Dinner for 40 at The Joy Home for Children

There are an estimated 20 million orphans living in India alone, a country which is also home to the largest child population in the world. That is such a staggering number, 20 MILLION children – many of whom are homeless, living on the streets and resorting to begging for food. It is almost impossible to envision it. Orphaned children in India are in great need of care and protection, too, being susceptible to not just poverty and illness but also child labor and child trafficking. Even worse, current projections show that number to grow to 24 million orphans by 2021.

We will be working to support The Joy Home Orphanage, located in a village called Madhapur, near Hyderabad. Their orphanage facilities include accommodation, food, schooling, healthcare, clothes and an initial counseling session with children who are entering the orphanage. 100% of all donations to The Joy Home Orphanage will go directly towards needing the meets of the children, none of whom can actually be adopted, due to current government restrictions.

Our Dinner for 40 Project was created to provide a nutritious dinner to 40 children between the ages of 6 and 15 years old for the next four months. Dinner will include lentils, chapatti flour, oil, semolina, rice, vegetables and fruit. We hope to continue to do more over time, but we wanted to have an impact as soon as possible! Any contributions to this effort would go a long way to help support this orphanage – and these children.

Photographs courtesy of The Joy Home for Children