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FEBRUARY 2008  update of the

Hope Home  Calcutta

Beloved friends:

 

Let me begin this update with a Valentine poem for every one of you precious people:

Be with us in the circle of our love

Be with us in the circle of our love,
Even if by chance you are alone.
Our greetings we have hope your heart will move,
Uniting our good wishes with your own.
Remember there are those who think of you,
Vested in the will to be a friend.
As distant hills give depth to what we view,
Let these words some grace to your day lend.
Each life is lived behind a sheltering veil,
Not lifted but for love. Yet when we will,
There is a wind that shifts the rampart frail,
Invading with sweet scent the spirit still.
Now may we all enjoy this fragrance fine,
Each other's secret Valentine.

 

 

Giving…

 

A Heart as Big as the World

Much of the fun of Valentine's Day - like many holidays - comes from the feelings we get from giving. There's nothing quite like the anticipation, and then the reaction we see when someone opens up the gifts that we've so thoughtfully chosen.

Valentine's Day, especially, gives us the chance to show a loved one what's in our hearts. This year, I request you to can declare your love and feelings for the children at the Hope Home Calcutta - while also expressing your passion for helping others.

 

This Valentine's Day, give from the heart - surprise your loved one with a meaningful gift that spreads your love around the world.

 

 

LET THERE BE HOPE… OUR BUILDING PROJECT

 

The date is now set…OOOPS!  A miracle is being birthed  nonetheless!

 

MARCH 22, 2008 – SATURDAY is the DAY OF DEDICATION of the Hope Home Calcutta building. We would like to invite every one of you to consider being present on this special occasion which will make our joy complete! We also plan to publish a special souvenir on this occasion which would include articles by the children of the Hope Home . We were constrained to change the date again from the scheduled March 1 as Ruth and Peter have their ABRSM Music examinations on that day.

 

 

                              

                        Santu and Rahul                              The construction …

 

Most of the work on the ground (first for the U.S. ) floor is now complete including the flooring. The doors are also fixed and work on the restrooms is being completed now. The brick laying work on the rooms on the first (second for the U.S. ) is also complete and the walls are presently being plastered.

                       

The soccer    drive is still on…

 

Our initiative to invite  at least 300 people who will make a minimum one time investment of U.S. $ 160 (Indian Rupees 6000) to help us build a proper two storied 6200 building for at least 40 boys and girls in order to give them a life of hope and love. The estimated costs for this project is around U.S. $ 80,000 .  In India , we are also encouraging corporate houses to sponsor the apportioned cost of building a room ($3200 or Rs. 150,000). The new building – the first such effort of the Hope Home will also help us being perpetually affected by the recurring floods every monsoon that disrupts our day-to-day activities and have even led us to make contingency plans to evacuate the children for the past three  years.

 

Till date, we have raised up a little over 83% of the funding needed for the building project. Please consider participating in this urgent need.

 

Our general contractor has also offered us to help build one more floor and give us a credit line of 12 calendar months to begin start payment. This is very, very important for us because we could then have the girls on a separate floor altogether and the guys in a different one. The ground floor would still be functional as study and resource center. We have not made any firm decisions, but would appreciate your advice and prayers on this count.

 

It is amazing how different individuals and others are getting involved with the Hope Home Calcutta. One of them, L.W. SCIENTIFIC donated a microscope for the students in our school program and sent it across with Dr. Gary and Rebecca Strobl who spent yet another Christmas with the Hope Home Calcutta family in December 2007. The children are all excited to use this new apparatus and identifying the viruses that plague our water!

 

 

  Grade 6 engrossed with their new microscope

 

 

MUSIC AND DANCE AT THE HOPE HOME CALCUTTA FAMILY

 

We are particularly pleased to inform you that all of our boys and girls who are engaged in training in music and dance are performing exceedingly well. Ruth and Peter are doing their 3^rd and 2^nd grades respectively with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music , U.K. Both have been able to be on the High Scorers list (Ruth for the second successive time). Santu scored the highest among all  the candidates put up by the Calcutta School of Music for the Trinity Guide Hall examinations in DRUMS!! Grace and Guria had their first public performance in Indian Classical Dance in December and were so graceful. Sangita, Rosni and Kaleb are also preparing for their Grade 1 Violin examinations later this year. We are now earnestly seeking for someone to come and teach them the keyboard/piano. The Hope Home Calcutta ‘symphony’ orchestra would then be complete!!

