As we about to commemorate 6 years of collaborating with Building Blocks India, we wanted to feature this amazing Project once more, as we’ve done over the years, and share their latest updates from Bangalore.  Building Blocks is an organization committed to breaking the poverty cycle in India by providing free quality education to underprivileged children who lack the opportunity to receive any form of instruction. Building Blocks follows a kindergarten program designed to give underprivileged children a good foundation in English language, arithmetic, general science,…

This is the only school in this rural location, in the province of Tiruchitappalli. An impressive 425 primary age children attending it, ranging from 3 to 10 years old. Some come from far to attend school. With hardly any educational materials available and classroom furniture consisting of a blackboard they were facing numeral educational challenges. Their goal was to introduce  systematic and engaging literacy instruction with Little Reader curriculum.  In each classroom, there are about 35-50 pupils who are benefiting with this program. Daily, they…

Recently we started collaboration with Thiruchirappalli Uthukkuli School in rural India. Thiruchirappalli Uthukkuli School is located in one of the most backward areas in Tamilnadu, India. Panchayat Union Primary School is an integrated unit of this high school running since 1990. Overall the school has 1092 students enrolled in 2016-2017. From the Principal: “Almost all the students are coming from the poorest migrant families living  hand-to-mouth. Most of the children come just to get stomach full lunch meal offered to them once a day. Since…