On Earth Day 2016, members of 120 nations signed the Paris Agreement as a united climate protection treaty. Even though the United States recently withdrew from this important collaboration, there is still plenty of HoPE/ Heaven on Planet Earth because students at HoPE Learning Centers in India...
Dinesh attends Guruvarajpet High School and has been a student at our HoPE Learning Center for the past four years. Before joining the HoPE Center, Dinesh often forgot what he learned and therefore did not do well on exams. He would then become frustrated and pick quarrels with other students,...
Most of us usually think of a forest as a group of trees, but it is a complex, living community. Beneath the forest canopy dwell interdependent populations of plants and animals, while the soil that forms the forest floor contains a large variety of invertebrates, bacteria and fungi which play...
Ragavi and Ragini came to our HoPE Learning Center in Eari in need of stability, friendship and guidance. Now they are best friends who make beautiful flower garlands, birds and animals out of colored paper. They have brought much joy to others in their families and village by hanging their...
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. During this holiday, HoPE Learning Center children of both genders made posters on famous...
Boopathi aspires to higher callings Boopathi is one of the more fortunate children at the HoPE Learning Centers. Currently, Boopathi lives with one sibling, both parents and his grandparents. His father works as a garage mechanic and earns just enough money to support his family. The...
Tripura Foundation’s founder, Dr. Baskaran Pillai, turns 70 on February 1st, and we invite you to join us in celebrating him! Dr. Pillai says, “You have to be aware of the suffering of others and be compassionate. Compassion is the most important virtue.” To contribute to his mission...
In Tamil Nadu, India, Pongal is a festival, which, according to the Tamil calendar, is normally celebrated from January 14 to January 17. The four day festival includes Bhogi Pongal, the first day when people get up early in the morning and light sacred bonfires. Children dance around Bhogi...
While many of us struggle to lose weight, quit smoking, go back to school or stick to goals aligned with other popular New Year’s resolutions, children all over the world struggle to make it through each day while hungry and living in dire circumstances. Within HoPE Learning Centers, 4040...
In 2018, we empowered thousands of children in India (including Munusamy and Bhavani) to thrive and achieve their dreams while helping others around them. We provided skill training and jobs to village parents (like Malayayi). We provided food and necessary grooming aids to hundreds of destitute...
Here in the West, holidays have become so ubiquitous and commercialized that many take them for granted, but for the children who attend HoPE Learning Centers, the holidays are a very special time. Many of these HoPE Center children live in homes with little to nothing in the way of dinners and...
Each year, HoPE Center children find creative ways to celebrate holidays, including Christmas. These kids decided to reenact the nativity with costumes and play-acting. At another HoPE Learning Center, the children celebrated by decorating a Christmas tree and exchanging greetings with one...
