Projects
Anganwadi (Kindergarten), Ladakh
The Indian Government has decreed that all primary schools around India should have an Anganwadi built adjacent to them. Lotus Flower Trust has been asked by The Ladakh Hill Council, which governs Ladakh, to try to obtain funding for 30 buildings. Each construction costs £10,000 and we are hoping to build four per year. The [...]
Read moreRamnagar School and Home for Disabled Children
Children with disabilities ranging from cerebral palsey through to Down’s syndrome living in villages near Ramnagar, some five hours north-east of Delhi, now have a new special school and home. That is thanks to Women in Travel (WiT) and the many individuals and companies in the duty free and travel retail industry who raised funds [...]
Read moreAshram Shala Savada Residential School for Bakshi Panch Children, Gujarat.
It is almost 12 years since John Hunt saw the dreadful conditions the Bakshi Panch children were living under, 24 girls sleeping in a mouse infested hovel!! And at last through the generosity of TFWA Care and Shramik Vikas Sansthan, a local NGO run by Sanat Mehta the twice time Finance Minister of Gujerat, and [...]
Read moreThe Railway Children of Guwahati
John was able to visit the building site where we are now being able to construct the home for the children from No 2 Gate Slum, Guwahati. The pictures show the land being cleared into 3 levels for the children’s accommodation, the offices, skills centre and the dining room / kitchen. The builders have not [...]
Read moreSaraswati Shishu Mandir Primary School
It was one of the worst things imaginable – a landslide had struck, destroying the walls of the primary school, trapping the class and, devastatingly, leaving 18 young children dead. The suffering of the families was immense. The site would never be used again for teaching as, the locals believe, the spirits of the dead [...]
Read moreKapkote Girls Home
Funded generously by Mel Morris, her family and friends, this home will replace the dreadful accommodation we found sixty eight young girls living in. The finished home will accommodate one hundred girls between the age of four and eighteen and will dramatically change their lives. They are destitute children, either orphans, from a one parent family [...]
Read moreThe Himalayan International Primary and Middle School
Missoorie is one of the old British Hill Stations and is visited by both Indian and Foreign Tourists. Everyone is conscious of the financial growth of India and the children of this remote mountainous area are at great risk of missing out on a brighter future and job opportunities if they do not receive a [...]
Read moreMalla Ramgarth Primary School
This small school with fifty children was built by the British one hundred years ago. It has become very run down and is in need of repair. The villagers are very keen to preserve the building as it was when it was built but add to it an additional class room and toilets. The total [...]
Read moreDomka Gongma Primary School
During the floods of August 2010 the school in this very remote village, (thirty kilometres from the main road) was completely washed away. Thankfully, the children escaped with their lives. The Trust set up a “Disaster Fund” raising some £30,000. This was spent on a number of small projects giving immediate help to those in [...]
Read moreNalanda Primary School, Second Phase
When the first phase is completed this year we will be looking for funds to add to this home and school. We have been asked to finance the building of a hostel for the children, offices, staff quarters, and a library block. This will improve the local teachers’ ability to manage the home and school [...]
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