INDIA – February 2021 – Hope & Encouragement for Kattunayakan Children What do Kattunayakan children and Arizona State University students have in common? They all value education, and they are enriching...
A year ago, while meeting with the teachers from the JONG after-school program, I learned that many of the teachers do not have toilets. I learned this from Anunsia, who,...
Reaseathi was a woman from a low-caste tribe called Vallayar. We know little about her life, but it must have been a very troubled one, for she ended her own...
We believe strongly in the value of educating girls. Not only does an education help the girls achieve lives of reduced poverty, but they become better mothers so benefits extend...
A natural disaster is hard even in wealthy societies, but when life is a daily struggle even during the good times, a disaster like a cyclone can truly be devastating....
Selvamani’s three children are in the back row Selvamani is a widow with three children. Her husband was killed in a road accident shortly after the birth of their third child,...
Welcome, my friends! I am currently in India for my third visit to the Karaikudi projects. On past trips, Martin, my partner here, organized visits to many villages where formal presentations...
Low-caste widows and orphans living in abject poverty might feel overwhelmed with hopelessness, but Global Pearls is working to change the story. While the JONG projects we support in 50 low-caste...
Schools are located among the local communities of the JONG project area through the 8th grade, but to attend high school, children must travel much longer distances. Low caste girls...
Orphan Children Send Us Drawings In addition to running the after school tutoring program which has greatly reduced the practice of child labor, providing nursing care to the villagers, and rescuing...