With the devastation of Covid-19 rising every day in India, here is what you need to know about our fundraising initiative “Hope for India” and how you can join us to help. Here’s How We Are Providing Relief In Rural Villages with our fundraising initiative “Hope for...
Periyakka is a recipient of the Hope for the Elderly rationing kits for the past two years. She is about 82 years old, widowed, and has two daughters and one son. Periyakka’s second daughter is her main caretaker, which is especially important for Periyakka’s increasing needs. Periyakka’s Medical...
India has been pegged as one of the worst countries to grow old in. With the second-highest elderly population in the world, the already limited resources for the impoverished have further plummeted during this time of a global pandemic. The elderly have been severely impacted, and Tripura...
On January 31, 2021, the children of the Kattanetti Hope Learning Station received the opportunity to celebrate Dr. Pillai’s (founder of Tripura Foundation) birthday at the Nilgiris Adivasi Welfare Association. Our Hope staff and children carried flower bouquets, face masks, and handmade greeting...
Priyanka lives with her parents and grandmother. Her family struggles with wages but live in a tidy two-parent home, which is rare among her peers. Her father runs a small hotel in their Arcotkuppam, where she attends a HoPE Learning Center. She has one younger brother and enjoys playing indoor...
Manjula is the oldest child in her family. She has always felt responsible for her two-year-old brother because her parents haven’t taken care of them. Her mother used to work in the neighborhood and brought home scraps of food when she could. Since her father was an alcoholic who verbally...
Kanagavalli is such an energetic and happy person that one can never imagine the tears she holds back when she speaks about her life as it was prior to HoPE. All seemed well enough for a while. Kanagavalli was married and had an adorable baby girl named Abinaya. Her husband earned just enough to...
September is Hunger Action Month, a time when people across the world take stands against hunger in tangible ways! No one should have to go hungry, and Hunger Action Month reminds us that there are those out there who need the help of a kind people with open hands because there are more than...
As many children in western nations gear up to return to school in September, children in India have been back in their classrooms since the start of their academic year in July. Returning to classrooms after weeks of getting to roam outside is never easy, but the children in India often welcome...
Sneha is in the seventh standard at a government high school in Goa. She lives with her father, mother and three younger sisters. The only source of income for her family is from her father, who is a driver. Even though they are all grateful that he is employed, the pay is meager for a family of...
Kaaliyamal tries her best to repress heart-wrenching memories of days when she was abandoned by her daughters after her husband’s death. She lived on her own struggling to get through every single day until we found her. Kaaliyamal was married off when she was very young and had five daughters...
Thinakaran is attending 7th-grade classes in Vedambur. His father and his mother work as farm laborers. He has two elder brothers. Thinakaran’s parents earn very low income but still go without necessities to allow all three to attend school instead of join them working in the fields. They...