The Hope Foundation is dedicated to promoting the protection of street and slum children in Kolkata and the most underprivileged in India. HOPE works to effect immediate and lasting change in their lives.
By extending support to children and their communities via 60 on the ground projects, HOPE provides sustainable holistic solutions to protection and development. By providing healthcare, counselling and education, HOPE ensures children in its care enter adulthood equipped with the tools and support they need to live healthy and happy lives.
To date HOPE has helped over 3 million people.
The Hope Foundation rescues thousands of children from the streets and slums of Kolkata, helping to improve their quality of life and give them a better future.
Funding over 60 projects HOPE reaches out to the most forgotten and vulnerable.
The Hope Foundation would like to formally announce the retirement of Maureen Forrest from her role as Honorary Director. Maureen is stepping back from the day-to-day operations of the Irish organisation and assuming the role of Founding President. As such she will be a member of the HOPE Ireland Board and a member of a…
DetailsDear HOPE USA Supporter, Thank you for your continued support for, and interest in, the work of HOPE in Kolkata. Your generosity ensures that our colleagues can continue to deliver HOPE’s vital programs for street connected children and slum dwelling communities in Kolkata. HOPE USA is delighted to provide you with an update on recent…
DetailsThe Street Children Cricket World Cup (SCCWC) 2023 will take place in India in Oct. & Nov. 2023, and we would love your involvement! HOPE in Kolkata, is participating in this incredible event, where street children from HOPE’s programs will play cricket for Team India. This event is a fantastic opportunity for street children’s voices…
DetailsDr. Raili Roy, HOPE USA’s Executive Director and Fundraising Officer, recently spent a month in Kolkata visiting all of HOPE’s vital programs and meeting our amazing colleagues in India. Please take a few minutes to follow her journey on the video below!
HOPE USA are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr.Raili Roy as HOPE USA Executive Director and Fundraising Officer. Raili is a scholar in Gender Studies and Comparative Women’s history, and has a Ph.D. in Women and Gender Studies. She has researched extensively on different community-based organizations working on women’s empowerment in Kolkata and in…
DetailsOn June 18th, Enika Kerr, a dedicated supporter of HOPE USA, celebrated her “arangetram” – a graduation ceremony for Indian classical dancers. For her arangetram, she performed seven different classical Indian dances, with skill, dedication, and tangible passion. She began formal training for this endeavor in July 2021, but started dancing at the age of…
DetailsFifi Fernandez, cousin of HOPE USA’s Social Media and Fundraising Officer, Ellie Dixon, held a bake sale on May 12th to raise funds and awareness for HOPE’s life-saving projects in Kolkata, India. The bake sale took place at Fifi’s school, Greenwich Academy (GA), a K-12 college-preparatory school in Connecticut. As GA is also an all-girls…
DetailsRecently we distributed the Gifts of HOPE that our wonderful supporters purchased at Christmas. Animals like clutches of chickens, goats and cows were handed over to underprivileged families living in rural areas of West Bengal as part of our sustainable livelihood program. Healthy animals provide a sustainable source of food while also allowing the family…
DetailsEveryone at HOPE is incredibly proud of our most recent Likeskills Tailoring Unit graduates! We wish you all the very best of luck for the future. We are delighted that HOPE Lifeskills Training Institute has helped you gain qualifications to further your careers. Thank you to Kolkata crop nutrition brand, Indorama, for their support on…
DetailsDid you know that when you make a donation to HOPE on our website you can view and manage your donation history via our “Donor Dashboard”?
DetailsPicture clockwise Kunal Sood, MeiMei Fox, Alexandra Mysoor, Drue Kataoka, Laura Muranka The Hope Foundation USA offers a sincere thank you to Kunal Sood and Laura Muranaka of We The Future and We The Planet, whose Clubhouse fundraiser brought in thousands of dollars of donations to HOPE’s Covid Emergency Response campaign, supporting HOPE Hospital in…
DetailsWe have now extended our COVID emergency response to feeding those affected by the crisis in the street and slum communities.
Kolkata is now in partial lock-down. Daily laborers, migrant workers, and their families are running out of food. We need to reach these families and hand out food packs.
DetailsThe Schools Immersion Program is an amazing accomplishment and I’m proud that our school has had the opportunity to get involved. The HOPE Staff provide a detailed overview of the project from the off, and students are given a clear fundraising aim. The sum is substantial but achievable. Organizational and entrepreneurial skills are developed quickly, but the true winners are the Junior Students being plied with cake, quizzes and sports tournaments!
Immediately on arrival in India the students are greeted with a garland of marigolds and immersed into Kolkata. A diverse team of HOPE leaders support the students, encouraging questioning to develop a deep understanding of the complex cultural and economic society in India. The students expect to see poverty and sadness. The poverty is certainly there, on an unimaginable scale, but what is unexpected is the level of joy and happiness found in the children’s homes. The Immersion Program has become an integral part of our TY Year, and for all the students involved it has been a most positive and rewarding experience.
I heard of HOPE through a girl who previously went and was inspired by her experience. I chose to sign up because I felt like it was time to give back to those in need. I’m 16 years of age and to think I travelled to Kolkata, India! I got to know a different culture, met the children HOPE work with, made loads of new friends and had THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. It is not something everyone can say they’ve done at such a young age. I’m glad and grateful I had the opportunity to be part of this AMAZING EXPERIENCE. HOPE has been life changing for me, and many others too.
Helping One Person Every day is my new motto. HOPE has changed me for the better – I’m more determined now to appreciate life, as good as I have it and to be glad of such wonderful things in this world.
