The Skyira Mission

Skyira was created through our passion for supporting the education of underprivileged children in India.
A percentage of all profits from our gift and homeware sales are donated directly to help fund projects that we oversee, improving the environment for the children at Dr Graham’s Homes Kalimpong and in the wider community. 

To read about our journey, please head on over to 'Our Story' page.

Blog posts

What is a Doug?

What is a Doug?

Once upon a Doug is a community project that supports the people of this cotton growing region in India.  Farmers are forced to take high interest loans to buy seed, pesticides and fertilizers. Poor rain yields in a single season can spell disaster for a farmer. Leaving them in crippling unmanageable debt.

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Dr Graham's Homes

Dr Graham's Homes

A journey starts with a single step and at the time I had no idea I would end up here……..writing this blog to tell you all about this amazing place called Dr Grahams Homes. The school was founded in 1900 By reverend Dr John Anderson Graham. He was at the time a missionary of the church of Scotland. It has homed, feed and educated underprivileged children for almost 120 years. That alone is an amazing feat.

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Giving Hands from The Home of Hope

Giving Hands from The Home of Hope

It is located in the center of the poorer urban neighborhood of Tangra. They provide much needed and underfunded assistance to the disability community in the form of accommodation, workshops, day care and outreach support. All vital services that would otherwise not be available to these amazing individuals

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