 

   Grace and Guria performing at Asutosh Memorial Hall

 

In our December update we mentioned to you the visit of the students from the Nanyang Girls’ High School in Singapore as part of their ‘Community Improvement Project’. Their involvement in physical work in painting etc had a great influence on our boys and girls. They have begun to take the initiative to ‘do up the place’ on their own!

 

  Rahul, Ranojit and Ranjit painting up the walls!

 

We are so pleased to inform you and are thankful to God for the good health the Hope Home Calcutta family enjoys. This is important for us as the children don’t have any insurance cover! It is amazing to see boys and girls from such diverse background growing up to be strong and healthy young people. Incidentally, we will have 13 teenagers at the Hope Home Calcutta! Sometimes I wonder where have all the 5 and 6 year olds gone…???

 

OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

 

We thank and appreciate each one of you for your participation, involvement, prayers and good wishes for the Hope Home Calcutta. We are indeed blessed.

 

Please do write to us regarding opportunities of physical involvement with the work here. We do need volunteers  specially in the area of House Parents, Office  and Administration, teaching, accounts, and nursing.

 

VALENTINE quote of the month

 

"Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds." -Shakespeare

 

birthdays in february

 

February 28 - Mita

 

God Bless You All.

 

Dev and all of us at the Hope Home Calcutta

 

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Support for the Hope Home Calcutta should be sent to/checks made out to:

VERDE VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3605, ZALESKY ROAD, COTTONWOOD , AZ 86326 , U.S.A.

(Please  designate your gift  for Hope Home Calcutta clearly)

 

 

HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

A-7/11, SRIJANI, OPPOSITE THAKURPUKUR CANCER HOSPITAL

P.O. JOKA, CALCUTTA 700 104, INDIA , Tel: +91-33-6534 1083/ 6520 9995

(all contributions are tax deductible under Section 80G of the I.T. Act, 1961)

 

 

 

Hope Connect     November Update of the Hope Home  
THANKSGIVING  2007

Beloved Friends:   I want to begin with a beautiful Thanksgiving Poem I have treasured over the years.   A Thanksgiving Poem
The tear another's tears bring forth,
The sigh which answers sigh,
The pulse that beats at other's woes,
E'en though our own be nigh,

A balm to bathe the wounded heart
Where sorrow's hand hath lain,
The link divine from soul to soul
That makes us one in pain,

Sweet sympathy, benignant ray,
Light of the soul doth shine;
In it is human nature givin
A touch of the divine.

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LET THERE BE HOPE… OUR BUILDING PROJECT

The date is now set; A miracle is being birthed!   MARCH 1, 2008 – SATURDAY is the DAY OF DEDICATION of the Hope Home Calcutta building. We would like to invite every one of you to consider being present on this special occasion which will make our joy complete! We also plan to publish a special souvenir on this occasion which would include articles by the children of the Hope Home.   The soccer drive is still on… Our initiative to invite  at least 300 people who will make a minimum one time investment of U.S. $ 160 (Indian Rupees 6000) to help us build a proper two storied 6200 building for at least 40 boys and girls in order to give them a life of hope and love. The estimated costs for this project isaround U.S. $ 80,000 .  In India, we are also encouraging corporate houses to sponsor the apportioned cost of building a room ($3200 or Rs. 150,000). The new building – the first such effort of the Hope Home will also help us being perpetually affected by the recurring floods every monsoon that disrupts our day-to-day activities and have even led us to make contingency plans to evacuate the children for the past three  years.   Till date, we have raised up a little over 80% of the funding needed for the building project.   NANYANG GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL VISIT: OCT 29 – NOV 10   29 students and 6 members of the Faculty from the Nanyang Girls’ High School, Singapore, visited the Hope Home Calcutta from Oct 29 – Nov 10 as part of their ‘Community Improvement Project’. They also helped us to build a small hall in the field (in our second property) which is presently being used for our school project. This hall will serve as our Dining Hall once our building project is complete. The girls were divided into teams and they spent time in teaching our children, interacting with them, painting the hall, cooking and also volunteering at Mother Teresa’s facilities. It was a great time of encouragement and bonding between the students and the children at the Hope Home. We are looking forward to their visit again next year! The climax of this visit was a special ‘Cultural Exchange Evening’ on November 9 where both the School and the Hope Home Calcutta children performed.           
OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA   We thank and appreciate each one of you for your participation, involvement, prayers and good wishes for the Hope Home Calcutta. We are indeed blessed. Please do write to us regarding opportunities of physical involvement with the work here. We do need volunteers  specially in the area of House Parents, Office  and Administration, teaching, accounts, and nursing.   quote of the month   "God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons."

