July 30th is World Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and HOPE is helping to raise awareness of this important issue that affects millions of lives every year. West Bengal, the area of India where The Hope Foundation works, is a vulnerable place for human trafficking. The area serves as a central location for intra and interstate human…
In October 2015, five students from Sacred Heart Secondary School in Clonakilty were chosen by their teachers to join The Hope Foundation’s School Immersion Programme. The Immersion Programme gives Transition and 5th Year students the unique opportunity to travel to Kolkata for one week and to visit HOPE projects on an educational and cultural visit…
Love at Last, a little book of inspirational quotes by Mella Murphy, Founder of Yoga For HOPE. Mella Murphy’s beautiful new book and cards are now on sale through the HOPE Shop. Love at Last is a series of inspirational quotes put together by Mella and are available in book or cards. Both the books and…
HOPE needs your help! Our annual Day of HOPE is on Thursday, October 13th. This is our national day of selling Butlers HOPE chocolate bars on the streets, in businesses and in shopping centres. It is a fun day that helps to raise awareness and much needed funds for the work we do with street…
Award winning photographer Arthur Carron’s exhibition at the CHQ building was opened by Miriam O’Callaghan on Thursday July 14th and was a fantastic success. During his time in India photographing amazing cities and their welcoming people he also witnessed the extremely harsh conditions in which many people live in Kolkata. Upon his return to…
Today is World Day for International Justice. We’d like to raise awareness this day by highlighting important issues related to social inequality, and the ways in which The Hope Foundation are working towards bridging the gap and improving the lives of street and slum residents in Kolkata.
July 15th, World Youth Skills Day, an initiative proposed by draft resolution by Sri Lanka and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2014. High youth unemployment often means being unable to escape the effects of poverty, and affects entire families, communities and nations.
Arthur Carron is a national and internationally award winning photographer from Dundalk, a fellow of the Irish photographic federation and 17 year professional press and PR photographer working primarily for the Irish Independent in recent years. Over the past few years his trips took him to the Northern Indian cities of Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Varanasi and…
The Hope Foundation’s Founder and Honorary Director, Maureen Forrest was honoured to receive an invitation to attend a Garden Party with President Michael D. Higgins in the Áras an Uachtaráin on June 9th.
The Hope Foundation is very proud to have the partnership of Davy. Davy financially support our Punorjiban child protection home, which is a rehabilitation centre for young boys who have suffered from solvent abuse in Kolkata. Siobhan and Ailbhe, Davy employees, visited our projects in Kolkata recently to see firsthand the difference they have made to…