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...
In Detroit, Michigan, three 5th grade classes (100 students total) were trained in the implementation of Tripura Foundation’s Phonemic Intelligence (PI) program. Training the students to use the technique was delightful, easy and enjoyable. The children were all positive in their responses. Their...
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...
Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Centers have given students in various villages in India a true sense of purpose and strength, and these children continue to perform acts of compassion and love. In the short video clip above, discover exactly what makes Sabreesh an inspirational Hope hero....
The students of Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Centers in India continue to perform acts of bravery and compassion! In the above video, we introduce Santhanalakshmi, another amazing young Tripura HoPE hero attending 8th grade in the Trichy area in India. Click PLAY above to find out exactly...
Dr. Pillai’s birthday is on February 1, and he has a very personal birthday wish, a monumental vision for a new world. This vision includes a special kind of education that can teach children to help others and give back to people in need around them, thus creating a new world where compassion...
Pothiraja is in the 8th grade and lives in Veerapandi Village (Madurai) India. This young boy has undergone lot of struggle in his life prior to joining Tripura’s HoPE Learning Center. He lost his father at a very young age and his mother is mentally ill. He used to stay hungry and would...