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| Hope Foundation |
| Activities： |
Activist, Educational, Philanthropy |
| Type： |
Foundation |
| Areas of Focus： |
Poverty Alleviation | Affordable Housing | Rights of the Child | Youth Education and Empowerment | Child and Youth Protection | Women's Safety from Violence | Crime and Policing
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| About Hope Foundation： |
The Hope Foundation was set up in February 1999 by three Cork women with a combined 35 years experience in development work. The Foundation works primarily with the street children in Calcutta and the subsequent difficulties that these children encounter. The estimated population of street children is approximately 200,000. It is higher in India than in any other developing country. The Hope Foundation provides formal and non-formal education, a nutrition programme and health care for the children. The Hope Foundation and their Indian NGO partners' main objective is to continue to remove thousands of children off the streets and improve their quality of life.
The causes are numerous, and include the following:
1) Poverty
2) Unemployment/Underemployment
3) Low educational attainment of parents/children
4) Family conflicts
5) Congestion in slum areas
6) Poor housing facilities
7) Poor law enforcement/exploitation by law enforcers
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