There are 2 major areas of concern that Hope for the Children
Foundation advocate for:
Access to education for a girl-child.
In India, parents feel that education is necessary for boys and less for
girls. This is due to the culture that males are the predominant bread
winner among families.
It is estimated that in India, for every 100 girls that enroll in schools in
rural areas, 40 will reach class IV; 18 will reach class VIII; nine will
reach class IX; and only one will make it to class XII.
Lack of basic amenities in many schools.
The lack of basic amenities and the dysfunctional state of many schools
in India are also a major concern.
The Probe Magazine reports that:
- 89 per cent of school do not have toilets;
- 59 per cent do not have drinking water.
As for teaching aid, 26 percent of schools do not have blackboards; 59
percent have no access to maps and charts; 67 percent lack any kind of
teaching kit, and 75 percent have no toys for the children. 52 percent
lack playgrounds and in 77 per cent of schools, there are no libraries.
Our Programs
Individual scholarship
Hope for the Children Foundation provides individual scholarships for basic education to orphans and underprivileged children. We also support them to study at a vocational training centre or for higher education to colleges or university level.
As of today, we have provided more than 1,200 scholarships through school fees, text books, notebooks, stationaries, school bags, uniforms, shoes and other related materials.
School from the Slum
Every year we provide more than 10,000 notebooks and pens to school children in the slums. We also supply computers to schools and NGOs who are in need.
4 Schools for underprivileged children from the slums of Pune, Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh have been adopted.
Building Vocational Center
We build Vocational Training Centers for skill-development to empower orphans and ensure that they develop earning ability and selfreliance. Character building and meditation techniques are also taught to help them develop moral and social skills.
In March 2008, we built our first MCKS Vocational Training Center at the Bhatkya Vimukta Jati Shikshan Sanstha (BVJSS), an educational orphanage in Pune.
Our Goal
We wish to establish more Vocational Training Centers in orphanages. After the 10th standard (15 years of age), children have to become self-reliant, find a job and start earning because the orphanage finds it difficult to maintain him/her any longer.
By building more vocational training centers and offering the machinery required, orphans can learn useful and specialized job that will give her/him good earning power. Carpentry, welding, screen printing , computer programming are some of the skills they learn.
This program aims to stop the cycle of abuse towards children and help prevent children from becoming beggars or fall into prostitution and unwholesome child labor activities.
