Buy your SCAD postcards today and donate to a good cause. We are really happy to announce that you can now purchase SCAD postcards. All of the money received goes out to India to help SCAD with their programmes. We have two types of postcards The Elderly collection: 6 postcards with portraits of elderly beneficiaries                     The Tree collection: 6 postcards with images from the tree planting project. By purchasing this collection you can help SCAD plant 4 trees in Tamil Nadu.                     To...

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Do you want to go out and spend time teaching in India? We have opportunities for teachers of all subjects to go out to India for between 6 months and a year and teach in an International school. SCAD World School is a small but rapidly growing school with a high standard of teaching and a Cambridge syllabus. We are looking for teachers who are ready for a challenge and happy to throw themselves into another culture. We will provide you with a return flight to Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu as well as all your local food, transport and accommodation when you get there. If you are interested in this...

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Education is a fundamental human right which every child is entitled to.  Education is critical to human development and society; it helps pave the way to the successful and productive future for a nation. When we can ensure that children have access to a rights-based, quality education that is rooted in gender equality we create a ripple effect of opportunity that impacts generations to come. Inequalities condemn millions of children, particularly girls, to a life without quality education and therefore to a life of missed opportunities. Education for rural people is crucial in achieving ‘Education...

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SCAD have conducted a special programme for the families of people who have been served with life sentences in prison. The trauma to family members due to the life imprisonment of their beloved ones is terrible. Not only that, after the life convict is released from the prison and he returns to his family, his life is at risk because of the revengeful nature of the son or brother of the murdered person, and this becomes a vicious circle. SCAD supports the families of the life convicts with education, income generating programmes and counseling. SCAD held a day-out for these families at the Cheranmahadevi...

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Would you like to make a real difference to the lives of poor rural families in the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu? We would like to start working with five new villages in Tamil Nadu. At SCAD in partnership with our UK charity Salt of the Earth we run a sponsor a village scheme. This is a pioneering opportunity for communities in the UK and Europe to support community development in villages in Southern India. With your help we can change people's lives. This core funding pays for a village volunteer and part of the salary of a professional field worker. Between them they provide...

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Join Trisha Roberts for a fascinating insight into India - there is no better way to get to know a new place than to share food with local people.  During this colourful two week tour you will visit markets, shop for ingredients, learn to cook southern India food, visit villages, schools and temples and much, much more! During this tour you will gain firsthand insight into how our projects make a real difference to women like Karuppi.  Along with shopping for ingredients and learning to cook 3 or 4 dishes per day, you will also visit some of SCAD's projects including income-generating...

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Last week was the best week of the year for many children in Tamil Nadu, including myself (a big kid!). Summer camp was held by SCAD for differently abled children from surrounding villages. 60 children with varying physical and mental disabilities came to Anbu Illam for five days, all with one objective – to have fun. ‘Fun’ is not usually a word associated with children with disabilities from rural underprivileged villages in Tamil Nadu. A combination of cultural attitudes, ignorance and lack of resources condemns these children to a life of exclusion and great hardship.  Parents are often...

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