As my birthday approaches on October 18th, I have a special wish this year that I’d like to share with you. As you likely do, I consider Tripura’s Hope children to be my own. Today, our Tripura children in India are facing many more challenges due to the pandemic, with India as the...
Feeding Families in Need As part of our urgent response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are expanding Tripura feedings to include: The most heavily relied upon food banks in the United States Partnership with Indian government feeding initiatives Special...
Tripura’s PI School Program for the 2019-2020 academic year completed successfully- reaching over 31,000 children across four states (Goa, Maharashtra, Pune, Sindhudurg in India.) The program ended just before the Government of India’s mandate to close all schools to prevent the spread of COVID...
We are proud to share that Tripura’s Global Director, Elaine Kueper (Mohini), has been selected as a Gratitude Fellow for her work through the Tripura Foundation. Today, the Gratitude Network, in connection with Forbes, announced its 2020 cohort of 30 passionate leaders that will serve as...
This month’s service project brings an elderly couple a long lost holiday joy. Tripura’s Children Give Back Thanks to you, HLC children are learning to give back. Grateful for what they have received, the children are extending your compassionate acts of giving. Thrilled...
The Key to Turn Struggle to Success The resilience of the human spirit lives in the ability to turn struggle into success. While it might be challenging to adopt a positive perspective when life feels difficult – this one choice could be the key to achieving extraordinary goals. A...
A Story of Love Pandi Selvi’s story begins with her deep love for children. Driven by her passion to support her village’s children, she pursued her education to become a certified school teacher. She has been lucky to find a job teaching in a small village school. As Pandi matured,...
Another successful school year in India is coming to and end. Every year, HoPE students make drastic changes in their lives after joining our HoPE Learning Centers. As usual, our trainings were amazing. Our children displayed determination and focus while spending after school hours...
Tripura Foundation began with the mission of feeding the poor. Our founder, Dr. Baskaran Pillai believes that the greatest thing each of us can do is to serve a meal to someone who is hungry. He founded Tripura Foundation U.S.A. in 1989. In 1999, dedicated volunteers prepared and delivered...
On February 1, children at HoPE Learning Centers in Coimbatore (Pachapalayam, center, RG Pudhur and Veeriyampalayam) prepared and served a variety of food delicacies to elderly and disabled individuals at Anugraha Ashram in honor of Dr. Baskaran Pillai’s birthday (the Founder of...
We have shared this story before but now wish to share it again because it is a good one about courage. Courage is at the center of the word “encouragement.” A courageous person does not lack fear, but moves ahead despite its existence. Within out HoPE Learning Centers, educators often...
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,...
