India Programme
For the past eight years the GFF has been supporting a Model Village Programme in the Kalimpong area of Bengal. This area is near Darjeeling where GFF founder, Owen Glenn, spent his early years. It is a fascinating place which is close to the borders of Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim.
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In the hill villages of West Bengal water supply can be erratic at certain times of the year: it can also be plentiful in some places and scarce in others...
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Poor sanitation not only affects people's quality of life, it also compromises their health in many ways...
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For the villagers who live below the poverty line in many of the hill villages in the Kalimpong region, education is, unfortunately, not often a top priority...
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Poor health goes hand in hand with poverty. The poor people living in the remote hill villages around Kalimpong in West Bengal...
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The Glenn Family Foundation has established a separate Trust in Kalimpong to facilitate its operations in India. The programme is managed by the eight trustees...
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Long-term the Glenn Family Foundation aims to help villagers to build financially sustainable lifestyles...