God Bless You All.
Blessed THANKSGIVING.   

Dev and all of us at the Hope Home Calcutta   

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Support for the Hope Home Calcutta should be
sent to/checks made out to: VERDE VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3605, ZALESKY ROAD, COTTONWOOD, AZ 86326, U.S.A.
(Please  designate your gift for Hope Home Calcutta clearly)     
HOPE HOME CALCUTTA A-7/11, SRIJANI, OPPOSITE THAKURPUKUR CANCER HOSPITAL P.O. JOKA, CALCUTTA 700 104, INDIA, Tel: +91-33-6534 1083/ 6520 9995 (all contributions are tax deductible under Section 80G of the I.T. Act, 1961)               shalom@vsnl.com                www.hopehome.org

Hope Connect  

 

2007 NEW YEAR’S EVE  update

Hope Home  Calcutta

 

 

Dear Beloved friends:

 

At New Year’s Eve 2007, I would like to share this poem with all of you dear friends and iterate that I mean every word of the words written by Joanna Fuchs.

 

 

New Year’s Reflections

 

Looking back on the months gone by,
As a new year starts and an old one ends,
We contemplate what brought us joy,
And we think of our loved ones and our friends.

 

Recalling all the happy times,
Remembering how they enriched our lives
We reflect upon who really counts,
As the fresh and bright new year arrives.

 

And when we ponder those who do,

We immediately think of you.

 

Thanks for being one of the reasons we'll have a Happy New Year!

 

 

                           

 

              Christmas Gift Exchange Day 2007              Mary Cooper’s Old Age Home 2007

 

 

We were able to visit the Mary Cooper’s Old Age Home for the 5^th consecutive year on December 20 along with Dr. Gary and Rebecca Strobl from Atlanta who spent yet another Christmas with the Hope Home Calcutta family.

 

      

 

 Mary Cooper’s Old Age Home 2007         Grace and Rebecca (Guria)

 

Grace and Guria (Rebecca) performed at their first public performance (Indian Classical Dance Recital) on December 16^th at Ausotosh Hall. We were honored when their dance trainer and owner of the dance school they attend called upon all the children of the Hope Home Calcutta and presented to each of them a special Christmas gift!

 

LET THERE BE HOPE… OUR BUILDING PROJECT

 

Our initiative to invite  300 people who will make a minimum one time investment of U.S. $ 160 (Indian Rupees 6000) to help us build a proper two storied 6200 building for at least 40 boys and girls in order to give them a life of hope and love. The estimated costs for this project are around U.S. $ 80,000 .  In India , we are also encouraging corporate houses to sponsor the apportioned cost of building a room ($3200 or Rs. 150,000). The new building – the first such effort of the Hope Home will also help us being perpetually affected by the recurring floods every monsoon that disrupts our day-to-day activities and have even led us to make contingency plans to evacuate the children for the past three  years.

 

As of December 31, 2007,  we have raised up a little over 80% of the funding needed for the building project.

 

We are still trusting for the March 1, 2008 dedication of our new facilities and should be able to confirm this date by the first week of January.

 

 

FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION REGULATION ACT-F.C.R.A.

 

We are so delighted to inform you that on this day, the last day of 2007, we received from the Government of India a document we have worked hard for the past five years- the registration necessary to receive foreign/overseas funding legally. This registration is granted after thorough investigations by the Indian Intelligence Department that covers all aspects of the functioning of the Hope Home Calcutta. We are so thankful to all of you who have stood with us these past years to help sustain the work while we were waiting for this registration. We will keep you posted further regarding this and all that it means for the Hope Home Calcutta.

 

OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

 

We thank and appreciate each one of you for your participation, involvement, prayers and good wishes for the Hope Home Calcutta. We are indeed blessed.

Please do write to us regarding opportunities of physical involvement with the work here. We do need volunteers, especially in the area of office, teaching, accounts, and nursing.

