Dear Friends,

I am deeply touched by your support for Tripura Foundation, and most of all, your love for the bright and beautiful children that we serve throughout India at our HoPE Centers.  Because of you and other great souls like you, we are celebrating wonderful milestones this month in our recent expansion of our work to bring transformational education to the forgotten children living in desperate poverty.  Please read and celebrate with us. Thank you so much for helping to make this magic happen for so many children, and many, many more to come! So far:

• 31 HoPE Learning Centers are now filled with joyful children who came from the most dire circumstances imaginable – generational cycles of extreme poverty, abuse and neglect.
• 25 HoPE Learning Centers are fully funded by generous sponsors.
• Over $134,000 was raised in June and July through our first ever “HoPE With A Heart” Membership Drive to cover regular expenses of innovative educational programs and nutritious meals.
• $75,798 came in as one-time gifts and $4,861 will continue to flow in each month as recurring donations.
• Our Facebook fan base has increased by 1150%.
• Our Newsletter distribution list has increased by over 200%.
• A new logo, images and good news stories shine through on our website and social media pages.
• Our Board of Directors will soon benefit from the skills and experience of two new members – Vipool Desai and Meena Mulloy.

In Love & Service,

Mohini

Our first step in screening children to be admitted to HoPE Learning Centers is to visit their homes to view their living conditions. During one visit in May 2012, we met this 12-year-old angel. Even though there was a sad look in her eyes, she was bold and said, “My name is Powrnica. My parents toil in the fields and make very little money.  I want to help them by becoming a doctor. I would love to construct a small hospital for my people who live in this village and provide treatment free of cost. I will work hard to learn and will get into medical school.”  Her words still echo in our ears and have made us even more aware of the importance of our Mission.  Since she fulfilled all criteria, we have chosen to help her actualize her dream at a HoPE Learning Center. 

Meena met Dr. Baskaran Pillai, the founder of Tripura Foundation, while working at Credit Suisse. She soon took a trip to India and her life took on all new dimensions. She noticed that 12-year –old children looked like 6-year-old children in the USA.  She soon moved to India to run the Corporate Communications division for Office Tiger. In 2008, she decided to sponsor Tripura Foundation children with a pledge of $300/month because she was impressed with TF’s thoughtful decision making processes, vision and integrity. Meena Ann Marie Mulloy is Director of Corporate Communications for AstroVed.com and a new Board Member at Tripura Foundation.

‘PI’ or Phonemic Intelligence (formerly known as MST or Mind-Sound Technology) is what Dr. Baskaran Pillai, the founder of Tripura Foundation, calls the core of his Revolutionary Educational Program.  This program utilizes sounds to ‘upgrade’ the mind, body and spirit as it cultivates intelligence and maximizes concentration. Bottom line, PI builds HoPE!

The phenomena that is happening in South India, is how quickly our HoPE Centers have become the buzz – not only in the communities that host them, but surrounding communities that have witnessed the almost miraculous transformation of their neighbours.  Many of these remote villages are communities of “untouchables” and considered the lowest of the low, useless and left to suffer daily humiliations and indignities.

Children who have enrolled have become the superstars of their villages. This is truly a way to help the poor and a solution to poverty. Teachers and mothers have become the champions for the future.  All who have seen the transformation are pleading for a HoPE Center in their community.  HoPE is accepted and HoPE has been embraced.   Everybody Needs HoPE.  Everybody WANTS HoPE!

Learn More About HoPE Learning Centers

With your encouragement and support, we can we continue operating HoPE Learning Centers.  Only when we know you are truly with us and we have your commitment, can we grow the success of HoPE by touching more poor and marginalized rural areas.  We have the invitation and support of locals to launch 27 new HoPE Learning Centers by July and to to have 100 Centers in operation by the end of the year.

$10 US per month will give a child HoPE for a purposeful, dignified life

$300 per month will support the operations of an entire HoPE Learning Center

HoPE Learning Centers focus on the development of children from single-parent families living in abject poverty. We serve 30-35 children at each center and also provide educational and entrepreneurial opportunities to poor adults.

$10 per month saves a child from a life trapped in poverty, alcoholism, and innumerable indignities 

$100 per month feeds an entire HoPE Learning Center full of children who are hungry to thrive

Girlstown - Chennai, India

Yes, Girlstown is closing its doors.  Seven years of successful operation inspired Tripura to create and develop the HoPE Learning Centers where an exponential number of children can be touched by Dr. Pillai’s Enhanced Educational Programs.

I Want To Be A Part of The HoPE Phenomena!

Sarala Came to Girlstown in 2005 and Soon Thrived

Sarala came to Girlstown when we started in 2005.   Her single-income family of six relied solely on her father’s ‘cooly’ or day-labourer income of 1000 Rupees per month (approximately $20 US).  Sarala’s chances of being freed from the cycle of poverty were slim, especially being a girl and the third of four children.

