This Saturday, March 26th, was the Wrap Up Outing for our girls. The 12th Standard examinations have completed and those girls will be heading back to their families in their native places for the summer holidays. The girls in the other standards still have examinations to write over the next 2...
“The Global Call for Love and Peace was a god-send. It was the most high, peaceful, heart-centered and utterly serene moments I’ve felt since the disasters in Japan started. In everyday life, I hear people talk about the worsening situation, shake their heads and feel overwhelmed....
Are you feeling like you would like to do something positive and proactive to bring healing to the people, lands, plants and animals recently affected by the natural disaster? Join us in holding hands, sending light and love, and raising voices in song- together, we can create a tangible energy of...
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...
5 news girls were welcomed into the Girlstown family for the school year of 2010-2011. From left to right, we are happy to introduce Anjugam in 6th standard (grade), Deepa in 8th standard, Meena in 8th standard, Karthiga in 6th standard, and Nandhini 11th standard. Their new sisters helped them...
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....