 

quote of the month

 

Be yourself; If you want to change…Become BETTER

 

 

birthdays in January

 

January 1 –  Rohit

January 13 – Peter

January 20 - Cephas

Hope Connect  

 

Monthly praise updates of the

Hope Home  Calcutta

 

OCTOBER 2007

 

Beloved friends:

 

Finally, the building project is taking shape!

 

LET THERE BE HOPE… OUR BUILDING PROJECT

 

Our initiative to invite  300 people who will make a minimum one time investment of U.S. $ 160 (Indian Rupees 6000) to help us build a proper two storied 6200 building for at least 40 boys and girls in order to give them a life of hope and love. The estimated costs for this project isaround U.S. $ 80,000 .  In India , we are also encouraging corporate houses to sponsor the apportioned cost of building a room ($3200 or Rs. 150,000). The new building – the first such effort of the Hope Home will also help us being perpetually affected by the recurring floods every monsoon that disrupts our day-to-day activities and have even led us to make contingency plans to evacuate the children for the past three  years.

 

Till date, we have raised up a little over 80% of the funding needed for the building project.

 

The work for the foundation is over and the work on the casting of the roof for the first floor will be over by the time this report will be published.

 

            
            
 

                                                           

 

The  Soccer Drive !!

In order for the children (and everyone else) to comprehend our needs and what has been received this far - we have come up with the ‘picture’ of 20 soccer balls (each denoting 5% funding). In other words we  have been able to fill up  16  balls – 4  to go! The children paint up the soccer balls as they get ‘filled up’ and hang it up on the wall. As we mentioned earlier, with over 50 children on our wait-list - some of them in a real critical situation, some facing starvation - we truly need to build,  and soon.

HOPE MISSION ACADEMY         

 

Our School project is part of the  ‘Education for All’ campaign. This year we have Grades Kindergarten through Grade VI. And the number of students in our school project touched 50!  Our School project is aimed to facilitate learning at the pace of each child’s aptitude using modern techniques of learning. The focus is on character building and a global vision.

 

Sometime back, we had mentioned about Jitesh. Jitesh, who is  now living at the Hope Home  since January, hardly knew to speak a complete sentence in English two years back. But we recognized that he was intelligent and gave him an opportunity to study in our school project. His father was suffering from tuberculosis and his mother was finding it difficult to make ends meet without any source of income. Very soon, the family was on the brink of starvation. His parents pleaded us to take him in and was even considering suicide. Jitesh, along with his younger brother Sarban, took their studies seriously and would even use the street lights to complete their home task. Very soon their hard work began to show and they began performing exceedingly well at school.

 

In September this year, Jitesh stood first in his class for the first term examinations! No wonder reading is his favorite past-time!

 

 

 

 

There are countless other stories of children in our school program whose lives are being impacted and transformed through our ‘Send My Friend to School’ program (contact us for further information).

 

Consider this

Ø      One in every ten children is disabled in India

 

Ø      Only 38% of India 's children below the age of 2 years are immunized

 

Ø      Almost one in every five children in India below the age of 14 suffers from diarrhea, an easily preventable disease

 

Ø      Children form 40% of our country's population, and yet they are treated as non entities

 

 

CHILDREN’S DAY OUT – Aug 24-25

 

For the first time since  we started the Hope Home Calcutta we were able to take the children out—yes, all 25 of them to the sea at Digha, a 5 hour bus ride from Calcutta . For most of the children, it was the first experience of a sea ( Indian Ocean ) and for many others, it was the first bus ride altogether. The weather was perfect and the children shed all inhibition and spent hours and hours in the water. This was also our first experience of spending a night out of the Hope Home Calcutta with the children. We thank God for the protection and good health which all of us enjoyed for this milestone of the Hope Home .

 

                                   

We have offered the children an irresistible incentive—those who stand first in their respective classes at school or earn at least a merit in their music exams (Royal School of Music) will be taken on a three day tour to Darjeeling (on the foothills of the Himalayas ). One should

just see the earnestness and sincerity with which they all study! The dream trip is scheduled for March 2008! (Oops, offer valid for Hope Home children only!)

