Service to Others
We Fund Two Indian High Schools
Arni Secondary School
Ezekiel Scudder, “Pioneer John’s” son, founded a secondary school in Arni in the mid-1870s.. In 2023 SAF granted Arni Secondary School $6,000 and a SAF director donated an additional $4,000 to pay for an 11th grade and a 12th grade teacher. This allowed students to receive a high school diploma making them eligible to apply for higher education. This one change will uplift whole families.
Walter Scudder School
Walter Scudder founded the school in 1872 when he turned the village school in Tindivanam into an accredited high school. He did not have funds for a good building, so he was forced to erect one with mud walls and burlap partitions that divided the facility into rooms.
He tried for many years to raise funds for a proper building, but money came in slowly and it was only after the end of World War I that he was able to raise money for a suitable facility. It officially opened in 1925.
The school is coed today and has over 900 students in grades six to twelve.
