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We have big plans for the greatest day of the year for our Hope children… Diwali is The Festival of Lights and also a holiday on the level of Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, etc. Join this year’s celebration by helping us give gifts of beautiful new clothes, school bags, talent shows and fun prizes...
Jiccky is a true HoPE Hero. He is a great role model of a successful businessman who works hard to share prosperity with the poorest people. He is one of the first sponsors of HoPE Centers and is interested in every aspect of the children’s transformation. Gifted with authentic passion to...
Volunteers of the Month – Marrio and Chantel Romero Marrio and Chantel Romero developed curriculum for HoPE Learning Centers’ innovative Personal Transformation Program, which helps children to transform every aspect of life and unleash their highest potentials. In Chantel’s words, “Love and...
While reading a multitude of articles about Heather Anderson’s artistic accomplishments, it is hard to believe that this vivacious illustrator was once down on her luck and barely able to pay monthly rent. All of this changed when she met Tripura Foundation’s founder, Dr. Baskaran Pillai, at a...
HoPE Centers are supported by generous donors. 23-year-old Jordan Kaplowitz turned his dream of sponsoring poor children into reality by using his Facebook birthday wish to request that friends help sponsor a HoPE Center. You can do this too! Ask your friends to help you sponsor an entire HoPE...
A Hope Center is made up of students, like Jeevetha. She is from the village Puducherrymedu, which is north of Chennai and has 120 houses. It is very dry, so agriculture is entirely dependent on rains. Jeevetha is in 9th grade. Every day, she and 50 other children from her village used to...
Dear Friends, I am deeply touched by your support for Tripura Foundation, and most of all, your love for the bright and beautiful children that we serve throughout India at our HoPE Centers. Because of you and other great souls like you, we are celebrating wonderful milestones this month in our...
Our first step in screening children to be admitted to HoPE Learning Centers is to visit their homes to view their living conditions. During one visit in May 2012, we met this 12-year-old angel. Even though there was a sad look in her eyes, she was bold and said, “My name is Powrnica. My parents...
Meena met Dr. Baskaran Pillai, the founder of Tripura Foundation, while working at Credit Suisse. She soon took a trip to India and her life took on all new dimensions. She noticed that 12-year –old children looked like 6-year-old children in the USA. She soon moved to India to run the Corporate...