 

 

EYES TO SEE…

The Hope Home Calcutta organized a ‘Special Eye-Care Camp’ for children on September 4 from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. 49 children were examined by Dr. Somen Ghosh ( Dublin ) who is from Calcutta . It was very gracious of the good doctor to come over to the Hope Home along with his equipment and team and examine the children for several hours. We had a holiday in our school program and for many of the children it was a new ‘experiment’. A few of our children would need further attention and a couple of them would need at least reading glasses. Now those who have been declared ‘clean’  by Doctor Ghosh have been rubbing their eyes vigorously to make it look red—if only they too were recommended glasses!

 VIOLINS AND DRUMS – THE HOPE HOME ORCHESTRA

 Ruth appeared for Grade 2 of the Violin examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (she won a merit last year). This year, Peter too appeared  for Grade 1 for violin. We would be preparing Salomi for next year’s examinations.

 

Samuel on the other hand will be appearing for Grade 1 of the Trinity Music Examinations for drums. He already plays the drums for all Hope Home Calcutta special events.

 

In about 5 years time, we would be ready to present the Hope Home Calcutta Orchestra to you all! Dare to dream is the theme Dev has given to these children!

 

We would also like to teach the keyboard/piano to a couple of the children and welcome anyone with music skills to come and spend a few months with us.

 

 

OPPORTUNITY FOR HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT AT HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

 

We thank and appreciate each one of you for your participation, involvement, prayers and good wishes for the Hope Home Calcutta. We are indeed blessed.

Please do write to us regarding opportunities of physical involvement with the work here. We do need volunteers, specially in the area of office, teaching, accounts, and nursing.

 

quote of the month

 

“Generosity is giving more than you can and  pride is taking less than  you need”

 

 

Support for the Hope Home Calcutta should be sent to/checks made out to:

VERDE VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3605, ZALESKY ROAD, COTTONWOOD , AZ 86326 , U.S.A.

(Please  designate your gift  for Hope Home Calcutta clearly)

 

 

HOPE HOME CALCUTTA

A-7/11, SRIJANI, OPPOSITE THAKURPUKUR CANCER HOSPITAL

P.O. JOKA, CALCUTTA 700 104, INDIA, Tel: +91-33-6534 1083/ 6520 9995

(all contributions are tax deductible under Section 80G of the I.T. Act, 1961)

 

            shalom@vsnl.com                www.hopehome.org

           

 

 

 

ACADEMY               

 

HOPE MISSION ACADEMY                     

 

HOPE MISSION ACADEMY                     

 

 

 

MONTHLY UPDATES OF HOPE HOME CALCUTTA INDIA

 
APRIL - MAY 2007

 

Dear friends:

 

It’s HOT  out here in Calcutta! Generally it’s  90% or up humidity almost throughout the day and the day time temperature often touches 40 degree centigrade! And if you thought ‘this is it’ – we are often ‘offered’ a power surge (synonyms: power failure, black outs…) of anything between 2-4 hours everyday.  At the end of the day, many throw up their hands and do say, “I can’t take this anymore”. Probably justifiably so.

 

And then I remember! One of my favorite quotes is: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (The Bible). Yes, it is easy to give up. Like I often say, “there will always be a thousand excuses for us not doing that which we are called to do”. Yes there is so much to be done and not much time to accomplish all that one desires to do to bring about change. Change that is transformational and one that propels hope in this difficult city.

 

Take for instance three lives we would like to share this month. Some of you would probably remember a mail I had sent about two years back. It was about a mother who came crying at our door begging us to take care of her two sons so that she could go and die in peace in their native village. Her husband had contracted tuberculosis (he used to drive a cab) and there was no source of income, absolutely none. They were from a very backward district in the Indian state of Bihar and were friendless in this huge city. We let the two boys -  come and study in our school program. They did not know a word of English. In less than two years time however, the elder kid, Jitesh stood second in his class and one of the best in Mathematics in the third grade! He is now in the fourth grade.

   His younger brother Sarvan is now in the first grade. In February this year, the parents handed over their care to the Hope Home Calcutta and left for their ancestral home in Bihar. These two boys are precious, intelligent, very hard working and always willing to help (now who said nothing good comes out of the Indian state of Bihar??) What transformation.

