A few months ago, we shared the story of Sabreesh, one of Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Center students and a 2014 Hope Hero awardee. Sabreesh suffered from a rare blood disorder and other health issues that often left him weak, and ultimately shortened his life. Our hearts are heavy at the...
Karupaathaal did not have a great start in life. She has no memories of her childhood, and she was married in her early teens. Life felt cruel to her because she was never blessed with a child. She only had her husband to lean on throughout her life, until he passed away. Since then, she has been...
Panjaliammal and Chinnaponu are two elderly sisters living in India. They both grew up in dire poverty. Their parents barely earned enough to feed the family, so as soon as the sisters were old enough, their parents got them married, and they moved to different areas in India with their...
Anyone who looks at Kanavalli for the first time would have no idea that she has endured so much pain in her 12 short years of existence on this earth. She doesn’t know who her biological parents are, as she grew up in an orphanage from infancy. It’s equally hard to believe her story as she...
As a way of saying THANK YOU to all of you who have shared your great love and generosity with Tripura Foundation, we’ve put together this video to illustrate our 2014 accomplishments — not just in numbers, but also with personal stories of success from those we’ve helped. THANK...
Selva Kumar was three years old when his parents discovered he had a medical condition. He suffers from partial paralysis. After learning of his condition, his parents abandoned him when he was four years old. They left him in the care of his 70-year-old grandmother. He and his grandmother had...
Hemalatha of Velur, India, is a widow and mother of two children. When Hemalatha married Sugumar, she was barely 22 years of age. Her husband was working as a daily wager in an industrial motor manufacturing company. After six months of marriage, her husband became ill. When she took him to the...
Through our Million Meals of Hope initiative, we have become a vital umbrella organization with a national commitment to feed the hungry. To strategically consolidate efforts, we partner with food banks that have local community reach. One of our partner food banks, City Harvest of New York City,...
Arjuna A. Ramnarine MBA, CPA, CMA, is Tripura Foundation’s volunteer CFO, and whose story stems from gratitude for his personal experience of change and fortune, and his desire to give back as a result of these blessings. In sharing my story, it is my hope that you will be inspired to:...
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On March 8th each year, people worldwide celebrate a holiday called International Women’s Day, which began in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. This means International Women’s Day began during the industrial revolution – a time of great chaos, population growth, and the forefront...
On our most recent Ambassadors of Hope trip, our Ambassadors visited Hope learning centers in Rameswaram to find out how the widows and children had transformed over the 12 months since we began our support initiatives there. Our initiatives included: 11 new Hope Centers to educate and care for...
Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Center students continue to impress and amaze all those around them with their heroic and brave acts of compassion, love and selflessness. Take, for example, Rakesh, a ninth standard student at our Murukkampattu Hope Learning Center. In the short video clip...