Your Gifts Made the Following Possible
Thanks to the donations given, KFI grants funded the following...
Projects Completed and Scholarships Awarded
Thanks to your generosity!
Kodai Friends International is an independent non-profit organization in the United States that supports the educational mission of Kodaikanal International School in India and its alumni.
KFI has funded programs, projects and scholarships ranging from music to community efforts, full academic scholarships to attending a conference, a bench in memory of a cherished classmate, tributes given through awards, and many more. Following are a few recent reports. For more information about additional projects funded by KFI, email us at admin@kfi-us.org.
SUCCESS! Education in Kodai Project Update
Dear KIS Alumni and Friends, We want to express our deep appreciation to all of you who joined us in our recent Kodai Friends International (KFI) Leadership Matching Gift Challenge. Thanks to the generosity of those who donated, KFI met – and in fact exceeded – our...
David and Nancy Piet’s Van Allen Hospital Equipment Update
KFI Grant to Van Allen Hospital, Kodaikanal Submitted by David and Nancy Piet March 15, 2020 March 12, 2020 was a fortuitous day for P.H.K., a new patient at Van Allen Hospital in Kodaikanal. After living with a disabling compound fracture of the thigh bone (femur) in...
Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary Survey – June, 2019
In May of 2017 KFI approved a grant to be paid over two years to the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning in Puducherry, India. The goal is to estimate the abundance and distribution of mammals and birds in an effort to establish a baseline for...
Update on Environment Education Center
We thank you very much for the $8,000 KFI sent last fall to promote environment issues, enabling hiring Dr. Rajamanikam and his wife Lekshmi R. during the Spring Semester this year. They were given an office, worked with the Maintenance Deparment, participated in...
UPDATE – Medical Supplies for Van Allen Hospital
After two and a half months at sea, a trip across the plains and 7,000 feet up the ghat, the 20’ container of donated medical equipment finally arrived at Van Allen Hospital on Sunday, September 2, 2018. The jammed-packed container was unloaded with the help of KIS...
Recycling and Waste Management
KIS began recycling in 2014 and now has two active Recycle Centers, better overall waste management, and a separate account for Recycling and related activities. The outreach to the town is a natural and much-needed extension of this to the Kodai community. Dr...
Wireless Mics for KIS Drama Department
Dear KFI, Please accept my sincere thank you for the funding to purchase 8 headset microphones. With the funding, we purchased medium-high quality microphones that would give clear amplification as well as high durability. We have now used them on 3 productions - The...
2017-18 Senior Field Trip
Received May 2018 To Kodai Friends International (KFI). We are some senior students of Kodaikanal International School and through this letter we would like to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to the school management for considering us to receive financial...
Recycling
Recycling Efforts in Kodaikanal Township Kodaikanal International School’s initiatives with the Recycling project began with great enthusiasm, big goals and a greater vision. What would the town of Kodaikanal look like if KIS made a concerted effort to engage local...
Aung-Thwin/Reble Scholar
MinHo Heo '16 Aung-Thwin/Reble Scholar I would like to start by extending a big thanks to the donors for the Aung-Thwin/Reble Scholarship. Before I received this scholarship in Grade 11, I wasn't expecting to stay in Kodai School anymore. I had even applied to...