HOPE promotes the protection of children living on the streets and in the slums of Kolkata, amongst the most underprivileged in India.
HOPE is dedicated to 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.
Our focus in the UK is to create greater awareness and to raise funds for our projects in Kolkata.
What We Do
The Hope Foundation rescues thousands of children from the streets and slums of Kolkata, helping to improve their quality of life and giving them a better future.
Funding over 60 projects HOPE reaches out to the most forgotten and vulnerable.
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On World Literacy Day we invite you to read this piece by HOPE founder and Hon. Director Maureen Forrest. In it, Maureen shares her thoughts about the contrast between educational opportunities in Ireland & India.
DetailsJoin HOPE & the Yoga Garden Party team for an unforgettable week in Kolkata from 6–13 January 2018. Daily yoga with Simon, Ruth and Vikki, opportunities to visit and engage in HOPE’s many inspiring projects for the city’s street connected children, and time to explore Kolkata, also known as the City of Joy.
DetailsThe HOPE UK team is extremely pleased to announce that we can now offer Residential placements in Kolkata for young people completing their Gold DofE.
The Kolkata Residential trip will allow young people to play an active role in supporting our work across our education and protection projects in a safe and supervised way.
DetailsHOPE’s successful photography workshops continue in Kolkata in 2017. We have been running these for a number of years and we are very lucky that Mark Seymour has again agreed to train this year’s photography workshop.
You will be guided by Mark and the team from HOPE to unique places in Kolkata for photography including to places which are only accessible with the team from HOPE. You will also visit some of HOPE’s projects and meet some of the children and young adults that we work with as part of your overall experience in Kolkata. £500 of your course fee goes towards HOPE projects.
DetailsRead the latest article about Maureen Forrest and The Hope Foundation in Women@Forbes HERE.
A huge thank you to Dassi Bikes , Employees from HSBC & Virgin Money and the cycle team from London Business School for participating at The Competitive Cycle for HOPE. It was a great race at Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf generously donated the venue. There were many winners, HSBC Team 1 won overall. Virgin Money…
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