Home Academy

Home Academy is situated out in Bhogpur, specifically at the Children's Home address. It’s a bit of a trek to get out here if you’re coming from the bigger towns, but it’s a quiet place once you arrive. We operate alongside the home, so there is a lot of overlap in our daily lives. The post office in Bhogpur is where we get all our mail, and it’s a small community where everyone tends to know what’s going on. We don’t have a big staff; it’s just a handful of us who wear many hats, from teaching to fixing the plumbing when it breaks. The academy is a simple building with basic rooms. We don't have much in the way of high-tech equipment, so we rely on books and talking to each other. In the evenings, it gets very still out here, which is a nice change from the noise of the day. We spend a lot of time just making sure the kids have their basic needs met and their lessons are covered. There’s a lot of practical work involved in running a place like this in a rural area. We don’t put on any airs or pretend to be more than we are. We’re just a small school in Bhogpur doing the best we can with what we have. It’s honest work, and the days go by pretty fast when you’re busy with the children. We just take things one day at a time.