Child protection is about saving children's lives
The Hope Foundation works to prevent abuse and exploitation of
children. Child protection is about rescuing children from starvation
and providing life-saving healthcare.
It is also about responding against violence and abuse and taking action to prevent child trafficking. HOPE and our partners work to offer alternatives to child labour so children have a childhood, a time to be children. HOPE’s Child-Watch Programme takes positive action to protect children at risk through our emergency response team. Health experts and volunteers go out on patrol every night on the streets of Kolkata, responding to those most in need. Child Protection is a high priority for The HOPE Foundation. Creating homes for children The Hope Foundation was set-up with a vision to fund one home for girls. We saw the huge need to create a safe, nurturing place that restores childhood and provides supports needed by children who have suffered. The need is just as strong today. We support eight protection homes. Three are run by Hope Kolkata Foundation (HFK), the implementing agency of The Hope Foundation in India, and five homes are run by local partner organisations. The protection homes HOPE UK supports are: Kasba Home for Girls provides complete care to 60 traumatised children who have faced acute loneliness and helplessness on the streets. The home is a shelter for children who have no parents, or who had lost valuable innocent years living on the streets. Counselling support is ongoing. Kasba is supported by The Louis & Zelie Foundation and HSBC. Ashirbad Boys Home: A protection home for abandoned boys, it was established in 2005. This operates 24 hours a day and provides education, health care, counselling, recreation, yoga and life skills training. The home cares for 67 boys from 4 to 14 years of age. Arunima Hospice: A hospice for HIV positive children and their families, this project provides support for 41 inpatients and outpatients from the local community. Patients receive palliative care and life saving treatment, nutritional advice and supplements, vaccinations, educational and recreational support, life skills training and counselling. Bhoruka HIV/AIDS Home: This project provides care, treatment and support to HIV/AIDS infected and affected children through a long-term shelter home. The project cares for 25 children and also supports their families. Watch all of our videos from Kolkata here.
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