Letters to Sponsor Children
Team Fro's postman dispatching letters
Team Fro's Postman will be hand-delivering letters to children in both July and August.
The children love to hear from you and enjoy writing back.
We will also be collecting letters to bring home.
To find out details and make sure you don't miss out click here.
Buddy Program
Giving at school
We are thrilled to have the support of St Catherines School, Melbourne which has kindly donated $50,000 towards our child sponsorship program over the next 5 years.
Our Buddy Program is aimed at connecting classrooms in Australia with classrooms in India. Giving children the opportunity to learn and share in each other's lives growing up.
Fro Friends Making a Difference
See what others are doing
Recruit friends, family, school mates, work colleagues. Fundraise. Hold an event. Become involved.
Find out more about ways you can help.
Disaster Strikes LFF's Operations
LF team provides emergency relief
On 6 August the heavy monsoon rains which caused catastrophic flooding in Pakistan headed south over the Karakoram Ranges into Ladakh, the Himalayan region of India where Lille Fro works.
Water Purification System Arrive
Units deployed to disaster area
We have successfully negotiated with Senior Ministers in the Indian Government to fast track the clearance and delivery of highly specialised water filtration units to disaster zones.
Airlifted from Australia, each unit is capable of pumping 10,000 litres of fresh water per day - enough for an entire community.
Chadar, The Ice River
Children walk treacherous path to school
The Chadar (meaning 'ice sheet') is the name of the frozen ice river in Zanskar which threads its way through the snow capped valleys of the Zanskar ranges in Ladakh.
During late February and early March when the children set off, the melting ice is at its most dangerous. As the sun thins the ice in places, the many river crossings required are fraught with danger.
Children Helicoptered to School
Villages snowed in
In slightly different circumstances than usual, six sponsored children had to be helicoptered to school due to heavy snowfall and dangerous conditions...
India's Nomads - A Human Rights Crisis You Have Never Heard Of
National Geographic Feb 2010
"India's nomads are united by a history of poverty and exclusion that continues to this day: arguably the biggest human rights crisis you have never heard of."
John Lancaster, National Geographic, February 2010
Rare Permit Granted
Resticted areas sealed off to foreigners
In October 2009, after months of talks with Indian authorities, Lille Fro was granted a rare permit to visit the region surrounding Nyoma and Hanle in the Changthang area.
Community Greenhouses Completed
Fresh veggies for villages
Two community greenhouses have been built in Zanskar and training programs are underway teaching mothers how to grow vegetables.
A Sponsor's Perspective
By Carolyn Creswell, Carman's Fine Foods
I was so moved when I first heard Sopa's story.
Sopa is 13 years old and lives in extreme conditions - geographically, climatically and physically - in a remote village tucked away at high altitude in the Indian Himalayas.
A Child's Perspective
By Sopa, aged 13
"Dear my God Parents
I am very thankfull to you. Because you give another life to me by giving me sponsor ..."