LIVING HOPE ALLIANCE

NORTH INDIA

The Ganges River area of North India is one of the most heavily populated and also most needy areas of the world. The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) - geographically only the size of an average US state - has a population of 174 million or over 1,900 people per square mile (there's about 84 people per square mile in the US). If it were a country, UP would be the seventh most populous nation in the world.  An estimated 40% of these millions live below the poverty line. According to the 2001 census, 43% of males and 57% of females are still illiterate. 

CHANGING LIVES

Living Hope Alliance has been transforming lives in North India since 1997. Over the years we've developed strong relationships with faithful and highly qualified Indian leaders. We also have a growing team of dedicated volunteers from America, England and Ireland who come regularly to visit our work in person. Thus both maximum efficiency as well as financial accountability are constantly upheld.

Here's just a few examples of our work in 2008 and 2009:

• Blue Haven Children's Home - 32 destitute semi-orphan children now have a loving family and are receiving an excellent education. Equipped with their own computer lab and rapidly becoming fluent in English, their future is bright.

• Vocational Training - 60 formerly destitute young men now are earning a good income after learning skills such as carpentry, electrical wiring and computer repair.

• Rural Education Centers - 19,000 impoverished children from 79 villages learned to read and write.

• Sewing Centers - about 80 girls graduate annually. Their new tailoring skill sometimes results in their family's income doubling.

• Micro-Businesses - 60 ladies and their families, once barely able to survive, are now prospering and sending their kids to good schools on account of their small business which we enabled them to start by providing micro loans of $250-500.

PROJECTS

Currently almost all our projects are operated out of rented buildings. Our village schools have no building at all but meet under trees or in the village courtyard. In order to serve more people and to make our work independent of ongoing foreign funding, there is an urgent need for facilities. The urgent need currently is for the establishment of several SELF-SUFFICIENT facilities in key locations. These projects are detailed further on their corresponding pages. Links to the Project Proposals are provided below:

• Blue Haven Children's and Widow's Home - Self-sufficient facility to give 200 destitute, orphaned and at-risk children a bright future, including international-quality school to accommodate 500 children.  webpage ** proposal  

 

• Sustainable Transformation Center - Vocational Institute and Children's School in Varanasi, one of the most backward and needy areas of North India. webpage ** proposal

You can change hundreds of lives in North India. Please become a part of the Living Hope team!