As a leader in on-the-ground efforts to eradicate extreme poverty in the world, Tripura Foundation is proud to announce our recent accreditation as a consulting non-governmental organization to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This designation comes with extensive...
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Dr Pillai (aka: Baba), the founder of Tripura Foundation, has always put foremost priority on the alleviation of poverty / on feeding the poor and that is why He set up the Tripura Foundation (www.tripurafoundation.org/). When He was in Goa, Dr Pillai came up with the revolutionary “Briyani for...
Both the girls at Girlstown and the boys at Boystown were given new sandals and umbrellas to prepare for the upcoming rainy season. Both items were generously sponsored by AstroVed, a company who donates financially, supports with ‘in-kind’ donations and whose employees volunteer in...
On this Independence Day, we need to reflect on the question: What is Independence? This was a question posed by our founder Dr Baskaran Pillai. Our girls are learning the importance of independent thinking and how to live independently of the poverty cycle. Just as India became freedom fighters...
5 news girls were welcomed into the Girlstown family for the school year of 2010-2011. From left to right, we are happy to introduce Anjugam in 6th standard (grade), Deepa in 8th standard, Meena in 8th standard, Karthiga in 6th standard, and Nandhini 11th standard. Their new sisters helped them...
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Last Sunday, July 25th, our boys and girls were part of a bi-annual Medical Camp co-sponsored by our partners in our first HoPE Town India, the Rotary Club of Madras. The kids were given ENT check ups and treated to a fun interactive session with a local Physio Therapist on general health care....
Today I watched Disney’s Aladdin with the girls. Thank you Jaya for bringing the DVD from CA. They understood most of it- some of Robin Williams’ ad-libs got by them but for the most part it was wonderful to watch them watch the movie which at one level is the story of a...
Mind-Sound Technology is our core enhanced education programs taught at Girlstown, the 2 Boystowns, and to many other children in India and other parts of the world. We were blessed in Chennai with the visit of George Stass, an American musician who has written songs and tripura music for MST. ...
April 10th (ya a bit late with the post!) we took the girls and caretakers to ‘DizzeeWorld” and amusement park near Chennai. I watched them enjoy being terrified and then overcome their fear by hopping on the ‘scrambler’, the ferris wheel and even the small roller...
At age 20, Sunny is a student in the second year of university studying Bio-informatics. His career objective is to bring down the cost of drug discovery. He volunteers at the Selaiyur Boystown. In his own words: “I am very excited about the new MST. Its a delight to teach...
Esmeralda Campos from Mexicali, Mexico is an outstanding volunteer who has taught Mind-Sound Technology ™,(MST)™ to the children of Mexicali since 2005. She is an accountant for an international manufacturing firm. “When I began teaching the MST™, I noticed the children...