Help Orphans In India (GSAM General Fund)

We’re currently transitioning from monsoon into winter; a very brief and fleeting autumn. Over the next few weeks we will put away our shorts and pull out our warmer winter wear. It’s a great time of the year – a welcome relief from several months of what can best be described as “exhausting heat”. Now, it’s not too hot and not too cold. Just right.

This last week India celebrated the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi Ji; the most famous freedom fighter in Indian history. As a nation, we have been focusing on the idea of Swacch Bharat (clean/trash-free India) as a tribute to Gandhi Ji. Now this might seem a little strange – focusing our attention on trash and sanitation in memory of someone - but it was actually part of the great vision that Gandhi Ji had for the country. He famously said, “Sanitation is more important than independence” - a bold statement for a man fighting for the very freedom of the country. Gandhi Ji realized the impact that cleanliness has on physical wellbeing even way back in 1947; we couldn't agree more.

Our last report was heavily focused on our Summer Games program; they seem so long ago now. Life has continued at its usual hectic pace with project after project coming out way. Specifically, through the funds we have been receiving through GlobalGiving and our supporters we have been able to continue to put our kids through college, purchased a new generator for our workshop/water system, kept providing eduction to over 650 kids in our school, completely overhauled a tractor, completed construction on our new carpentry workshop, continued construction on our massive kindergarten, kept up with the endless maintenance jobs, celebrated countless birthdays, kept alive the work of caring for all the amazing children here in our home and many more things in-between! It sure has been busy!

We want to thank you all for your incredible support, we simply could not do this without you.