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The Future of the Giri School

stephanie@clisteconsultancy.com (Stephanie Garvey) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:17:36 GMT

For many girls, education is the first step toward safety, confidence, and independence. Through our partnership with the Giri School, we support programs that provide quality education, stable care, and opportunities for girls to build brighter futures. Learn how this community is helping young women thrive despite challenging circumstances.

Girls Who Had Nowhere Else to Go

The girls at Sree Giri arrive from some of the hardest circumstances imaginable — orphaned, abandoned, some left as foundlings. Between the ages of 4 and 17, they find in this institution something most children take for granted: a safe place, a consistent adult, and a school that believes in them.

Held to the Same Standard

The Giri School does not lower the bar because its students have difficult histories. It holds them to exactly the standard one would expect for any child — and the results reflect that. Girls who arrived with no educational foundation go on to build careers, support communities, and return to give back to the institution that raised them.

A Chance, Not Charity

What the Giri School offers is not sympathy. It is structure, expectation, and genuine opportunity. For a girl who has been told — implicitly or explicitly — that she does not matter, being held to a high standard is itself an act of dignity.

What Comes Next

The LCR Foundation is committed to ensuring that girls like these do not fall through the cracks at the moment they need support most. That commitment begins at Sree Giri — and it does not end at the school gate.

Meet our Girls

stephanie@clisteconsultancy.com (Stephanie Garvey) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:17:35 GMT

Behind every statistic is a girl with a name, a history, and a future worth fighting for. The LCR Foundation exists because of girls like the ones pictured here — and because too many of them are invisible to the systems meant to protect them.

Who These Girls Are

India is home to over 370,000 children living in registered care institutions. Ninety percent of abandoned children are girls. They arrive at places like Aarti Home in Kadapa having been found in hospitals, left at doorsteps, or removed from households where staying was more dangerous than leaving. They are not statistics. They are children who, given the right environment, thrive.

What They Are Capable Of

Alumni of LCRF's partner institutions have gone on to become engineers, doctors, data scientists, and social workers. One recent alumna spent three years pursuing civil services examinations before returning to the institution that raised her — this time to give back. These outcomes are not accidents. They are the result of institutions that hold girls to a high standard and refuse to treat hardship as a ceiling.

What They Still Need

The most acute gap is not inside the institution — it is what happens when a girl turns 18. She ages out of care with no family, no savings, no housing, and no network. The Juvenile Justice Act allows after-care support until age 21, but funding rarely follows. This is the gap the LCR Foundation is focused on closing.

Why Their Stories Matter

The LCR Foundation believes that the most powerful thing it can put in front of a donor, a policymaker, or a university partner is not a report. It is a voice. The girls in these photographs — and the thousands like them across South India — deserve to be heard, not just helped.

Our 2026 Update

stephanie@clisteconsultancy.com (Stephanie Garvey) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:17:35 GMT

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