March 15, 2012

Shocking Figures on open defecation in Tamil Nadu

An article in the Times of India, Chennai today reveals grim figures from the 2011 Indian census about open defecation in Tamil Nadu. 45% of the […]
March 8, 2012

Celebrating women – Mrs Christy

SCAD’s greatest asset is not only the Chairman  & Vice Chairman but each and every team member. It is with such a dedicated and committed team […]
March 5, 2012

Places now available to volunteer with SCAD

We’ve built up a formula for successful community empowerment over the past 25 years which we wish to share with others. If you’re looking to expand […]
February 23, 2012

A Life Free from Hunger

Last week Save the Children released a report entitled ‘A Life Free From Hunger’ and in it they declare that 48% of children in India are stunted […]
February 16, 2012

Occupational therapists work with our SCAD staff

We are fortunate enough to have two Belgium OT (Occupational Therapist) students completing 3 month internships at SCAD working with differently-abled students at the residential school […]
February 13, 2012

Murray and Janet visit SCAD

Murray & Janet Frankland, founders of Salt of the Earth, visit the ‘model village’ Sevalkulam, in the Ottapidaram block to view the new fish culture initiative […]
February 6, 2012

SCAD 1st Newsletter

On the 31st of January we released SCAD’s first newsletter – read it here 
February 6, 2012

Our latest video — Kitchen gardens

In Tamil Nadu there is a big problem with women being anemic and children being malnourished. Also the price of food in the area is increasing […]
January 30, 2012

Salt of the Earth tour of SCAD and Kerala

The first Salt of the Earth Supporters two week visit to India went very well ably led by Eddie and Anne Walker. A week seeing the […]