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‘Kutumb’ Means Family, Every Family Needs a Home

Thanks to Dr. Ashish’s tireless efforts and the support of our generous donors, the Kutumb Project has expanded to a new home!

Just 15 kilometers from the original Kutumb shelter is a 2.5 acre plot of grassy, tree-lined land that is now the location of the Kutumb Project’s new home. Easily accessible by a paved road, the land is located in a peaceful, historic village called Rameshwaram. “There are some trees of mango and guava!”, Dr. Ashish enthusiastically says of the new property.

Although the children are happy and healthy at the current Kutumb shelter located within the slums, it offers no safe area where they can run and play outdoors. Most of these children have never even seen an expanse of open field that isn’t covered by trash piles. The goal is to relocate the 30 orphans to a much safer and more enriching, natural environment.

All of the community services provided at the current Kutumb location will continue, but now services are also expanding. When the orphans moved to the new location, more space also became available in the original building to support the growing community needs. Through proven dedication and effort by Dr. Ashish , his wife Puja, and their growing corp of volunteers and employees (mostly ‘graduates’ of Kutumb’s own programs), the Kutumb Project’s mission is being actualized.

Vision Builders aims to raise $250,000 by 2014, so construction of the new facility can begin in phases as funding becomes available.  Help us raise these funds!
A gift of any size helps.