Newsletter, Summer 2026—From the desk of Fr. Kulandai, Director of Kalangarai Career Guidance Initiative for the Children of Widows This past spring, Kalangarai conducted a community outreach program to empower children of widows and single women through education and career guidance. The staff visited nearly 120 families in the villages to understand their realities, focusing … Read more
International Widows’ Day Convention Newsletter, Summer 2026—From the desk of Fr. Kulandai, Director of Kalangarai Kalangarai participated in organizing a Widows’ Day Convention at a public venue in Nagapattinam. Around 500 widows and other single women gathered to celebrate the occasion, reaffirm their solidarity, and collectively advocate for their rights, dignity, and social justice. The … Read more
Literacy Rate among the Widows in Nagai District Widows and deserted women in our movement are mostly illiterates. Some of them have schooling up to V standard or VII standard, but they have not kept in touch with the knowledge and skill of language they have learnt. Rarely do we come across a few who … Read more
In the Media Media interviews about the film Women of Truth and Courage and the Friends of Kalangarai.
The Indian Ocean Tsunami: 20 years later… By Karen Kayser Iwas sitting on a plastic chair in a village with a group of survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, marking one year since it had occurred. We were surrounded by newly constructed houses—small square, empty buildings made from cement–not quite ready for occupancy. A grandmother … Read more
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Gems Videos Friends of Kalangarai is conducting a series of free virtual lectures that will be hosted by experts leading innovative programs that address poverty, women’s rights, environmental injustice, and socioeconomic development in South Asia.
Gems Videos Friends of Kalangarai is conducting a series of free virtual lectures that will be hosted by experts leading innovative programs that address poverty, women’s rights, environmental injustice, and socioeconomic development in South Asia. GEMS Nov. 16, 2023: Dr. Rajeshree Joshi In the 3rd episode of the Gender, Equity, Mobilization, and Sustainability Webinar series … Read more
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