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...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On January 24th HOPE celebrated International Day of Education under UNESCO’s theme “𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣”. HOPE believes that every child has the right to receive an education; it inspires children and young people to identify their strengths...

The Annual Dublin lunch will make a welcome return on Friday 25th March at The Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge. This is a very special lunch as it will be HOPE’s first live event since COVID and we cannot wait to meet...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] HOPE Launches Their “Christmas Promise” Appeal 23 years ago our founder Maureen was volunteering in Kolkata and met some young girls who had been rescued from the streets. Witnessing the horror they had endured, Maureen made a promise to...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are delighted to welcome the newly crowned Rose of Tralee Rachel Duffy to Kolkata!  Rachel will spend this week visiting HOPE projects and meeting many of the children in our care. HOPE has a long and proud partnership with...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Manchester United legends Wes Brown and Mikael Silvestre recently visited Kolkata and took the time to meet some of the children from our Residential Childcare Centres and took part in a Friendship Soccer Match with the children! We are extremely...

The first ever Ecto-1 Ghostbusters Car, which was built in Ireland, will be on display at Cannonball Ireland in September! The 200 supercars will blast off from Malahide Castle on Friday, September 9. The event, which sees a fleet of...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Punorjibon Protection Home, translated as ‘new beginnings’, was established in 2005 to cater for solvent addicted street-connected and slum-dwelling children. Boys rescued from Kolkata and Howrah railway platforms, who were forced into substance abuse due to extreme poverty, hunger...