Please join our effort to help Christian Medial College (CMC) build a maternity hospital in the Jawadhi Hills region of South India. The Scudder Association Foundation (SAF) is working to continue the legacy of Aunt Ida’s calling to provide desperately needed care for women in childbirth. As you know, Ida responded to the pleas of these women by dedicating her life to their care.
After Ida Scudder bore witness to the deaths of three expectant mothers, Ida determined, “I could not bear to think of these young girls as dead…I must go home and study medicine and come back to India to help such women.” On her return, Dr. Ida Scudder began a professional journey that would touch tens of thousands of patients and impact millions of lives.
The Jawadhi Hills (also Javadhu, Jawadhu, Javadi Hills) are an extension of the Eastern Ghats mountains about 40 miles south and west of Vellore. This range of granite peaks is 50 miles wide by twenty miles long, reaching an altitude of 4000 feet. Their height is sufficient to produce rainfall, which leaves them clothed in green, in vivid contrast to the dry plains surrounding Vellore.
Share in the 24 hour celebration of Aunt Ida Scudder's 150th around the world birthday party. Last...
CMC Vellore was founded by an American, Dr. Ida S. Scudder. Born in South India in 1870, she spent...
Let's Celebrate the wonderful service of Wilhelmina Noordyk and her commitment to the Scudder...
“One small step for philanthropy, one giant leap for the Scudder Association.”
It is a distinct pleasure to launch our first fully integrated on-line charitable campaign.
"Old" money can get lonely. Here's how... The Scudder Association was founded principally to...