Blogs

Thank You for Diwali & Everything!

Diwali is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. At HoPE Learning Centers, every year, the children enjoy the feasts and new clothes provided by our generous sponsors. They are ever thankful for the blessings which your donations bring to their lives during Diwali and all...

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What Is Diwali?

Diwali is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. It is a time of feasting, families, and festive decorations much like Christmas in the West. Diwali is aptly called the Festival of Lights. All across India, people celebrate by hanging millions of lights on their windows and...

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Meet a Hope Child: Tharani

Tharani dreams of helping others Attending the Atchampatti Hope Learning Center in Tamil Nadu, India is a young girl named Tharani, who has great hopes for the future. Tharani, an 8th grade student, enjoys learning about subjects like Phonemic Intelligence, nutrition, and yoga. Her troubled past...

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Mohini’s Diwali Birthday Wish

A special message from Mohini, Global Director of Tripura Foundation: This year my birthday, October 18th, is the same day as Diwali.  Diwali is the Festival of Lights here in India, and it signifies the end of darkness, greed and poverty.  In India, it is the happiest day of the year for...

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Hunger (and Hope) Action Month

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 kind people with open hands, because there are more than enough...

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Thangaraj Strives for a Better Life

Thangaraj lives with his parents and sister. His father is a farmer and his mother is a housewife. He was accepted into a HoPE Learning Center last year and is grateful for support from caring teachers and an opportunity to reach his goal of becoming a teacher so he can help other children end...

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Fireworks Of Hope

Fireworks were invented in ancient China in the 7th century to scare away evil spirits with natural applications of gunpowder. Rather than being scary, as intended, they were dazzlingly beautiful and an instant hit with people from all walks of life. They are still a hit throughout many nations,...

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Elders Should Be Respected, Not Forced to Suffer

Since elderly Vellimalai does not have any income, his son and his daughter-in-law sent him out of their house several years ago. The villagers claim that Vellimalai is 90 years old.  Due to his advanced age he cannot walk or even stand up. He cannot bathe or even attend to nature’s call unless he...

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Iswarya Saves for a Brighter Future

Last year, HoPE Learning Center children shared stories about Hundial savings (money saved for the future in small clay banks, much like western piggy banks). Eighth grader Iswarya set the bar high when she shared her story.  She saved Rs.1500 in one year.  This is a respectable sum, more than...

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World Forestry Day

We 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, all of which play an...

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Heartfelt Feedings to Those in the Most Need

As regions of the western United States recover from years of drought due to the generosity of recent storm clouds, people in India pray for rain, since they are now facing water scarcity. Children at our HoPE Learning Centers are doubling their prayers because the recent drought has also led to...

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