November Health & Wellness Forum

By on December 6, 2013   /   Center of Development, Education, Health & Wellness, Life in India   /   Leave a comment

After inaugurating the Profugo Health &Wellness Program in October here in Prashanthagiri, much excitement and anticipation surrounded the November forum held on the 23rd. Over 60 community members participated in the event that was presented by Mrs. Nimisha James, B.Sc nurse, registered, and wife of Profugo Program Manager Aneesh James. It was a special day with the presence of Jenny and her children, Selah, Elia, and Enoch. After Jenny’s welcome and introduction about the expectations

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Sharing, Learning and Growing Together!

By on December 6, 2013   /   Agriculture & Farming Cooperative, Children's Club, Education, English Language School   /   Leave a comment

It started to rain heavily. Nevertheless, the children came. Big, grey clouds hovered over the beautiful lime green hills overlooking our yard. Despite the rain, the community’s children came happy. They walked up to Profugo’s Center of Development (COD) with big smiles unbothered by the wet mud stuck to their shoes. It was their first Children’s Club meeting after its inauguration and they also knew Jenny, our director had come from the US with her

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Reflections from Profugo’s Newest Field Fellow: Anu Thomas

By on October 30, 2013   /   Center of Development, Education, English Language School, Malayalam, Reflections   /   Leave a comment

She told me that I could fly, that all I had to do was believe and wings would escape from my shoulder blades and I would become a great wild eagle, a stranger to tethers and cages. No, not an eagle, but a beautiful exotic bird from the east, one that the world has never seen or classified or drawn in a science textbook. This bird, without even a name to inhibit her freedom, would

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Blossoming Prospects for Health Education as Rainy Season Dries Up

By on September 6, 2013   /   Center of Development, Education, Health & Wellness   /   Leave a comment

While we here in the US often identify the summer months with sunshine, warm weather, barbeques, and beach trips, our global neighbors in India welcome the abundance of rainfall known as the Monsoon Season.  For the vast majority of families in Prashanthagiri, the season brings relief from high temperatures and a renewed sense of hope for the vitality of their crop production. In addition however, this season also brings about several ailments. The wet, humid

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Bridging 2 Worlds in the Name of Health

By on August 2, 2013   /   Center of Development, Education, Empowering Women, Health & Wellness   /   Leave a comment

Quality of life, these three words have different meanings depending on whom you ask. For some, this may imply material wealth, how big one’s house is and the size of the LCD platinum TV that adorns the living room wall. For others, it may mean 3 meals in a day and a roof over one’s head. The answer may vary depending on one’s age, gender, geographic location, familial structure, culture, the list could go on

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