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Dr. Graham's Homes is located in Kalimpong, West Bengal, in the Himalayan foothills of North-East India. The Homes were founded in 1900 by The Rev. John Anderson Graham, a Scottish missionary (who, in 1931, was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) out of compassion and concern for the neglected Anglo Indian children of the Tea Gardens in the Dooars and Darjeeling Districts of NE India. At that time the school was known as St Andrew's Colonial Homes but was later renamed to Dr. Graham's Homes.
Today, it is a co-educational institution providing education and support, for impoverished and deprived children in the region. The role of the UK Committee (along with other groups around the world) is to publicise Dr. Graham's Homes School, to raise funds for the school and to seek sponsors who will support these children in their education by paying for their boarding and schooling and giving them the opportunity to support themselves and attain self respect, as they reach adulthood.
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FACTS
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The UK Committee for Dr. Graham's Homes (Kalimpong, India) is a charity registered in Scotland (SC 016341). -
The school is nestled in a 500-acre estate in the side of the thickly wooded Deolo hill at an elevation of 4,600 ft. and overlooking the town of Kalimpong to the south and the Kanchenjunga to the north. -
Today, the Homes provide education for some 1500 girls and boys, mainly from NE India but also from the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bhutan. -
The school also attracts a number of fee-paying students, both as boarders and day scholars. -
Voluntary Committees in Kolkata, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Japan, have provided financial aid and continue to support the Homes and keep alive Dr. Graham's vision in the new millennium.
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ACADEMICS
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Curriculum
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Trivia
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The UK Committee in recent years has financed some major restoration projects including The Catherine Graham Memorial Chapel, The Swimming Pool, The Steel Memorial Clinic and The Lucia King Nursery. Extensive educational facilities include eighteen cottages accommodating some 800 boarders, a magnificent Church, a Hospital, a children's Nursery, and a Bakery and Farm to cater for the 800 boarders.
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Contact Info
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Dr. Graham's Homes
Kalimpong, Darjeeling (Dist.)
Kalimpong
West Bengal
India
Phone:
Fax:
Website: http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk
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