Sunny has been teaching Mind Sound Technology to the boys at the Boystown in Selaiyur for about 1.5 years now. He shared with me last week that it wasn’t until he volunteered here that he knew passion. To spend time with the boys, to teach them such a valuable practice and too see them...
‘Brotherly Love’ was the message we had for the kids of Tripura yesterday. We visited Girlstown in Madambakkam, the Boystown in Selaiyur and then traveled to the other side of Chennai to Gumudipundi Boystown. It was an all day love and cake fest! The annual day is thought of for...
“I had an unforgettable experience while participating in our Briyani for the Hungry initiative in Goa. One auspicious night, we were delivering the hot meals late in the evening to the destitute along the road, as we drove through villages. The moon bathed the heart-rending images of the...
December 2010 Year End Edition: We Built HoPE With Each Brick… With Each Sound… With Each Morsel… With Each Donation… With Each Loving Gesture… We had an amazing year…all thanks to YOU! 2010 was an incredible year for Tripura Foundation. Thanks to your generous...
Dr Pillai (aka: Baba), the founder of Tripura Foundation, has always put foremost priority on the alleviation of poverty / on feeding the poor and that is why He set up the Tripura Foundation (www.tripurafoundation.org/). When He was in Goa, Dr Pillai came up with the revolutionary “Briyani for...
Both the girls at Girlstown and the boys at Boystown were given new sandals and umbrellas to prepare for the upcoming rainy season. Both items were generously sponsored by AstroVed, a company who donates financially, supports with ‘in-kind’ donations and whose employees volunteer in...
On this Independence Day, we need to reflect on the question: What is Independence? This was a question posed by our founder Dr Baskaran Pillai. Our girls are learning the importance of independent thinking and how to live independently of the poverty cycle. Just as India became freedom fighters...
Last Sunday, July 25th, our boys and girls were part of a bi-annual Medical Camp co-sponsored by our partners in our first HoPE Town India, the Rotary Club of Madras. The kids were given ENT check ups and treated to a fun interactive session with a local Physio Therapist on general health care....
Dr. Karthik is a local Physio Therapist who engrossed our kids at the Medical Camp held this last Sunday at Boystown. He spoke to our girls and boys as well as their family members and members of the community who were also invited to attend this free bi-annual camp put on by our partners the...
Last year, many of you donated generously and heartfully for our first Hope Town in Manila. Our GK Tripura Hope Town was just completed a few weeks ago. Thirty families are now living a new life of Hope in Hope Town Manila. Just imagine their feeling everyday when they wake up to a beautiful new...
Today I watched Disney’s Aladdin with the girls. Thank you Jaya for bringing the DVD from CA. They understood most of it- some of Robin Williams’ ad-libs got by them but for the most part it was wonderful to watch them watch the movie which at one level is the story of a...