A Home of Grace

The Association of Arulagam
(A home of Grace)

It is very common in India for women to be considered below men. In some cases, women are seen as good for nothing without a man in their lives. For example, if a women's husband passes away, they would then become a widow, become rejected by their family, and then become forced to live in the streets.

This is why The Association of Arulagam came to be...

This organization's aim is to accept all types of women who are sexually abused, sent away from their homes, rejected by society, infected by HIV/AIDS and enable them to regain their respect and dignity. They do this by offering these women a home, medical care and support, facilities for AIDS/HIV+ children/women, vocational training programs, education, and occupational therapy. 

Please contact The Association of Arulagam for further information:

The Association of Arulagam is Located in:

Pasumalai, Maduri

Tamil Nadu, India  

Email: 

arulagampc@yahoo.co.in 

or

arulhos@yahoo.co.in 

Half the Sky

Half the Sky Movement 

Half the Sky is striving to ignite the change needed to put an end to the oppression of women and girls worldwide. Half the Sky works on turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide through videos, websites, games, blogs and other educational tools. These tools raise awareness of women's issues, and show was to fight these problems so women can be empowered.

"In this video, Gene B. Sperling, The Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, speaks here about the importance of girls' education around the world."

  

Interested in getting involved? Visit Half the Sky's website!

"Change is possible, and you can be part of the solution." 

-Half the Sky

Losing your Nationality

Stories brought by Refugees International about Refugees around the world...

Want more insight on Refugees?

Click HERE for a personal blog post about Refugees 

All you need...

In India, some people do not understand why children with disabilities are humans just like us. Some states are not as informed or education about special needs children and do not always know what to do about them. These children may be different, but they still are of value. That is why Ashish Centre was opened in New Delhi!

ASHISH CENTRE

"The Ashish Centre seeks to work towards a society that views each person as being of value and importance and to make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities as well as their families." 

 How can you help them in achieving their goals? GO HERE! 

Check out their Facebook HERE!

Listen Up

  80.5% of the population in India practices Hinduism, while only 2.3% of the population in India follows Jesus

Hindu Worship in Varanasi-  Aarti

Christian Church In India

Hindu Temple In India

Once a follower of Jesus asked Gandhi the best way to naturalize Christianity in India. Gandhi told the man that the best way to bring more Hindus to Christ would be by “Christians” acting more Christ-like and emphasizing more on love.

 

Gandhi was wise to say this. Jesus tells us in Colossians 3:14, “…over all these virtues put on love, which binds [us] all together in perfect unity.”

India Untouched: Darker side of India

Dalits are a group of people traditionally regarded as untouchable.While discrimination based on caste has been prohibited and untouchability has been abolished under the Constitution of India, discrimination and prejudice against Dalits/Harijans in South Asia still remains today. 

 

**Go here to watch part two of India Untouched**

Support the Work!

 Families for Children raises support through craft items that are specially created at their orphanage.  The Craft items available for sale at the various FFC fundraising craft sales that are held throughout the year. However, if you want to purchase online, BROWSE THIS PAGE. 

These handmade paper cards are only $2 each and help support the special needs young adults living at FFC

This is the goat milk soap that special needs kids put together to sell for $2

Here are some home made beads that the special care men and women make!

  There is more options on the website!! GO HERE

**if you are interested, you can get more information by emailing Sandra at: sandraffc@videotron.ca **

Just Do it

DO YOU WANT TO HELP Families for Children as they strive to give hope to the hopeless in everything they do? This goal is reached by the multiple projects/activities held at FFC (Festus, Families for Children Interview, February 2, 2012). These projects include all the methods they use to help the children. Methods used within the projects include: rehabilitation activities, school, educations, skill promotion etc. In everything they do, there methods always promote the rehabilitation of each unique child. 

Some of the activities/projects going on at FFC include: Paper Making projects, Waste Silk Weaving, Elizabeth’s Co-op, and the FFC Goat Project (Families For Children, 2012). The paper making projects recycle paper and reuse them to make envelops, papers, and cards. The Waste Silk Weaving project recycles used silk to be spun into yarn, while Elizabeth’s Co-op is a program that allows women to earn an extra income by creating products out of the used silk to sell. The goat project allows for the orphanage not to depend on anyone for milk, because they can supply their own (Families For Children, 2012). These project’s methods make the child/woman feel less unwanted by society because the programs give them skills to offer the world; therefore, giving them hope (Festus, Families for Children Interview, February 2, 2012). 

Elizabeth's Co op

Currently, the organization is working and planning on their biggest training project yet. They are doing this in order to further increase their methods of project-based social work. They are currently constructing a building that will offer new methods of rehabilitation. They will be opening a bakery so the special care children, who are able, can help and learn how to bake. They are also working on an eco-friendly program. With this program, the children will be able to collect banana leaves, and recycle them so they can be turned into clothing. They have also started a mushroom cultivation project where the kids can collect mushrooms and sell them (Festus, Families for Children Interview, February 23, 2012).

The Goat Project

VOLUNTEER/Check out whats going on!

 OR contact the Founder, Sandra Simpson:

 By Mail:

FFC Sandra Simpson

111 Roseheath Avenue 

Toronto, Ontario 

Canada 

M4C 3P6  

 By Email :

                              sandraffc@videotron.ca

Save A Life

Families For Children (FFC) 
 is an organization committed to “Helping Children and Women in India…” (Families For Children, 2012). It uses the many programs it offers as social work methods to bring hope and rehabilitation to each special care child and adult.

Families For Children’s orphanage was founded in 1971 by Sandra Simpson of Montreal Canada. Currently, the orphanage is being switched into a special care home instead of an orphanage. FFC officially stopped the adoption process in March 2011 because Sandra wanted to focus solely on special care. This switch was decided because special care homes are much more needed in India. 

In fact, not one special care child has ever been adopted from an Indian (Festus, Families for Children Interview, February 2, 2012). 

The Special Care Center is a center for children who are mentally and or physically handicapped. These children have a wide span of severe special medical needs. Some suffer from blindness, post-polio, HIV, speech problems from cleft lips, cerebral palsy, downs syndrome, deafness, and skin diseases (Families For Children, 2012).

Help FFC continue to save lives!

DONATE HERE!