London Landmarks Half Marathon
Join Team HOPE and help to make a positive and lasting change to the lives of the children and communities living on the streets and in the slums of Kolkata, India.
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Gifts of HOPE – Your Donations in Action
Recently we distributed the Gifts of HOPE that our wonderful supporters purchased at Christmas. Animals like clutches of chickens, goats and cows were handed over to underprivileged families living in rural areas of West Bengal as part of our sustainable livelihood programme. Healthy animals provide a sustainable source of food while also allowing the family…
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Brian’s Way Resource Centre
During HOPE’s school intervention programme, it was found that many children with special needs were still not enrolled in primary school or special school. HOPE’s Resource Centre is barrier-free and provides an opportunity to access therapy for that category of children. The objective of the project is to improve the quality of life for children…
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Win a Victorian Home in Cork, Ireland
We are delighted here at HOPE to announce that long term supporter of The Hope Foundation in Ireland, Deirdre Mackesy, is raffling off her property and business for £50 per ticket. A portion of the proceeds of this raffle will be donated to HOPE. Deirdre Mackesy is the proud owner of Robin Hill Sanctuary which…
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Likeskills Tailoring Unit Graduates
Everyone at HOPE is incredibly proud of our most recent Likeskills Tailoring Unit graduates! We wish you all the very best of luck for the future. We are delighted that HOPE Lifeskills Training Institute has helped you gain qualifications to further your careers. Thank you to Kolkata crop nutrition brand, Indorama, for their support on…
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Virtual London Marathon 2022
Take part in the Virtual 2022 London Marathon on 2nd October and raise funds for HOPE.
You could be one of the 100,000 people taking part in the world’s biggest marathon to complete 26.2 miles in 24 hours.
Footsteps for HOPE
HOPE UK invites you to sign up with friends, family and colleagues, to take on our exciting new annual fitness challenge and raise funds for HOPE’s Education Projects.
Every journey starts with a single step. Each step taken for HOPE, and every £1 raised, will count towards the first step on the journey of education for a child in HOPE’s care.
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The Big Give
For one week only, online donations made to HOPE via The Big Give Christmas Campaign will be doubled at no extra cost to the donor.
This campaign will raise funds for one of HOPE’s programme which will protect and empower street connected girls in Kolkata.
Food Distribution Begins
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.
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HOPE Hospital Reopens COVID Ward as Cases Surge
India recently surpassed Brazil to become the world’s second worst-hit country in the COVID-19 pandemic. A second wave of infection is currently sweeping through the country and is considerably more infectious, and deadly, than the first. It is getting worse day by day.
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Yoga for HOPE 2021
Join the Yoga Garden Party (YGP) in aid of the HOPE Foundation for an unforgettable month of Yoga Classes to kick off 2021. Throughout January 2021Yoga classes will be streamed live to your home via Zoom. The first class on Sunday 3rd January, will be led by Simon Low, who is a long time supporter and HOPE Patron, and one of the UK’s most celebrated and experienced yoga teachers. Minimum donation of £10 per class. For more info and how to book click here.
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Host a Diwali Supper
Host a Festival of Lights Diwali Supper at your home and help raise much needed funds for HOPE’s vital work with Street Children in Kolkata
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A Tragic Announcement from Maureen
“We have been through difficult days at HOPE over the years, today is the absolute worst of them. Today, in complete shock and devastation we announce the untimely and sudden death of our beloved Geeta Venkadakrishnan. There will never be anyone like Geeta, this loss is almost impossible for us to put into words. She…
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Emergency Response Update
HOPE’s Emergency Response to Covid-19 September update The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause devastation across the globe and the tragedy is escalating in India. The number of Covid-19 infections in India is over 6,835,000 with more than 105,000 reported deaths (figs @ 8 Oct) and the number of infected patients in West Bengal is rapidly…
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Conversation for HOPE to Rebroadcast
Reza Beyad, HOPE Ambassador and philanthropist, will engage in conversation with award winning TV and BBC Radio broadcaster and HOPE Ambassador, Andrea Catherwood; current Miss England and frontline NHS doctor, Kolkata born Bhasha Mukherjee; Shashi Tharoor, acclaimed author and member of the Indian Parliament, and from the frontline of HOPE’s Covid-19 response in India, Geeta Venkadakrishnan, HOPE Kolkata Director.
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Keep HOPE Alive a Big Success
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us and creating our very own sangha to support ‘KEEP HOPE ALIVE’ via Zoom on Saturday 9th May. Our theme of ‘Connection’ reflected beautifully the sentiment of the day and linked our practice with our hearts and minds and all those in…
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Over 12,000 Families Fed, Help Us Reach 60,000
Since operations began around 6 weeks ago our Emergency Response Teams in Kolkata and surrounding rural areas have distributed food packs and daily provisions to over 12,000 families, which equates to approximately 60,000 individuals.
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Emergency Response Update
Due to all your generous donations more than 8,500 families have received supplies and managed to stay in quarantine to stop the spread of the virus. That is approximately 40,000 people who would otherwise have nothing to eat.
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Keep Hope Alive – Yoga Fundraiser
Keep Hope Alive Care for others by caring for yourself with our Yoga fundraiser. This will be an online Yoga class via Zoom with HOPE supporters and Yoga teachers Debi Henderson and Jan May You can join by making a donation that will be used to buy urgent supplies for HOPE’s COVID-19 Emergency Response in…
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A Message from Geeta on the Ground in Kolkata
Geeta Venkadakrishnan, Director of HOPE Kolkata Foundation, our implementing partner in Kolkata, has sent us this heartbreaking and heartfelt observation from the frontline in Kolkata.
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