Saint Antony School
Founded in 1994 with a single class, Saint Antony school has experienced remarkable growth and now welcomes more than 2,000 students.
It educates children from the surrounding villages, from kindergarten to the final year of secondary school, without distinction of gender, caste or religion, and is recognized for the quality of its teaching as well as for its educational commitment.
Its exceptional results in national exams place it among the very top schools in the region.
Where is the school located?
The school is located in Kanji, in the center of several villages, in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India, three hours away.
It represents a real hope for the future for families, most of whom make a living from agriculture as day laborers, crafts, or trade. Essential services are located an hour's drive away.
Photo of the school's first building in 1994
Saint Antony School opened its first class at the request of the villagers who wanted to offer their children a quality alternative to local public education.
Thanks to the support of the Enfants de Kanji association and The Kanji Project in England, children from poor families can access quality education.
Despite its name, the school is entirely non-denominational. It welcomes students of all origins, genders, religions, and castes in a spirit of openness and equality.
It employs around one hundred teachers, administrative or maintenance staff.
Thanks to the remarkable commitment of the teaching staff, the discipline and motivation of the students, the school enjoys a reputation for excellence.
She has received the Best School Award and Best Teacher Award from the State of Tamil Nadu.
Its values
Meaning of effort
Solidarity
Generosity
Tolerance
Meaning of effort
The school encourages work, discipline and perseverance in order to support students towards academic and personal success.
Solidarity
In each class, students naturally help each other: the more advanced students support those who are experiencing difficulties.
Generosity
The students regularly participate in solidarity actions in support of the poorest inhabitants of the village.
Tolerance
The school promotes harmonious coexistence between students of different religions, origins and social conditions.
School life
Beyond academic teaching, students excel in team sports performances and have the opportunity to join scout groups, nature conservation groups, the Junior Red Cross, dance groups, karate groups, and judo groups.
The excellent results obtained in the exams have enabled hundreds of students, girls and boys, to work as doctors, engineers, nurses, teachers, etc.
How can you help us?
Become a sponsor
Offer to a child from a disadvantaged family the opportunity to go to school through regular monthly support.
Make a donation
Participate in the funding of concrete educational projects that sustainably improve access to education for the most vulnerable children.
Become a volunteer
Join the Enfants de Kanji adventure and contribute, in your own way, to the development of our solidarity actions on the ground.
Our association
Fighting poverty through the development of education in the villages around Kanji.
We are pursuing two objectives:
Transforming the future of poor children by providing them with a quality education
To provide material and moral support to the Saint Antony institution