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A Quiet Refuge in New Orleans

Foundation Preparatory Academy is a true safe haven for kids

After our wonderful visit to Arthur Ashe Charter School in New Orleans, it was time to move on to our second affiliated site — Foundation Preparatory Academy, which serves kindergarten through 8th-grade students from all over the city. Renée, Kris, Shayne, and I all got into Shayne’s car to make the short drive from the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans to the Fairgrounds neighborhood, where Foundation Preparatory Academy was located. On the way, Renée explained […]

The Crescent City of Charter Schools

Our Director of Development visits her first affiliation in New Orleans

Renée Kube, Kristen Walthall, and I arrived in New Orleans on a Tuesday afternoon in early December 2024 with the plan to visit our five affiliated sites over the next two days. In New Orleans, Children Incorporated partners directly with Communities in Schools (CIS) Gulf South to help implement our sponsorship program within the local schools, and their Chief Program Officer, Shayne, graciously offered to pick us up and be our tour guide for the […]

Preparing to Visit the Big Easy

Our Director of Development shares letters from New Orleans ahead of a visit

I last visited New Orleans, Louisiana, in the summer of 2007. As I do now with my work with Children Incorporated, I worked with a nonprofit that supported children’s education. I visited local schools to provide free books to students living in low-income neighborhoods all over the city, and it was a rewarding and eye-opening experience. At the time, New Orleans was still recovering from the devastation of the 2005 hurricane and subsequent flooding caused […]

A Distinct and Unique Education in Bangalore

Luis Bourdet concludes his site visits in India at the Parikrma Home

As Luis Bourdet finishes his visits to our affiliated sites in India, he travels to Bangalore to the Parikrma Home. Here, standard educational practices are combined with Montessori school practices, and the overall success rate of students is incredibly high. Visiting Parikrma “I arrived in Bangalore, a city full of trees and gardens, and perhaps the city with the most order when driving that I had been to in India on this trip. Driving is […]

An Excellent Reputation in India

The Auxilium School is known for providing wonderful support to children in Guntur

As our Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, continues his visits to our affiliated sites in India, he travels to the state of Andhra Pradesh to meet with our volunteer coordinator and students at the Auxilium School. The Auxilium School recently absorbed another nearby school and continues to be known for its outstanding educational program, which many children benefit from solely thanks to our sponsors. Arriving in Guntur “Upon leaving Dornakal, it took us about […]

Working in School and Not in the Fields

The J. Calvitt Clarke Home keeps children from having to labor

As he continues visiting our affiliated sites in India, Luis Bourdet, our Director of International Programs, meets with our volunteer coordinator at the J. Calvitt Clarke Home, who discusses how our sponsors are helping to keep young children from having to work instead of getting an education. About the J. Calvitt Clarke Home  “The town of Dornakal, located about 100 miles east of Hyderabad in the southeastern Indian state of Telangana, is a region where […]