Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. At a recent summer vocational training class held at a HoPE Learning Center in Coimbatore, children were taught how to recognize inner beauty and how to make everyone more beautiful on the outside as well. Long-time beautician Mrs. Nithya, taught eager...
At HoPE Learning Centers, children are taught many things – traditional academics, innovative life lessons, physical fitness, cultural awareness and skills that will possibly improve their abilities to support themselves in life. During May, at RG Pudur Center, sixty children (40 HoPE Center...
About 20 years ago, I began my work in India. I stayed in a room that had large ceiling-to-floor windows. Across the street at an apartment complex, there was a young girl who was 8 years old who sat on a pile of dirt all day and opened the gate for all the cars of the residents. She and her...
At Tripura Foundation, one of our greatest satisfactions is witnessing the positive transformation of children; even one small child. At first sight, Marcos Gabriel García Crespo seems quite serious and shy. This is because he didn’t grow up knowing how to smile. He lives in a small shack in...
On May 8th [Sunday], the effects of our charitable actions are their most powerful during a rare once-a-year celestial alignment known as “Akshaya Tritiya,” or the “Non-Depleting 3rd Moon.” Ancient Seers have revealed that the charitable work done with a pure heart on this day is the secret to...
Although advertising and the Bollywood entertainment industry markets in Mumbai seem saturated at present, there is a huge demand for photographers by magazines and online media. With an explosion of communication networks in India, digital photography has become a profession with great commercial...
Dear Tripura Family, We’d like to say thank you for your generous support enabling Tripura to positively change lives and alleviate human suffering. In the spirit of keeping with Dr. Pillai’s dream that we all commit to sharing $1-a-day, we are delighted to honor your commitment with a gift in...
It was recently World Forestry Day! In March, children at our HoPE Learning Centers participated in activities that demonstrated the importance of environmental stewardship. Rather than write about how each zone chose to participate in its own unique way, we will let these beautiful photos do the...
We conducted a vocational training program in making jute products on March 25 & 26, 2016, in the Alladipatti HoPE vocational training center in Kodaikanal to improve the economic conditions of the capable and deserving women in that region. About 15 women were trained in making hand purses...
Madhan is a mischievous 7th grade boy. He has two younger siblings and his parents work as laborers in the city. In the past, after coming home from school, Madhan would play with his brother and sister. Their playing often ended up with them quarrelling. Madhan would get furious and would...
Meet Laurie Thomas, District PI Coordinator of New York. For the last year and a half, Laurie has been reaching outside of the average parameters of her life to do more for 1200 children in her community who need it the most. We applaud her for tending to her children with attention to detail,...
The recent flood disaster in Chennai created devastation everywhere… Flooded homes Massive power outages Contaminated water supply Destroyed vehicles and businesses Roads submerged in stagnant water mixed with garbage For the poor and homeless, the devastation has been far more severe. For many of...