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 2 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’s National Day of HOPE is just around the corner and we want you to get involved!
This year our National Day of HOPE will take place on Friday October 11th and we need YOUR help to make this campaign even bigger and better than before!
DetailsThe Annual Lunch 2017, sponsored by Davy, is taking place on Friday, 29th September in the luxurious surroundings of Maryborough House Hotel & Spa. There will be a prosecco reception at 12 noon followed by a 3 course meal with wine and superb sport prizes. Tickets are priced at €60 and tables of 10 are…
DetailsWe are so looking forward to this excellent event in New York City on October 4th! A big “thank you” to Sheila Geraghty for organising such an amazing evening.
For tickets please email SGeraghty@reedsmith.com.
DetailsDad and I travelled to Kerry on Saturday morning in order to reach Mount Brandon at 3pm to start our first climb. The weather was not on our side as the tail of Hurricane Harvey came through Dingle – to top things off the Dingle Marathon was on, as you can imagine we decided it was not our day.
DetailsThe Rose of Tralee International Festival takes place this week. We want to thank 2016 Rose Maggie McEldowney and the Rose Festival for their amazing support and share this incredible video of Maggie’s visit to Kolkata. Maggie is a wonderful ambassador for HOPE.
DetailsJuly 30th was International Day against trafficking in persons. Read Asha and Renu’s terrifying story here and how Renu was rescued through HOPEs support. Asha and her daughter Renu (names changed) went on a pilgrimage to Brindaban with a guru, whom they trusted and were devoted to. They reached Brindaban the following day and…
DetailsWe commenced sending young people on the HOPE You Can Paint programme in 2014 and have had three groups travel to Kolkata to work with HOPE since that time. A new departure for us it has developed into a pivotal part of our school year and the programmes and opportunities we deliver to young people.
DetailsHOPE are delighted to be an official challenge partner with GAISCE (The President’s Award).
The President’s Award is a self-development programme that encourages you to find your passion, get active and make a difference in your community! Gaisce is a direct challenge from the President of Ireland to young people aged 15-25 to dream big and realise their potential.
DetailsAt HOPE we are listening to the most vulnerable children in the world. One such child is Riya. Riya was found abandoned, suffering from severe disabilities, in a plastic bag under a seat in one of Kolkata’s busiest train stations. Riya, estimated to be around 5 or 6, was most likely abandoned due to the…
DetailsAs one of the staff who travelled to Kolkata this year with the Hope foundation I was honoured to be part of such a wonderful group of students. They were a credit to their families and school and I believe we all have a very different perspective since the trip. A view which will stand to us when times get tough in the years ahead…
DetailsThe market runs 10am – 3pm every Thursday at Mahon Point Shopping Centre. Green Saffron has had a stall on the market since the beginning and has watched as the market flourished to become one of the most popular in Ireland. Green Saffron sells a variety of the finest quality whole spices, spice blends, curry…
DetailsThe annual Hope Foundation Lunch was a fantastic success. Huge thanks to all attendees, sponsors and donors. The annual lunch is a longstanding event and the money raised has made an extraordinary difference to the girls at Ashar Aloo home.
DetailsThe Schools Immersion Programme 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. Organisational 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 Programme 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.
