In areas of Southern India, like Tiruttani, it is all too common for senior citizens who can no longer work as laborers to be left to fend for themselves without family support. Some live alone or with an aged spouse, while others must also care for dependent children left by others in their...
As the New Year begins, people all over the world pause to reflect on the meaning of their lives and the hopes and dreams that will propel them into another trip around the sun. At Hope Learning Centers, our children take time to express their gratitude for the blessings of the past year and their...
In 2017, we empowered thousands of children in India (including Kalpana and Nivetha). We provided food and necessary grooming aids to hundreds of destitute elders, like Vellimalai. We provided feasts and new clothing to children and families throughout southern India during events and holidays,...
Kalpana is a student in 8thStandard class who attends the Guruvarajpet Hope Learning Center in Tamil Nadu, India. She writes, “I am the first child who is going to school in the history of my family. My father is a launderer and his income is low. I love dancing, and, with others’...
Amazing open-hearted young people attend classes with Ms. Thilla Chilliah at the Andanallur HoPE Learning Center near the Kaveri River in Tiruchirappalli, India. In December, the children’s most important activity was the “Caring and Sharing” project, wherein they learned ways of caring for...
Near the end of each year, as people around the world celebrate abundance and the blessings of the year, many cultures practice traditions of caring and sharing. Numerous people are in need around us, and it is a joy to give back, not only within our own communities near where we love, but also to...
Giving Tuesday is an international holiday but also a movement that was initiated in the United States by the 92nd Street YMCA and the United Nations Foundation as a response to counter rampant commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season (Black Friday and Cyber Monday). Gifts...
Ms. Periyaka is a poor widow who, sadly, has no children to look after her. In order to survive she tends goats from morning until night every day. Recently, the vision in her right eye has been becoming hazy and soon she won’t see well enough to earn her meager living. Compassionate...
Sometimes those who have the least are the ones who are the most grateful for life’s blessings. Yamini has been very poor all her life. She, along with her mother and sister, were abandoned by her father when she was very young. They now live with her grandmother near Guruvarajapet in Tamil...
Although Thanksgiving is predominately celebrated as holidays in North America (USA and Canada), its themes of joining together, sharing, and gratitude has meaning to people everywhere. Most of us celebrate some level of abundance, but for those who have the very least, a helping hand could mean...
