Three times a year, Freedom Firm organizes wilderness camps in different locations across India for minor girls currently living in...

“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.” Mark Twain After 9 years of wilderness camps in the mountains near Ooty,...

We came back to the office and learned that Manju had run away. She was seen jumping on a bike heading into Ooty town.

Eye witness account by Carissa Robertson, a first-time camp counselor from WoodsEdge Church, at Avalanche Camp May 2015 The first day in...

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner I just returned from hosting two...

Greg and I had just moved to Ooty after 5 years of what I call my “wilderness” years, in the heart of the teeming metropolis of Mumbai....

We take three buses from the tourist town of Ooty and drive 2 hours away toward the 8 reservoir lakes. The lake we are headed to is...

Every year at Avalanche Wilderness camp in South India, I learn something new. Watching the U.S teams over the years, I get to witness...

Rappelling is without a doubt the greatest challenge at Avalanche. We save this for the last two days of the camp when the foundations...

I write this morning perched high above the Avalanche reservoir. Hot sunshine has burned away the morning mist that rose above the lake....

Freedom Firm just hosted our annual wilderness camp at Lake Avalanche from 18th April to the 23rd. We had over 37 girls and 25 staff...

A total of twenty-five rescued girls, hailing as far as Delhi, joined the Freedom Firm girls for days of fun, learning and challenges.