current funding. You can help us expand with your donations.
