HOPE charity leaflet

1. Helping
.O.P.E
Other People
Everywhere H
.
Helping Other People
Everywhere (HOPE) is a
registered charity, founded
fifteen years ago in Norfolk
by a group of skilled
tradespeople including
electricians, decorators and
plumbers, to try and make a
difference in countries
where these skills are not
readily available. Over the
past decade and a half, HOPE is a registered charity that
teams of skilled volunteers relies completely upon the
from HOPE have helped to generosity of its supporters to
renovate 12 medical centres raise the necessary funds for
and a hospital ward in teams of volunteer workers to be
Romania, bringing basic
transported to the projects,
medical care facilities to
remote villages by purchase building materials and
refurbishing and renovating complete the tasks efficiently.
run down buildings. In None of HOPE’s total income is
recent years, the skills of the spent on administrative costs. It
HOPE volunteers have been costs between £500 -£1000 to
put to good use working in send one volunteer to a HOPE
association with The Vidiyal
project, but the legacy of the work
Trust in India, bringing
HOPE to children in some
these skilled volunteers leave
of the most deprived areas behind them is immeasurable for
in the world. many years to come.
Registered charity no. 1039799

2. Leaving a Successful HOPE
legacy of HOPE Projects
The philosophy behind all 2002 A HOPE team visited
HOPE projects is about Madurai in Southern India to
sustainable solutions – giving improve facilities for street
local people the facilities and children to access education, basic
skills they need to improve healthcare and regular meals, run
their quality of life for by the Vidiyal Trust, another
themselves. During the 2006 Norfolk-based charity. The team
completed a vast range of
Madurai project, two of the
maintenance tasks including
boys were trained in electrics
construction of cooling fan units,
to allow them to complete
erection of mosquito netting,
simple maintenance of the repairing faulty electrical systems
systems after the team had and general redecoration.
gone. A group of enterprising
youngsters also set up their
own decorating business with
their new-found skills.

3. H .O.P.E
.
2004 A HOPE team visited Deleni, 2006 A HOPE team visited
Romania to improve conditions in an Madurai again, this time
orphanage and school, painting and renovating the main school
decorating, installing sanitary facilities buildings including electrical
and re-wiring the buildings. installations, extension of shower
facilities and complete
LATEST NEWS 2008 – A HOPE team refurbishment of the Songs of
of nine volunteers visited Negombo in Praise House, a centre for boys at
Sri Lanka to fit out a vast community risk. A new and secure garden
facility which was named The complex was also designed and
Friendship Auditorium in their honour. erected, allowing the boys to
The project involved supporting local access safe outdoor play for the
tradesmen with electrical work and first time. These facilities form
huge amounts of tiling! part of a drop-in centre for the
children and families from the
slum area of Madurai.
AFTER
BEFORE

4. H .O.P.E
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The HOPE teams
The HOPE team relies on volunteers
– in the past it has consisted of
electricians, plumbers, painters,
decorators, general building workers
and numerous other volunteers. If
you possess any of these practical
skills, or enjoy interacting with children and adults in a hugely
rewarding setting, please contact one of the following trustees.
You must be prepared to take an active role in fund-raising
events, before going to live and work for up to two weeks at a
time in difficult conditions.
THE FUTURE – Working in
Trustees association with The Vidiyal Trust
Harvey Gibbons, October 2009
Cobble Cottage,
Stubb Rd, Hickling The biggest challenge yet for the HOPE
NR12 0YS team is planned for Mavelikara in the
Kerala region of southern India. A team
Tel: (01692) 598717
of 12 HOPE tradespeople will be
gibbonshl@live.co.uk working on a complete fit-out of a
childrens home and school which has
Alan White recently been built to help deprived
Tel: (01603) 437283 children in the local community.
Veronica Jarvis
Tel: (01692) 598999
Rita Blanch
Tel: (01493) 740857
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