To mark International Women’s Day, The Hope Foundation has launched #SHEis, a campaign to raise awareness of the girls and women who live in the slum communities in Kolkata and West Bengal. 
Did 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"? We know how important it is for our donors to have complete control of their data. On your personal dashboard you can download receipts for your donations, manage your recurring donations and much more.
The Hope Foundation is delighted to announce the return of the Annual Cork Lunch. Thank you for your support over the last 18 months. We are looking forward to seeing you all again, in person.
HOPE is delighted to announce that the Bipolar Diathermy Instrument, donated by Bon Secours Health System Community Initiative Programme in Ireland, has been delivered and installed successfully in Hope Hospital.
We are delighted to launch our unique ‘Christmas Crackers From Our Family to Yours’ campaign, promising to give something back to their supporters this coming season!    Â
HOPE is delighted that Dominican College Galway, Transition Year students Hannah Feeney, Luisea Flaherty and Ellen Monaghan took the lead on selling Bulters chocolate bars in their school this month for HOPE.
HOPE Hospital have received the first lot of Covishield vaccines and are starting to vaccinate below poverty line card holders as well as the street and slum population.
In this video update our colleague Santasil interviews our Education Sponsorship Programme Co-ordinator, Gautam, about how the Bhagar programme grew from just 44 children 5 years ago, to over 300 children now receiving sponsorship.
Our Blindness Eradication Programme, sponsored by Specsavers Ireland, has resumed in West Bengal after being temporarily suspended during lockdown.
On 25th May Cyclone Yaas devastated the coastal area of West Bengal, south east of Kolkata. Over a thousand villages were completely submerged.
As a result of the incredible response to our emergency appeal, and the acute need for beds for patients increasing by the day, we have today, 14th May, opened a Satellite Health Facility.
We 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.