 

We took these two boys at great risk – we just do not have support for them (and a few others who are at the Hope Home). A few individuals here in India  have  so far come forward to pool in resources to help them stay on at the Hope Home. And we are trusting others to come forth to share their resources to support them which will cover all their expenses. We just could not let them starve in front of our eyes, specially as they have great potential which they have already proved. If you would like to join those who are responding to this specific situation, please let me know immediately.

 

The third child we would like to introduce to you is our latest intake at the Hope Home. His name is Rana Das and he is 11.  He lost his father in 1999. His mother’s death in 2003 is the only first hand knowledge we have of a starvation death. That’s the reason of her demise – she became a pauper after her husband died and also suffered a host of ailments. There was no food for her and she could also not fend for her son. Eventually she handed custody of her son to a friend of mine, who along with his wife were already taking care of a few needy children near the airport in Calcutta. Rana came to us on April 21. He is quite, simple, intelligent and has a great desire to learn.

 

The first Friday of every month we have our staff meeting – team building exercise. And I have been repeating that there is so much to do and so little time to do it. The need is so vast. The going is not always easy. Sometimes it is extremely difficult. When we behold the changes in the countenance of the children at the Hope Home, we are encouraged. Thank you for standing by us in the process of change and hope.

 

let there be hope! The Soccer Drive!

 

               

 

    

 

We would like to update you also on our Building fund. As we had mentioned earlier, we  are seeking  300 people who will make a minimum one time investment of U.S. $ 160 (Indian Rupees 6000) to help us build a proper two storied 6200 building for at least 40 boys and girls in order to give them a life of hope and love. Initially the estimated costs for this project was around U.S. $ 50,000  (there has been a marginal escalation of costs due to our budget in India released in February, 2007). In India, we are also encouraging corporate houses to sponsor the apportioned cost of building a room ($3200 or Rs. 150,000). We are so glad to inform you that Cognizant Foundation in India made the first commitment to this proposal. The new building – the first such effort of the Hope Home will also help us being perpetually affected by the recurring floods every monsoon that disrupts our day-to-day activities and have even led us to make contingency plans to evacuate the children for the past two years.

 

Till date, we have raised up a little over 80% of the funding needed for the building project. We appreciate all those who have sent in your pledges. Please contact us immediately  if you are interested.

 

What is this Soccer Drive!! In order for the children to comprehend our needs and what has been received this far - we have come up with the ‘picture’ of 20 soccer balls (each denoting 5% funding).Dev explains this by saying that  so far we have been able to fill up  16  balls – 4  to go! The children paint up the soccer balls as they get ‘filled up’ and hang it up on the wall. As we mentioned earlier, with over 50 children on our wait-list - some of them in a real critical situation, some facing starvation - we truly need to build,  and soon.

 

 

hope mission academy

Our school program this year commenced on April 10. This school year, we have Grades Kindergarten through to Grade 6.  Till date we have around 50 children in our school program. It is amazing to witness the children growing up and learn Vein diagrams, atoms and molecules, Q-basic and other computer programs… just to think that they could not even read and write a couple of years back! This is exciting work!

 

We need much help during these transitioning days. If you are looking forward to investing some time – from a couple of weeks to a couple of months or more -  we would like to invite you to be physically part of this exciting endeavor here in the ‘City of Joy’. If you could plug into teaching the children in the school program or assisting in some office work or have the spirit of encouraging children, please do check out your availability!  We look forward to hearing from you and the children love to receive letters and e-mail. Please keep writing and keep coming. We do need your presence and participation in surging this movement forward in the days ahead.

 

God bless you all. Thank you for being a friend of Hope Home Calcutta.

 
Dev and everyone at the Hope Home Calcutta

 

 

quote of the month

 

"No one keeps his enthusiasm automatically. Enthusiasm must be nourished with new actions, new aspirations, new efforts, new vision."  Papyrus

 
birthdays in may

 

May 22:         Rana Das

 

 

stay connected

 

Clearly designated gifts for the HOPE HOME CALCUTTA  could be sent through the: Verde Valley Christian Church. 3605, Zalesky Road, Cottonwood, AZ 86326, U.S.A. (928) 634 8166

 

In INDIA- Hope Home Calcutta, A-7/11, SRIJANI, Opp. Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital, P.O. Joka, Calcutta 700104, INDIA ;  TEL: 033-6534 1083/ 033-6520 9995 www.hopehome.org

 

 (all contributions are tax deductible under Section 80G of the I.T. Act, 1961)