The children of SOFKIN have resumed online school classes. You can perhaps imagine the structure and support needed to organize the children in the SOFKIN family for online learning. A comprehensive schedule and timeline have been developed to coordinate and monitor t...

RHYTHM 2020 -  SOFKIN’s annual event for all of our supporters is coming Saturday, Sept. 19!  We have an exciting virtual global celebration planned for you, beginning at 11:00 AM EST and 8:30 PM IST.  Please join us!

This Year’s Highlight – Our Special Performers!

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Back to School – But Staying Safe

The children of SOFKIN are focusing their attention on school.The new school year for elementary and secondary students began in the middle of June.  Because of the pandemic, classes continue to be offered online, with homework sent thr...

The children continued to sacrifice a meal each week to provide for those in need. With this sacrifice, plus your donations, the children were able to help another 500 families. These were largely the families of day laborers in the neighboring areas, who were out of w...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in India at the beginning of March, the number of cases is steadily increasing and people remain in quarantine. With the lockdown suspending all forms of work, India's poorest people are now facing severe poverty and depriv...

With the coronavirus now spreading across India, SOFKIN is diligently following all of the coronavirus prevention precautions, as Chaya Pamula reported in her recent email. We are happy to report that all of the children and staff are healthy and doing well. One of t...

As we begin a new year, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate the major achievements of 2019 in the SOFKIN journey. Below are some of the highlights from this amazing year. You can read the full annual report here.

The children are thrilled to be in their new, airy, and spacious facility. There is much more living and recreation space than in the cramped quarters of their previous home. The new facility has capacity for well over 100 children, creating the opportunity to serve...

Everyone has been waiting a long time, but when they came back from summer holiday at the end of June, they moved directly into the new facility. According to Chaya, everyone just loves their new space: it is very open, bright, and airy with excellent ventilation. B...

2018 was filled with excitement for the children and SOFKIN. Just a year ago was the Grand Inauguration of the buildings that will soon be the children’s new homes. It was a glorious day when children, donors, house mothers, friends and family came together to celebrat...