Kanagavalli is such an energetic and happy person that one could never imagine the tears she holds back when she speaks about her life prior to our HoPE Learning Centers. When she married into a very average family, she had no idea how much pain she would experience. Kanagavalli’s husband earned...
July 31, 2015, signifies a most remarkable day of the year. It is the first full moon after the Summer Solstice and is customarily known as Guru Purnima – a day to give gratitude to your Guru. Dr. Pillai founded the Tripura Foundation to change the world by eliminating extreme poverty and...
Manikandan is in 7th grade and lives with his father. After his mother committed suicide a couple of years ago, Manikandan lived in a state of complete sadness and misery. He wouldn’t eat and he stopped speaking with others, instead retreating to his own depressed world. His father and...
Pavadharini is 11 years old. When she came to one of Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Centers, she shared her story in a voice that was barely loud enough for us to hear. She shared that her mother committed suicide when she was just 7 years old. Pavadharini was left with her father,...
Lalitha joined one of Tripura Foundation’s Hope Learning Centers about three years ago. She is the youngest of six children. She lost her mother at birth, and as the sole wage-earner, her father struggles to provide the basic necessities for himself and his children. When she joined our...
Pir used to behave in ill-mannered ways, causing trouble for his teachers in class and refusing to study or do his homework. His grades suffered and so did his sense of self worth. That is, until he began practicing Tripura Foundation’s Phonemic Intelligence (PI) technique at the HoPE...
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...
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...
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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...