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Dedicated, hard-working and committed to achieving our mission

Christel DeHaan 1942-2020
Founder, Christel House International

Everyone faces challenges in life—but the capacity to overcome hardships, learn from mistakes, and forge ahead in the face of immense adversity is a quality inherent in most successful individuals.

The obstacles facing Christel House students are daunting—daily exposure to gang warfare, drugs, alcoholism, hunger, abuse, negative role models, violence, suffering and discrimination—but every day our students come to school, learn and set their sights on a better tomorrow. They have dreams, and while at Christel House their aspiration is to make those dreams become reality.

We celebrate their determination and courage. They are breaking through the barriers of poverty to build a new and better life for themselves and a future for their families. They are our heroes, and role models for others to follow.

Sincerely,

Christel DeHaan

Founder, Christel House International

 

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OUR CHRISTEL HOUSE INDIA BOARD
Sunanda Das
Executive Director, PDC Services Pvt Ltd
Mousumi Kapoor
Founder & CEO, Continual Engine
Meena Kirloskar
DP & CMD, Ravindu Toyota
Sunil Kunte
Former President, FMR India
Jaison C. Mathew
Chief Executive Officer, Christel House India
Raju Shahani
Board Chair, Christel House India
Radhika Shastry
Former Managing Director, India Operations, RCI India Pvt Ltd
Suresh Vaswani
Partner - Global Ventures & Honorary Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg