Shining Hope Foundation is a UK charity that provides grants to support partners around the world in promoting sustainability and harmony between people, animals and nature. They currently support Karuna-Shechen, a charity founded by Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard.

1. Shining Hope Foundation is a UK charity that
provides grants to carefully selected partners
around the world.
We work to promote sustainability and
harmony between people, animals and nature.
We currently support Karuna-Shechen, a
charity founded by the famous Buddhist monk,
Matthieu Ricard.

2. Our solar
grandmothers
project

3. Illiterate solar grandmothers travel hundreds of
miles to study for six months at Barefoot College
in Rajasthan, and become solar engineers.

4. On returning to
their villages,
the newly
empowered
women install
and maintain
generation.
the panels, and
teach the next

5. Our medical
projects

6. The clinic treated more than 25,000 people in 2013, helping some
of the most vulnerable people in India.

7. In 2013, the mobile clinics served more
than 24,500 people from 18 rural villages.
The majority of the patients are women
and children, who have previously never
had any access to healthcare.

8. Our
environmental
projects

9. As well as personal development, we are
committed to encouraging sustainable environmental change.
Recently, 1,000 kitchen
gardens were created. By
providing seeds and plants,
families are encouraged to
grow their own food. This
ensures they have a constant
supply of fresh vegetables.

10. The rainwater harvesting project has given
people access to a reliable source of water all year round. They now
have clean, safe water to use for cooking, gardening and washing.

11. Our social
projects

12. Through our non-formal education projects, we support women
and children by empowering them to change their lives through
personal development.

13. For example, the candle making project teaches a skill that allows
them to make a product they can sell at markets, providing an
income for their families.

14. Women learn to
read using
normal teaching
materials, and
everyday items.

15. We work with the local pre-schools
and authorities in Bihar to provide
children with toys to aid development.

16. Become the
Shining Hope
of someone
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17. With your help, Shining Hope
Foundation can expand on these
ground-breaking and sustainable
projects, to make lasting change to
some of the most vulnerable
people in India.

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