The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission North ... - Indian Orphanage
The Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission North ... - Indian Orphanage
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Good</strong> <strong>Shepherd</strong><br />
<strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> India<br />
“Pure and genuine religion is caring for orphans<br />
and widows in their distress…”<br />
James 1:27
Some of our boys being boys…<br />
What We Do<br />
We are a farm-based orphanage home for<br />
destitute children of <strong>North</strong> India. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
approximately 100 orphan children on the<br />
mission. <strong>The</strong> kids live alongside our staff as<br />
a big family. We do our best to live as equals<br />
with no individuals receiving more than any<br />
other.<br />
<strong>The</strong> GSAM is a fully non-profit organization<br />
that is run by the Shipway family from Australia.<br />
Through the support of friends around<br />
the world, the mission has already impacted<br />
the lives of hundreds of children in over six<br />
decades!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is so much more to the mission other<br />
than an orphanage; there is also a school,<br />
farm, leper colony, vocational training center,<br />
workshop… and many more projects that the<br />
GSAM runs. For more details please take a<br />
look at our website.<br />
www.indianorphanage.com<br />
Our Story<br />
In 1948 Rev Maxton D. Strong founded <strong>The</strong><br />
GSAM in <strong>North</strong> East India on the border of<br />
Nepal. It is a farm home for destitute and<br />
orphan children. <strong>The</strong> children are taken in<br />
(for free) and are given a home, education<br />
and training that equips them for life.<br />
Boys are given training in computers, agriculture,<br />
teaching, carpentry and several other<br />
trades while the girls receive training in<br />
computers, teaching, child-care and home<br />
economics.<br />
<strong>The</strong> children attend a school that is on the<br />
mission property, where they learn both<br />
English and Hindi. Several children are also<br />
enrolled in government schools outside the<br />
mission.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mission has a large farm with a dairy,<br />
fish tanks, vegetable gardens and many fruit<br />
trees. <strong>The</strong> produce grown on the farm is<br />
used to keep costs down.<br />
Some of our children with their “Pirate Hats” they made...<br />
Self-Supporting<br />
One of the goals of the mission is to one day<br />
become completely self-sufficient. Our hope<br />
is that we will be able to complete our day to<br />
day work without any external aid.<br />
To achieve this we sell much of our farm produce<br />
and hire out our tractors/vehicles on<br />
rent. <strong>The</strong> mission school is also open to public<br />
admissions; there are approximately 300<br />
children currently studying who are paying<br />
fees. <strong>The</strong>se fees help in achieving our goal<br />
of being self-sustaining.<br />
Volunteering Options<br />
<strong>The</strong> mission has a volunteer program operating<br />
through its website. Volunteers are given<br />
an opportunity to come out to India and help<br />
out with the work going on here in various<br />
ways. For more information, or if you wish to<br />
apply to volunteer with us, please visit our<br />
website: www.indianorphanage.com<br />
Contact Us<br />
Strong Farm<br />
PO Banbasa<br />
Dist. Champawat<br />
Uttarakhand, INDIA 262310<br />
05943 263032<br />
office@indianorphanage.com<br />
www.indianorphanage.com