Kolkata

Kolkata is a heaving metropolis of some 15 million plus. People from every possible community gravitate towards the city and it is surrounded by some of the most economically disadvantaged areas in the sub-continent. The children in Future Hope come from very different backgrounds and almost every community. Most are forced onto the streets through a combination of economic hardship and broken homes and many have suffered abuse at the hands of their parents or other adults.

During the day street children roam the streets earning a meager living and at night and in the early hours many can be found sleeping in the main railway stations of Kolkata - Howrah and Sealdah. Some street children, though destitute, remain with their families on the streets and so have some protection. It is on those who are truly alone that we try to focus our efforts.