India has been pegged as one of the worst countries to grow old in. With the second-highest elderly population in the world, the already limited resources for the impoverished have further plummeted during this time of a global pandemic. The elderly have been severely impacted, and Tripura...
Megha Chinkeri is a student of the Hope Learning Station (HLS) in Maharashtra. Her father is a laundry worker, and her mother is a housewife. Both Megha’s parents are illiterate and unable to provide the necessary academics to support Megha and her elder brother. Managing their children’s...
From time to time, Tripura Foundation’s program Hope for the Elderly extends itself to younger adults who are struggling to make ends meet. Ms. Latha, a participant of our Hope Station at Nilgiris, is differently-abled who has paraplegia in her lower extremities. At age 44, she is living alone and...
Mrs. Kavitha has been a Hope staff member for the past eight years. Her responsibility and dedication to the teaching profession are exemplary. She plays an essential role in shaping the future of students in Pattavarthy Hope Station in Kumbakonam. “I have loved the teaching profession from...
Coimbatore’s Hope Learning Station (HLS) is proud to have Menaka as a student. She emerges from a poor family. Her mother is a homemaker and her father, who works for daily wages, is still unable to repay the debt he had taken a few years back. Menaka is a bright, emerging young woman who...
Sucharitha, a member of the 7th class at one of Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Station in Coimbatore, is always seen beaming with a smile on her face. Her father works as a coolie, her mother is a housewife, and her one elder brother is studying in 9th grade. Sucharitha is soft-spoken by...
Ms. Selva Sundari has served as a Hope Learning Station staff person Hope staff member for the past eight years. Her responsibility and dedication are extraordinary. She says, “I love the teaching profession. The ultimate goal of teaching is to promote learning. For the most part, learning...
For the past three years, Kayalvizhi has been a Hope Learning Station (HLS) student from Class 9. She and her two siblings come from a humble family. Her father Velmurugan is a fisherman, while her mother, Dhana Backiyam, is a homemaker. Kayalvizhi’s HLS mentor recalls when Kayalvizhi first joined...
TEDx Talk By Elaine Kueper
Mr. Prasanth is a Hope Learning Station alumni who attended the program for four years as a student. Currently, he is pursuing studies in engineering and is a staff member at the Hope Learning Station in Coimbatore. According to Prasanth: “I feel being a teacher is a matter of being proud and at...