The Kalrayan Hills (040)

LPGM supports 205 children in three boarding homes located near each other in the tribal region of the Kalrayan Hills.

Life in these villages were very remote until  Danish missionary/nurse, Helga Johansen climbed the hills in the 1960′s. Small fields of mostly tapioca and rice are scattered around the hillsides. In 2006, they got a phone line and internet access!

LPGM sponsors support children at the Alathi Primary School and Hostel in the tribal region of the Kalrayan Hills. This campus is located near a small village by the same name and is staffed by child care workers, cooks and teachers. Although in a remote area, the school is self-sufficient with its own well and electricity.

Kariyalur Boarding Home is a residence of boys, grades 6-12 who attend the Helga Johansen Higher Secondary School. Located a few hundred yards up the road from the school, the boys are cared for in a hostel run by the Arcot Lutheran Church.

Mavadipattu Boarding Home is a residence of girls, grades 6-12 located adjacent to the Helga Johansen Higher Secondary School. The hostel houses about 60 girls who are supervised by a single warden supported by LPGM sponsors.

The children attend a church nearby.