Raising, Supporting, Educating Youth in India and Around World

Bihar, India . The Lotus Charitable Trust was founded in Bihar, India 2018. Located above Calcutta (Kolkata), Bihar is the poorest province of India. The Trust’s Mission is helping the unfortunate, especially the most vulnerable of the poor, our children. #LotusCharitableTrust #Bihar

Lotus Charitable trust Board Member Sanjay “Santosh” Suman in the office.

Photo: Stewardship Report.

In 2019, the James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation India was formed towards Raising, Supporting and Educating Young Global Leaders. #LuceFoundationIndia

Jim Luce signing papers in the Bodh Gaya office. The Dalai Lama

is an inspiration to the foundation. Photo: Stewardship Report.

Towards this end, land was acquired and construction begun of the Lotus Free School , with two temporary classrooms built and another five under construction. Currently there are 75 students in grades 1-6, with another 75 ready to enroll upon completion. 25 of these children are orphaned. #LotusFreeSchool

Children of the Lotus Free School are from a poor village comprised of

what used to be called "Untouchables" (Dalit). The school offers them

a ladder out of poverty. Photo: Stewardship Report.

Nirvana NPO Japan has provided instrumental and generous support for the school since inception. #NirvanaNPO #JapanCares

In 2020, on additional land acquired by Luce Foundation India adjacent the bodhi tree underneath Lord Buddha sat following enlightenment, the Saraswati Luce Leadership Centre India  will open. #SaraswatiCentre

The Luce Leadership Experience begun in 2016 will come to India at the end of summer, 2020. #LuceLeadershipExperience

The Experience has brought Young Global Leaders from around the world to visit orphanages, refugee camps, senior centers, and locals from the elite to the masses. #YoungGlobalLeaders

Many city, state and national governments have acknowledged our youth with leadership awards. #GlobalLeadership

Countries visited or to be visited include #Greece, #Indonesia, #Jamaica, #Haiti, #Israel, #SriLanka, and #Thailand.

The New York Global Leaders Lions Club , founded in 2016, provides support of service efforts around the world including all projects enumerated above. #LionsClubs #Service

Orphans International India, to be a subsidiary of Orphans International Worldwide in New York, will register with local officials in 2021 to provide both full-care and family-care; small homes for orphaned children and stipends to extended families who are able to provide homes. #OrphansInternationalIndia

Wikipedia acknowledges work done by Orphans International following the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and the earthquake in Haiti in 2005. In addition, this organization operated children’s programs in the #DominicanRepublic and #Tanzania, As well as the information provinces #Bali and #NorthSulawesi. #OrphansInternational

2019 Autumn in India Series

First Person: Shock of a Lifetime - My Dream Fulfilled Under Buddha Tree

Volunteer Opportunities in India – Where Lord Buddha Walked

Raising, Supporting and Educating Youth in India and Around the World

Profile of Dip Agrawal - Business Mogul & Philanthropist

Profile of Renowned Artist, Foundation Chair Ayay Jaiswal

Magic of Nirvana with Japan’s Nana Takahashi in India

Kids of Lotus School Get New Shoes, Uniforms in Bihar India

Lotus Free School for “Untouchables” Launched with Love in India

Earth Watch: Where in the World is Bodhgaya, Bihar?

Explaining Lord Buddha’s Bodhgaya in Bihar to Non-Indians

Manjushree & Saraswati: Both Buddhist & Hindu Projects in India

Luce Foundation Sets Centre at Major Buddhist Site in India

ONLINE  RESOURCES

Orphans International Worldwide  (1999)

“Raising Young Global Leaders”

www.orphansinternational.org   (2010)

FB:  www.facebook.com/OrphansInternationalWorldwide

IG:  www.instagram.com/orphansinternational

NYT:   First One Orphan, Than Many More  (Luce, 2007)

NYP:  Tsunami Saint – NY’er Opens Heart & Indo. Orphanage   (2005)

Wiki:  www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphans_International

The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation  (2009)

“Supporting & Educating Young Global Leaders”

www.lucefoundation.org

FB:  www.facebook.com/LuceFoundation

IG:  www.instagram.com/lucefoundation

The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness  (2010)

www.stewardshipreport.com

www.stewardshipreport.org

YT:  www.youtube.com/stewardshipreport

FB:  www.facebook.com/TheStewardshipReport

Luce Young Global Leadership Initiative & Lions Clubs  (2014)

www.facebook.com/LuceYGLInitiative

www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/new_york_global_leaders

FB:  New York Young Global Leaders Lions & Leos Club  (2015)

Luce Leadership Experiences

2021 – Israel:  www.facebook.com/2021-Young-Global-Leadership-Experience-Israel

2020 – India:  www.facebook.com/2020-Young-Global-Leadership-Experience-India

2019 – Jamaica:  www.facebook.com/JamaicaLeadership2019

2018 – Indonesia:  www.facebook.com/IndonesiaLeadership2018

YT:  J. Luce Leadership Experience: Indonesia 2018

2017 – Greece  www.facebook.com/HellenicFund

YT:  J. Luce Leadership Experience: The Ideals of Hellas  (2015)

YT:   J. Luce Leadership Experience 2017: Hellas, Greece  (2017)

J. Luce Foundation India

FB:  www.facebook.com/LuceFoundationIndia

FB:  https://www.facebook.com/SaraswatiLeadershipCentre

Funds

Haiti Fund for Orphan & Education Fund (2000)

www.facebook.com/TheHaitiFund

Indonesia Orphan & Education Fund (2000)

www.facebook.com/IndonesiaFund

Manjushree Tibetan Orphan & Education Fund (2015)

www.facebook.com/ManjushreeFund

Sri Lanka Orphans & Education Fund (2010)

www.facebook.com/SriLankaOrphansFund

Videos – Orphans International Worldwide

Vimeo:  Orphans International Dominican Republic   (2004)

Vimeo:  Orphans International Haiti   (2005)

Vimeo:  Orphans International Indonesia – Manado   (2008)

YouTube:  Jim Luce Interview: Origins of the Foundation & OIWW  (2014)

YouTube:  The Many Faces of OIWW & the J. Luce Foundation  (2015)

YouTube:  BeKindr Interview with Jim Luce on Kindness  (2018)

YouTube:  Orphans International Sri Lanka   (2006)

YouTube:  Orphans International Sumatera Opening  (2005)

YouTube:  Orphans International Sulawesi  (2005)

YouTube:  OI Sri Lanka – Unawatuna & Kathaluwa

YouTube:  Orphans International Sri Lanka  (2006)

Videos – J. Luce Foundation

YouTube:  Introducing The J. Luce Foundation at NYS Assembly  (2017)

YouTube:  The Many Faces of OIWW & the J. Luce Foundation  (2015)

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