The name of the school is Vivekananda Model School. It is located in Nizamabad, A.P. India. The Principal’s name is Latha, and her husband’s name is Naragoud.

Read a statement from Latha here. [PDF document]

A general statement about the Joseph Curiale Foundation School is here. [PDF document]

The videos and photo galleries below will begin to tell you their story. We urgently need ongoing donations for the school so please, if you can help us then visit our donations page. Every little helps. Thank you.

The Story

The School

A New School

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The Photo Gallery

Some recent photos of the school, the children, the principal and her husband….

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2008

“Curiale at his creative best” | The Maharashtra Herald [this links to a PDF document]

2007

Japan Times

Click Here: Check out “Homeless jet-setter brings life, hope to scores | The Japan Times Online” [this links to a PDF document]

The Times of India

“US Musician Plays Santa” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “Article – The Musical Saviour” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “World Net Daily Travel Asia: Hollywood Composer saving widows in India – video – Broadcast: Streaming Video News, Health, Trends and More”

Click Here: Check out “India Together: The tale of three widows – 22 February 2007″

Click Here: Check out “ZNet Commentary: Markets hate farmers”

Click Here: Check out “Indian Rural Women – Oral Narratives: German Women Join Hands With Vidarbha Widows”

Click Here: Check out “India Together: Agriculture – news articles, reports, opinions and analysis – Homepage”

Click Here: Check out “India Together: P Sainath – Striking a note of dissent in Vidarbha – 28 January 2007″

2006

Click Here: Check out “DNA – India – Hollywood composer here to help Andhra farmers – Daily News &Analysis” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “Love makes life worth living’-Ahmedabad Times-City Supplements-NEWS-The Times of India” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “Overseas Indian: Connecting India with its Diaspora”

Click Here: Check out “What’s Your Dosha”

Click Here: Check out “Tehelka – The People’s Paper” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “God’s messenger: Musician comes to orphan’s aid – NDTV.com – News on Musician comes to orphan’s aid” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “American composer comes to Andhra widows’ aid – NDTV.com – News on American composer comes to Andhra widows’ aid”

Click Here: Check out “Hollywood to the rescue”

Click Here: Check out “Renaissance Research: American Music Composer Raises And Distributes Funds In India To Clear Debts of Families Where Head Of Household Has Committed Suicide”

Click Here: Check out “The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh Nizamabad News : US composer rushes to the aid of farmers’ widows” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh Nizamabad News : American music composer collects 3 lakhs for kin of ryots” [this links to a PDF document]

Click Here: Check out “On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide – New York Times”

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian farmer suicide toll rises”

Click Here: Check out “India: Maharashtra cotton farmers face destitution”

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | Business | Debt drives Indian farmers to suicide”

Click Here: Check out “FRONTLINE/WORLD . Rough Cut . Seeds of Suicide | PBS”

Click Here: Check out “FRONTLINE/WORLD . Rough Cut . Seeds of Suicide . Background Facts and Related Links | PBS”

Click Here: Check out “India: government policies lead to terrible toll in rural suicides”

Click Here: Check out “US-India deal on agricultural research: no benefit for India’s rural poor”

Click Here: Check out “DNA – India – One suicide every 8 hours – Daily News & Analysis”

Click Here: Check out “India’s Farmers Bear Brunt of Globalization | The Progressive”

2005

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | UK | Britain blamed for India suicides”

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | UK | Head-to-head: India’s farm suicides”

Click Here: Check out “OneWorld South Asia – Suicide Spate Continues in Southern India Farm Belt”

Click Here: Check out “Infochange India News Books & Reports 644 farmer suicides in Maharashtra since 2001, says TISS report”

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | Programmes | File on 4 | Plea to West over Indian suicides”

Click Here: Check out “Claire Melamed: Aid U-turn comes too late to stop thousands of Indian suicides | | Guardian Unlimited Business”

2004

Click Here: Check out “A bitter harvest in AP – Sify.com”

Click Here: Check out “India Together: When farmers die – June 2004″

Click Here: Check out “Indian Farmer’s Final Solution By Devinder Sharma”

Click Here: Check out “Food as Political Weapon: Interview With Devinder Sharma”

Click Here: Check out “Dsharma”

Click Here: Check out “India Together: Putting away the pesticide spray in Warangal – June 2004″

Click Here: Check out “BBC NEWS | South Asia | Suicide spree on India’s farms”

Click Here: Check out “ZNet |South Asia | Farmer’s Suicides”

Click Here: Check out “ZNet |South Asia | How The Better Half Dies”

Click Here: Check out “Asia Times Online – The best news coverage from South Asia”

Click Here: Check out “The Suicide Economy Of Corporate Globalisation By Vandana Shiva”

Click Here: Check out “BBC Worldservice Trust”

Click Here: Check out “NPR : Suicide Rate Spikes Among Farmers in India”

2001

Click Here: Check out “rediff.com: ‘Bt cotton will kill farmers, financially and literally’”

Click Here: Check out “PBS – harvest of fear”

2000

Click Here: Check out “NPR : Gm Seeds In India”