Dr. Graham’s Sponsorship Scheme
The School Sponsorship Scheme
The Extended Sponsorship Scheme
How do you get started as a sponsor?
What you will receive as a sponsor:
Dr. Graham’s Sponsorship Scheme
Dr. Graham’s Homes Sponsorship Scheme is a unique instrument that empowers you to transform the future of young hearts and minds. Sponsorship creates a special relationship between you and a child you probably have never met before. Dr. Graham’s Homes offers you a chance to provide a ‘sense of security’ and ‘a sense of belonging’ to a child, and in return you will get the satisfaction of having invested in a better future for a child and for society.The Homes offers sponsorships at two levels:
- School Sponsorship Scheme
- Extended Sponsorship Scheme
The School Sponsorship Scheme
- The school sponsorship scheme was established to provide opportunities for poor Anglo-Indian children, the very children Dr. Graham set out to help when he established the Homes in 1900. Over the years the scheme has helped create successful futures for hundreds of Indian children.
- Sponsor a child through school (i.e. from Lucia King to class XII).
- Children belong to families from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, from families whose monthly income is between Rs. 500 to Rs. 3000.
- Over the years, these sponsorships have been supported by The Overseas Committees, Alumnus of the Homes and many well wishers.
The Extended Sponsorship Scheme
How do you get started as a sponsor?
Write to the following address stating the approximate age and sex of the child you would like to sponsor. Ask for more information if you wish. You will be sent case histories of the candidates for sponsorship. You can select a child from a list provided to you.
What you will receive as a sponsor:
- Details of your sponsored child and a photograph.
- An Annual Progress Report.
- Regular correspondence – keeping you apprised of your sponsored child’s activities and helping to create a bond of love.
- The opportunity to visit your sponsored child at the Dr. Graham’s Homes. Most of the children refer to their sponsors as ‘aunty’ and ‘uncle’ and visits help to build a personal bond with him/her.
- The feeling of joy that comes from caring and sharing.
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| 1900 | Rev. Dr. John Anderson Graham leases 100 acres of land from the Government on the slopes of the Deolo Hills, east of Kalimpong and lays the foundation of St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes in Kalimpong on 24th September, 1900. |
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| 1901 | The first building in the compound – Woodburn Cottage – is inaugurated on 4th November, 1901 by the Lt. Governor of Bengal, Sir John Woodburn. |
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| 1902 | Elliott Cottage, named after Sir Charles Elliott, is inaugurated on 4th November, 1902 by the Lt. Governor of Bengal, Sir John Woodburn. |
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| 1903 | Mr. J. Simpson is appointed the first Head Master. |
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| 1903 | Sir Charles Allen opens the Christison Farm Steading on 29th October, 1903. |
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| 1904 | Strachan Cottage is inaugurated by Mr. Robert Laidlaw of Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. on 12th January, 1904. |
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| 1905 | Thorburn Cottage is inaugurated on 9th June, 1905 by Mr. E. A. Gait. |
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| 1906 | Jarvie Hall is inaugurated on 24th April, 1906 by Sir L. Hare, officiating Lt. Governor of Bengal. |
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| 1907 | The second wing of the Bourdillon School is opened. |
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| 1908 | Miss L Steel inaugurates the Steel Memorial Hospital and Sanitorium on 4th February, 1908. |
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| 1908 | The Pugh Gymnasium opens on 31st October, 1908. |
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| 1910 | Lucia King Cottage is inaugurated on 24th September, 1910 by the Hon. Mr. F. A. Slacke, President of the Homes. |
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| 1912 | The Memorial Stone of the Queen Mary Block is laid by Lord Carmichael on 5th October, 1912. |
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| 1914 – 1918 | Boys of the Homes fight for the British Empire during the First World War. |
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| 1919 | Katherine Graham, beloved wife of Rev. Dr. John Anderson Graham, passes away on 15th May, 1919. |
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| 1925 | The Homes celebrates its Silver Jubilee. |
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| 1927 | The Homes expands its operations to Calcutta with the opening of the Birkmyre Hostel on 14th January, 1927. |
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| 1930 | Ahava Guest House is inaugurated in April 1930. |
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| 1931 | Rev. Dr. John Anderson Graham is made Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and spends a year there fulfilling his various duties before returning to Kalimpong. |
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| 1937 | Rev. Dr. John Anderson Graham undertakes a world tour, visiting OGBs and overseas friends of the Homes. |
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| 1939 | Jubilee House is inaugurated by Rev. Foss Westcott. |
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| 1947 | India gains her Independence from the British Empire – the Tricolour is raised above Jarvie Hall on 15th August, 1947. |
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| 1950 | The Homes celebrates its Golden Jubilee. |
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| 1952 | Overseas sponsorship of children begins with the Christian Children’s Fund Inc. U.S.A., which takes on partial support of 250 children. |
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| 1957 | Rev. Ewan Traill becomes the first Principal of the Homes. |
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| 1958 | Lady Edwina Mountbatten visits the Homes and is enchanted by the children at Lucia King Cottage. |
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| 1961 | Bhutanese children and Tibetan refugee children are admitted for the first time. |
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| 1963 | The Chinese invade North-East India and the remaining school children are evacuated to Gopalpur, Orissa. |
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| 1971 | Mr. Bernard Brooks takes over as Principal from Mr. James R. Minto. |
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| 1972 | The First International Conference of Overseas Committees and the Board of Management is held in Kalimpong. |
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| 1976 | The Delhi-based Indian Schools Certificate (10+2) is introduced. |
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| 1977 | The Central Kitchen is opened; meals cease to be cooked and served in Cottages. |
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| 1987 | Mr. Robert H. Wright is reappointed as Chairman and President of the Board of Management. |
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| 1988 | A record forty-day “bandh” is called throughout the District; the Homes is closed for six months from 10th February 1988. |
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| 1994 | Mr. Michael J. Robertson takes over as Chairman and President of the Board of Management of the Homes in May 1994. |
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| 1998 | The Third International Conference of Overseas Committees and the Board of Management is held in Kalimpong. |
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| 2002 | Mr. David Foning appointed Bursar of the Homes. |
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| 2004 | The Children’s Choir – ‘The Children’s City in Concert’ – performs in Kolkata. This is the start of a series of concerts in Kolkata held in December every year to packed audiences. |
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| 2006 | Thorburn Cottage is rebuilt. |
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| 2007 | The Children’s Choir of the Homes undertakes a concert tour of the United Kingdom and Scotland and receives rave reviews. |
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| 2007 | An International BPO Academy is set up at the Homes to help children acquire skills for careers in the BPO industry. |
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