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Skills to enable independent living

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_The Hope Foundation is committed to sustainable development. Being able to earn a living from a skill is a long term solution to poverty. We help individuals and their families to break the cycle of poverty. Our training programmes help communities to get stronger and build better futures for their children.

The Hope Vocational Training Institute was set up to help distressed and marginalized women. HOPE’s holistic approach means we can also help the children of women attending the Institute, which offers the whole family a chance to break free of poverty.

Our integrated vocational training programme was set up in 2004 to give employment opportunities and to generate income to enable people to earn a livelihood.

The unit works with women in poverty; with call girls and with HIV infected mothers, aged 16 to 25 years old. This age group is especially targeted as it is a key time of self-discovery and self-development for women.

The Institute also works with underprivileged adolescent boys and girls. The main trades taught are: Knitting, Tailoring, Fabric, Tie and Dye, Embroidery, Bakery, Catering, Computers, Beautician Skills and Photography.

Project aims
  • To arrange vocational and technical training courses to enhance skills and enable women to lead a subsistent life
  • To develop processes to enable women to generate income, through micro-credit and allied programmes and by developing self-help groups
  • To help adolescent boys and girls from the streets of Kolkata to receive a decent training, leading to a job with a reasonable salary
  • To help young people to develop an independent way of living
  • To help women and young people to attain a more meaningful lifestyle by facilitating their withdrawal from the streets and moving into a recognized skill/trade
  • To develop self confidence and individual potential.

The Hope Foundation for Street Children is a Scottish Guarantee Company (Company No SC335711) recognised as a Scottish Charity under Scottish Charity No. SC038809. Registered office address: The Hope Foundation, Magnum House, High Street, Lane End, Bucks, HP14 3JG. Website created by www.soundsolutions.co.uk (C) 2011