London Lunch a Huge Success – Thank You!
The Hope Foundation would like to thank everyone that made our London Lunch such a resounding success!
Thank you to everyone that made generous donations to our auction, raffle and gift bags.
A Taste of HOPE in New York a Great Success!
The American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue was the perfect setting and the entertainment and food was absolutely superb! Our special guest speaker had the room in fits of laughter with his hilarious anecdotes and the immensely talented Riah Butler showed her captivated audience exactly why her star is on the rise in Nashville.
HOPE Is Shortlisted For Prestigious Irish Healthcare Centre Awards 2018
HOPE is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for a prestigious award in the Irish Healthcare Centre awards 2018. HOPEs Community Healthcare Project – “Jana Swathya Suraksha” has been shortlisted in the category of “Initiatives in Community Care Services”. In announcing the shortlisted finalists for this year, Tony O Brien, Director General of…
HOPE You Can Paint 2018
Help to paint our crèches and homes on a journey of a lifetime: HOPE U CAN PAINT promises the journey of a lifetime – it was for Desmond Ryan – you can read what he has had to say about his time in Kolkata just below this piece.Would you like to join us this November to do volunteer painting…
Teresa Browne RIP
We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Maureen Forrest CEO of The Hope Foundation and to her extended family on the death of her beloved mother Teresa Browne.
May she rest in peace.
Pattie Maguire’s Immersion Programme Experience
At the moment hundreds of extraordinary students from dozens of schools across the country are organising their final fundraising events and attending their pre-departure meetings. Over the last few months, as part of HOPE’s School Immersion Programme, these remarkable young men and women have worked hard, with the support of their friends, families and schools,…
A Taste of HOPE – New York Event
We are delighted to announce our upcoming New York event, A Taste of HOPE. This will be cross-cultural evening of great live entertainment and wonderful food and drink from Ireland and India. There are special auction prizes up for grabs including an opportunity to meet Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons in NYC and a chance to purchase…
Mark Seymour’s Street Photography Workshop + Golf, Kolkata – December 2018
HOPE’s successful photography workshops continue in Kolkata in 2018 with the additional option of staying on for golf! We have been running these for a number of years and we are very lucky that Mark Seymour has again agreed to train this year’s photography workshop.
2017: What We Achieved Together
As we close another chapter of the HOPE story and begin the next we also reflect on what we achieved in 2017, with your continued support.
Maureen wins 2017 Asadharan Award
We are delighted to announce that our CEO Maureen Forrest was recently awarded the 2017 Asadharan Award, Honouring Unsung Heroes in Kolkata. The award was presented by the Honorable Governor of West Bengal.