Hope Kolkata Foundation

Hope Kolkata Foundation (HKF) was established to provide holistic care and sustainable development for underprivileged children living on the streets or in difficult circumstances. Along with the street and slum children HKF works with and for child labourers, children of sex workers, child beggars, homeless and female children, and people from disadvantaged communities, children with HIV/AIDS.

Major Interventions:

Protection: Children with inadequate or no parental care are at particular risk; when the child’s family cannot provide sufficient care or abandons them. HOPE protects their rights of survival, development, protection and participation through residential care and aftercare support. The regular review of the appropriateness of these care arrangements and the development of children is monitored and assessed by the Government of West Bengal and through its competent local authorities and duly authorised organisations.

• Residential Care Centres: It strives to provide much needed care to abandoned children, runaways, orphans, victims of trafficking, street and slum children who are vulnerable and at risk. It is a specialised “Shelter Home” serving specific objective for the children as per their age and any other developmental needs. All the units have been registered, identified for providing temporary care under the section 41 of juvenile justice (care and protection) act 2015. Holistic care and protection in a home-like environment filled with love and care, with all possible access to their overall physical, psychological growth and development. Nutritious meals and supplementary diet along with periodic health check-up and treatment.

Education: Integrated Quality Education Project aims to create child-friendly schools and education where the human dignity of the child is respected. The school education system is being strengthened by involving school teachers to focus on quality education through joyful learning, as well as to ensure that children with special Need (CWSN) access ‘Government Resource Rooms’ for inclusive education. The project uniquely focuses on all children, including those with learning gaps and children with special needs. Activity-based Learning (ABL) or experiential learning is focused on structured play-based learning activities for children in primary schools.

Health: Hospitals run by the NGO caters to the secondary healthcare needs of street-connected and slum-dwelling children and adults living below the poverty line. It supports and collaborates with several charities in Kolkata and other districts to support socio-economically vulnerable people through the provision of medical services. Focus areas are women and new born care, immunization, leprosy, nutrition, balanced diet, sanitation and free medicines. A range of services to its patients and has in-patient, out-patient, diagnostic and surgical departments.

Life Skill Training Unit: The centre provides training in vocational skills, such as computer basics, spoken English, personality development, culinary skills, photography, garment making and tailoring. Professionally designed training courses are tailored to suit the capabilities of the trainees.