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Filed under: Uncategorized on February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »

Tith Kimsor was born in Battambang province and is the daughter of a poor farming family. Because of poverty, she decided to quit school and leave home to stay with her uncle in Banteay Meanchey province, so that she could cross the Prey Kob checking point to do labor work in Thailand on a daily [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009 | No Comments »

Written by Glenn Fawcett – Executive Director, Field Operations
There is hardly a middle class family in India that doesn’t have someone to look after the children and the domestic chores. In Australia, where I grew up, only the very rich can afford a variety of full and part time nannies, house keepers, maids and cooks [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized, lotus outreach on January 19th, 2009 | No Comments »

Written by Suraj Kumar—Project Manager, India
For eighteen months, we have been working very closely with the people of Mewat in rural Haryana on improving schools and quality of education. In these areas, the literacy rate for women is around 4%. Many believe the problem lies in parents’ poor attitudes towards education. However, our experience is [...]

Filed under: Education, Uncategorized, lotus outreach on January 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

Written by Suraj Kumar—Project Manager, India
We have recently witnessed a lot of fanfare surrounding the high pass marks of Indian children sitting the 12-year board exams.  What most people do not realize is that 90% of India’s children are attending government “schools” that often consist of nothing more than a few children gathered for a [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on July 31st, 2008 | No Comments »

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Filed under: Uncategorized on January 30th, 1999 | No Comments »