Cornerstone Academy
Serving in Manipur & Mizoram, India
Our Story
Cornerstone Academy was founded in 2010 to provide high-quality K-10 Christian education for vulnerable children and their families in the southeast corner of Manipur. Manipur is one of the seven states in northeast India bordering Myanmar. Multiple insurgencies and deeply rooted corruption have fostered a spirit of hopelessness. Through Christian education, we seek to bring lasting hope and transformation.
In 2023, widespread communal violence displaced more than 30,000 people across the area. As a result, Cornerstone Academy founders Thangboi and Kimsi Haokip were forced to leave their home and relocate to Aizawl, the capital of nearby Mizoram, India. Despite becoming refugees themselves, they remained committed to sharing the love of Christ through education and discipleship.
In Aizawl, they launched KidsCare, providing Christ-centered education to local youth as the only Christian school in the area. At the same time, they recognized another urgent need for employment among refugee communities. The city of Aizawl is also home to refugees fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar. To become self-sufficient, adults need practical skills and sustainable employment.
Out of this vision, Cornerstone College was born: a bi-vocational pastoral training college designed to equip students both spiritually and professionally. The college will offer skilled trade programs such as carpentry, masonry, electrical work, plumbing, and painting. These practical skills will help students become self-sufficient, while biblical training will prepare them to serve as church leaders and Christ-centered influences within their workplaces and communities.
Our Impact
Our hope is that students will embrace Christ, grow into strong leaders, and break the cycle of poverty and violence. Through our three opportunities for Christian education, we are raising up godly people who will witness for the Lord, taking their biblical worldview into the community to shape the marketplace, churches, and families.
Cornerstone Academy in Manipur
- Serving 200 students through high-quality K-10 Christ-centered education
- Faithful staff continue operating and investing in students
- Students are demonstrating strong academic achievement, including top performance in mathematics
KidsCare School in Aizawl
- Expanding to provide high-quality Christ-centered education from preschool through high school
- Currently serving 70 students, with enrollment continuing to grow
- Offering hope and stability for children and families affected by displacement and hardship
Cornerstone College in Aizawl
- Planned opening Fall 2027
- Providing training in skilled trades, alongside theological education for adults
- Developing a campus adjacent to KidsCare School
- Equipping students with practical trade skills and biblical foundations for leadership, ministry, and sustainable livelihoods
Your donation provides students with Christ-centered education and skills to transform their communities through a biblical worldview.
"We took in a widow who was illiterate and heavily in debt, helpless and ready to give up, along with her 3 children. The girl is in Kindergarten and the two boys are in Class 5 and 4. By the grace of God and your donations, we were able to take them in and feed them for the month. They all have begun to pray nicely, and the poor mother wept like a child with a penitent heart pleading for God's forgiveness. It's a joy to witness the Lord working." - Kimsi Haokip
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