June 2026 Issue

June 15th, 2026 Trauma. Our English word, “trauma,” comes from an ancient Greek word that literally translates as “wound,” “hurt,” or “defeat.” In ancient Greece, it referred strictly to physical injuries, like those sustained in battle. Over time, the meaning of the word has evolved to include emotional and psychological wounds. The girls of New […]

Aarohi

After my parents got divorced, me and two of my sisters moved with our mama to Chinthalapudi. My other sister had some psychological problems, so she stayed with our papa … for a while, anyway. I guess she ran away from him eventually. Anyway, once we arrived in our new village, mama arranged for me […]

January 2024 Issue

Happy New Year! We hope your new year has had a wonderful beginning. At New Horizons House, we’re excited that the new year will bring a number of new things! First, we are nearing the completion of a land purchase that will allow us to construct a new and larger Transitional Home (TH). Our projections […]

December 2023 Issue

The Power of Choice New Horizons’ staff in India continually reminds our girls that the ability to make choices gives them power. In Becoming Better, Chris Loper wrote: “If you don’t like the results your choices are getting you, you have the power to make different choices. Recognizing that you always have the power to […]

November 2023 Issue

This is Nina (name changed to protect her privacy). She has been at NHH for 5 months and with the extensive work the NHH Counselors and House Mothers she is beginning to get over the nightmares of abuse in her past. Both of Nina’s parents were killed in a car accident when she was 4, […]