THE CONTEXT
Trust for Hope is an NGO with a difference. It was established in the year 1997 with its headquarters in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. It has certain exclusivity that singles out from the rest of the NGOs in this part of the country. The concerns addressed primarily include man in society, extending to nature and environmental conservation. The basic premise is that India's inclination to chase the economic growth pursuits with market-led initiatives leave behind the poor, women and children and further marginalizes them from participating in the governance process or in declining their developmental aspirations. The growing rural-urban disparity, and wide-spread distress migration, and rising urban poverty levels stand testimony to this phenomenon – of lack of livelihood choices and opportunities in rural areas. The constant distortion caused to the earth and natural environment in search of economic growth has distributed the climate making seasons unpredictable, resulting in new kinds of diseases, and natural disasters of varied nature such as rising sea levels, tidal waves, earth quacks, floods, and so on. These are the concerns of Trust for Hope
VISION
“An integrated paradigm of development where humans live free from poverty and in harmony with nature”
MISSION
Education & Training:
Support Education, literacy, skill training and widespread sharing and dissemination of information and knowledge among the poor towards leading a better quality of life.
Health Care:
Promote mother and child health, and general community health as a fundamental requirement of human well-being.
Basic Services:
Enable reach of basic services such as drinking water and sanitation facilities, dwelling houses, household electricity, essential commodities & entitlements from the state to the poor, and the voiceless.
Employment and Income: Enhance purchasing power and quality of life through building human capability for employability, and expanding opportunities for employment in order to reduce distress migration from rural areas, and encourage mobility of people with skills.
Environmental Conservation:
Conserve physical and natural climate and environment through green cover, protecting trees, soil, water bodies and water sources for sustainable use.
Local Initiatives:
Encouraging Community - driven initiatives.
AREA & TARGET GROUP
The Trust works in Pudukottai, Trichy, and Nagapattinam districts. The ultra-poor as identified by the local people and the vulnerable non-poop in rural and coastal areas of these districts are the target group. Special attention would be paid to women and children in difficult situations.
PROGRAMS
The key programmes of Trust for Hope include:
- Women Empowerment
- Income Generation Programmes
- Health Care
- HIV – AIDS
- Women and Child Welfare
- Persons with Disability (PWD)
- Environmental Conservation
- Community Initiatives and Local Institution Building
- Training and Capacity Building
- Net Working and Consolidation
STRATEGIES
- Enhancing Reach of Information, Knowledge and Appropriate Technologies
- Training and Capacity Building
- Community Organization
- Facilitating Community-based Initiatives
- Strengthening Good Governance
PRINCIPLES
- Respect Human Dignity
- Participation as the Bottom-line
- Ensuring Overall Quality of Life
- Responsible Use of Natural Resources
- Be Accountable, Responsible and Responsive
- Developing Linkages and alliance Building
“A society free from economic poverty, social servitude, educational backwardness, and environmental regression is what Hope visualizes of”.
CONTACT
#64, Akila Nagar
Ganapathy Nagar Extension
T V Koil Post, Trichy 620005
Tamil Nadu
Tel: +91 431 2432026
Fax: +91 431 2434070
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