Dear Friends and Supporters of Shanti Bhavan, COVID-19 continues to disproportionately affect India’s rural population. Many are day-laborers who frequently earn less than $2 per day; that income has now dwindled due to government-mandated lockdowns. Construction of office buildings has come to a virtual halt, leaving many migrant laborers from rural areas out of work. […]

Over the past several weeks, the Shanti Bhavan team has been working to respond to the continued threat of COVID-19. I write to inform you that we have committed to keeping the campus operational during the summer break, which usually begins in mid-April. In consultation with the families and communities we serve, it was decided […]