Volunteers wanted for our annual National Day of HOPE, October 13th
July 19, 2016HOPE 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...
India Street Culture exhibition is opened by Miriam O’Callaghan July 14th
July 18, 2016Award 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...
World Day for International Justice
July 17, 2016Today 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.
World Youth Skills Day 2016
July 15, 2016July 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’s Exhibition in aid of Hope Foundation
July 8, 2016Arthur 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...
HOPE attends the Áras Garden Party for NGO’s working towards Sustainable Development Goals
July 8, 2016The 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.
Volunteers from DAVY visit Kolkata with HOPE
July 2, 2016The 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,...
Experience India with HOPE in 2016
February 8, 2016Would you like to experience magical India and help children in need? Take part in one of HOPE’s many worthwhile programmes in 2016 and have a life-changing experience that will also support HOPE’s projects in Kolkata. So far, the following...
Kick for Kolkata
November 20, 2015Have you seen him……? One of our amazing volunteers, Kevin, is after setting off around the entire country of Ireland to fundraise for HOPE in a very unique way…. Kevin is going to kick a point in every one of...
Winner of our Husqvarna Raffle with Atkins Announced!
September 8, 2015Carmel Burke from Blarney was the lucky winner who walked away with a state of the art Husqvarna ride-on lawnmower on December 30th The TC138 mower, worth almost €2,500, was kindly donated by Atkins Garden World, Cork, with all proceeds going...
Sue Perkins visits HOPE in Kolkata
September 2, 2015We were delighted a number of months ago when we received the notification that Sue Perkins was on her way to Kolkata and had penciled HOPE in for a visit. We constantly seek to increase awareness of our work in...