For more than 35 years Future Hope has been helping vulnerable children escape the poverty and danger of the streets by providing safe homes where they feel cared for and happy.
Future Hope is a charitable organisation which provides opportunity through its homes, school, sports and medical programme for some of
the most vulnerable children from the streets and slums of Kolkata, India.
We put society's most vulnerable children at the centre of all we do, and after more than 35 years we understand the problems they face,
and the solutions that dramatically and permanently change their lives for the better
Future Hope offers an excellent all-round education to street & slum children who are given the opportunity to realise their potential and find a path to an independent life.
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News
Hope Within The Mango Trees Series 2 is here.... and its time to hear from or alumni!
We are excited to bring you the next series of our Hope Within The Mango Trees podcast where we tell our Future Hope story, but this time it is through the eyes of our alumni.
Each child that we take into our school or homes at Future Hope has a special place in our hearts and seeing them grow over the years and become caring, independent adults never fails to fill us with pride. We hope that you enjoy these heartwarming and inspirational stories as much as we do. In Episode 1 say hello to Mongal, who arrived at Future Hope in 2008 with nothing and now has a thriving career in finance.
"I was always very fascinated by the financial sectors, the money part, because I have been brought up in a family where financial crisis was something that I had seen from very early childhood. Why do some people get rich and some stay poor? How does this money thing work? That's how I ended up taking economics," explains Mongal. Hear more about his incredible journey in this first episode.
If you have not yet listened to Series 1 then you are in for a treat as it takes you on a journey from our humble beginnings back in the 1980's through to the thriving present day of bright futures and lives transformed, all recorded on the streets of Kolkata and at Future Hope.
Click here to listen on Youtube
Our work
- 100% of our children come from Below the Poverty Line dysfunctional families, or are orphaned.
- Every new child creates a financial commitment of 15 years.
- More than 90% of our students go on to higher education or skills training
- Our alumni are now enjoying careers in IT, design, banking, teaching, sport, engineering, hospital management and many more.
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Nearly 2/3 of Future Hope Alumni give back in their communities or to Future Hope
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We rely largely on voluntary income from donations, fundraising and gifts in Wills.
- Together we are changing lives for over 3000 children right now and thousands more over future generations
We pride ourselves on our alumni who have become self-reliant, hardworking members of society, with steady employment and happy families.
"My dream is to motivate others so they don’t suffer the same ways I had to go through, to be a successful person and support my family".