*India has an estimated 25 million orphans. *2.1 million Indian children die before reaching the age of 5 every year – four every minute. *42.5% of Indian children suffer from malnutrition.
Before heading to India at the end of November last year, both Brie and I were hopeful that we would come home with a long list of potential projects for 2013. I’m happy to say that we did just that! We are super excited to let you all in on what we are hoping to [...]
We feel so happy and grateful for the impact Illuminate India has been able to achieve in 2012. In this last year, we have supplied aid for 96 orphans. We have been able to provide basic needs as well as focused therapies for children in need. One of the reasons for the success of our [...]
Thank you for funding this project for the special needs children at Madhur Muskaan. This Multi Utility Vehicle – TATA SUMO GOLD 9 seater – will be used for park visits, hospital emergencies and trips for therapy sessions. With no outside play area around the orphanage, trips to the park are definitely a highlight for [...]
To sum it up…our trip to Calcutta was absolutely amazing. Looking back, we couldn’t have asked for a better trip. Every meeting was successful, and every task we set out to complete went perfectly. Our time with all of the children was so precious. It left us longing for the day we can go back, [...]
In three weeks, several of us at Illuminate India will be flying to Calcutta, India! Our agenda has three parts: *1. Visit and volunteer at our partner orphanage, Madhur Muskaan. While there, we will be doing the following: Taking the special needs children to the park Meeting with the therapists who were hired as a [...]
We are partnering with Angel House to build a home for 50 orphans in Calcutta, India. Here’s a look at a home that opened last year. We need your help to raise the remaining funds to open the home in December! Be part of the rescue! We have until August to raise the remaining funds. [...]
One of our future goals was to help open a children’s home in India so that children who are homeless or in a bad situation, would have a safe place to call home. Originally, both Brie and I thought this would be something Illuminate India could do in a few years when our support base [...]
Four dozen cookies, thirty brownies, twenty-four hotdogs and a bushel of rice crispy treats later, I am happy to report that we had a successful and fun sale. We were scheduled to begin at 9am, but true to garage sale form the first cars began arriving by 8am. We couldn’t have asked for a more [...]
I’ve tried unsuccessfully twice before to move on, mustering all the strength and determination one can, but the moment I opened the clear acrylic storage bins, neatly stacked and tagged for size, I froze. The first glimpse of the top most item sent me careening back to nearly 5 years ago. A gift? A special [...]
I first saw her beautiful face back in 2007. She was less than a year old then. Her name is Bidipta. She lives at “Madhur Muskaan”, the special needs wing of our partner orphanage in Kolkata. Her special needs include severe developmental delays, and visual impairment. I have seen her two more times since 2007. [...]
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