BUILDING ON HOPE
Annual Fundraising Appeal 2024-2025 Save A Family Plan has launched our annual year-end appeal, “BUILDING ON HOPE,” to friends and supporters to raise the funding needed for Community Development Projects for impoverished families and communities in India. In addition to our Family Development Program, which works directly with families, Save A Family Plan’s Community Development […]
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Save A Family Plan has published the annual report for the latest complete fiscal year, 2022-2023. We invite you to read it by clicking here or on the image below. Your support and partnership truly transform the lives of impoverished people and villages in India. Through this report, we are excited to share with you the […]
DOUBLE YOUR DONATION – “Hearts and Homes” campaign
Double Your Donation! Give before Aug 30 and provide housing for widows
Raising Awareness through Street Plays
The city of Alappuzha in Kerala, South India, is widely known to outsiders for the beautiful backwaters and scenic houseboat tours. For many of those who call this area home, however, life is filled with many challenges to be overcome. Near Alappuzha, the Women’s Initiative Network is partnering with SAFP and the Government of Canada […]
An Inspiration to the Community – Overcoming Disabilities
Irfan Salim is from the Puthenjunnu village in Bathery, Kerala, South India. He is a shy but determined man who was born physically disabled and has no use of either of his legs. To help earn a living for the family, his wife Hafsa cleans houses. They have two children; an elder daughter, Tahseen, who […]
Increasing girls’ access to education in Bhuj, Gujarat
Bhavana Bhugu, Shantha Kanji, and Kajal Rupa are three girls from the Ahir caste in the village of Dhrang in Gujarat. After completing 8th Standard, the three girls dropped out of school. In Dhrang village, no girls have gone on to study beyond 8th Standard and many do not have the chance to study at […]
Accessible Medical Care at Kovanur
The rural poor in India face many obstacles to their development, including the challenge of accessing health care. In addition to the lack of health care facilities, equipment, supplies, and drugs in rural areas, there is also a shortage of medical experts and staff. Many organizations avoid investing in rural health infrastructure because of low […]
Towards Equality
“A woman is now raped in India every 20 minutes…” A statistic from the National Crime Records Bureau of India, which made international news this year with relation to the horrific cases of rape and violence towards women in India. Sources show that rape cases in India have doubled between 1990 and 2008 and that […]
“I alone cannot change the world…” Reflections from St. Edmund Campion Students
Save A Family Plan was delighted to partner with staff and students of St. Edmund Campion CSS as they journeyed to India for their annual mission trip. They shared the following reflection with us on their experience and learning during their travels: On March 1, 2013, our group of students and teachers from St. Edmund […]
Collaborators of Love
In December 2011, SAFP contributor, Michael Botermans, and six youth from the Northwest territories travelled to Kerala and Tamil Nadu with SAFP. The following is a reflection on their experience, as written by Michael. India is as diverse, dynamic and different from the Canadian Arctic as summer is to winter, and vice versa. It was in December 2011, that […]