Lotus Outreach staff member Nafees was invited to participate in a youth panel discussion on ending global poverty with former Irish President and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson. Nafees (front right) discusses our Lotus Education As A Right Network (LEARN) project, which works to increase access to public education for marginalized [...]

Filed under: Education, India, lotus outreach on November 16th, 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 »