This week, from the 1st to the 7th of August, is World Breastfeeding Week. According to the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, for 2016 the theme for World Breastfeeding Week is about linking breastfeeding with Sustainable Development Goals, with how we value wellbeing from the start of life, how to respect each other and care for the world we share.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 PRÂ photographer working primarily for the Irish Independent in recent years. Over the past few years...
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 Ãras 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,...