Diwali Fundraiser for The Hope Foundation

The Multicultural Network is raising funds for The Hope Foundation. As Diwali is called the Festival of Lights, make a difference this Diwali, every donation counts and will help in enlightening lives of children. Read more about The Hope Foundation below.

The Hope Foundation is a registered charity working with street-connected and slum-dwelling children in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. They work to free children and poor families from lives of pain, abuse, poverty and darkness. Living on the streets, children are exposed to horrendous physical and sexual abuse. Those who survive are left to fend for themselves, with no promise of a safe future. They are forced to work from as young as five years of age to earn money for food and so cannot go to school. HOPE works to free them from child labor. HOPE funds and operates 57 projects.

HOPE works with Kolkata’s forgotten children, those who have been victims of trafficking, violence, abandonment, prostitution, sexual abuse and severe neglect. Working with such vulnerable children and their wider families and communities, has lifted millions out of poverty, enabling and empowering them to build a brighter future for themselves and for future generations.