At one of the first meetings with the girls, they were all asked what they wanted to be when they grew up.  Silence filled the room.  Blank stares showed on their faces. We thought that perhaps the phrase didn’t translate into Tamil well.  It had.  The girls had simply never thought that there was a different live than what their mother and fathers were living, or that their grandparents and great grandparents had lived.

Dr. Pillai’s Innovative Transformation Program with PI at it’s core, changed all of that.  Sarala recognized the opportunity and took it to heart, quickly excelling at school in academics, computer science, sports, the arts and community service.  Sarala and her sisters were frequent visitors at a local old age facility and soon became the darlings of the community.

Sarala and Two Other Tripura Flowers

Supported with love from generous supporters and well wishers, the daily guidance of caretakers/champions/angels and particularly the Transformational Educational Tools; the girls thrived and truly blossomed into bright, beautiful, caring and valuable members of society.

In 2009, Sarala completed 12^th grade and enrolled at a nearby technical college. Tripura Foundation financially supported continued education and encouraged her to remain living at Girlstown while going to college as “Akka” (big sister/ caretaker/ tutor) to her little sisters.   

In 2012, she earned a BSc in Computer Sciences and recently wrote her entrance exam to attend the Masters program at a prestigious university in Chennai.

Like lotuses that rise from the mud, Sarala and her friends blossomed into strong, beaming, inspirational young women. It was the girls that called themselves “The Tripura Flowers”.  A logo was designed that was set into a wristwatch to remind each girl who attended a heart-felt Farewell/Reunion in April, 2012 of the importance of their time spent at Girstown and not to waste a single minute of their lives.

Our Tripura Flowers are now Leaders.  There are countless more children in poor rural villages who need HoPE.

Please join us by supporting our goal to open 27 new centers in this Season of Growth.

Your basic contribution commitment of $10 US a month will make all the difference to a child like Sarala.

 1)Make a Commitment to a Monthly Sponsorship- Be Our Partner in HoPE

2) Give a One-time Heart-felt Donation to TF

3) Encourage friends to register for our Newsletter      

4) Forward this Newsletter to your friends and family

5) Volunteer to Take Up Collections for HoPE in your community-Spread the Word        

6) “Like” Tripura Foundation Builds HoPE on Facebook

7) Copy,paste and post Tripura Foundation info, photos and links on your Facebook wall

HoPE Expands Rapidly in the Spring- 27 New Communities to be Served

Spring is a magical season full of new growth, new colors, and new light. No matter where you live, Spring brings the energy of new opportunity and excitement for what lies ahead. Tripura Foundation is utilizing this energy of Spring to ambitiously find new communities and new families that need our help most through our HoPE Learning Centers. 

Our goal is to plant the seeds of HoPE within 27 more impoverished and neglected communities this Spring and watch this HoPE bloom as we open 27 new Learning Centers in July.

Yadeesh, the Tripura Trustee in India, shares this enthusiasm for new growth as he describes the heart-warming process of selecting new locations and the most deserving children and families for the new HoPE Learning Centers.

If you are interested in donating to Tripura Foundation, this is a great place to start. Cultivate Hope within yourself and feel renewed as you contribute to a new life for these children, families and communities.

Spring into Action for HoPE!

DONATE NOW!

We Need You to Build HoPE

Each HoPE Learning Center selects 35 poor children from small rural villages.  Most of these children have a single parent or no parents due to neglect or abuse- the family is just struggling to survive.  They do not have role models to show them a different way of life.

This is where YOU come in.  YOU become a role model for these children by supporting their education and providing an opportunity to change their destiny.

 Three Gifts of HoPE that Keep on Giving:

1. Building Confidence: as the children learn to take proper care of their bodies with healthy nutrition, hygiene, and yoga, they begin to develop self-esteem and confidence.
2. Developing Knowledge: as each student receives academic tutoring, this knowledge will open the door to new possibilities.  As children become more comfortable with their school lessons and expand their interests; they can help their fellow students develop better study skills.
3. Awakening Consciousness: Phonemic Intelligence teaches the children the power of sound to awaken their consciousness and cultivate discipline, courage and emotional stability.
4. Building leadership, self-esteem, academic achievement and personal transformation tools will enable the children to create a brighter future.  As these children become more confident they begin to help others and act as role models within their own families, school, and communities. 

 Make an impact in the life of a child, a family and an entire village.

 DONATE NOW!

HoPE Brings us Together

This Spring, the HoPE of a new opportunity for these children reminds us that we are all responsible for taking care of our global community. We all need a role model to encourage us and we all need education to inspire us.  This HoPE of a brighter future is what brings us together.  Let us help these children move beyond the limitations of poverty as we join together to bring more HoPE to the world in 2012.

You can make a big difference with a small donation.

$10: for the price of 1 movie ticket, support 1 child at a HoPE Learning Center for 1 month

$50: for the price of a video game, support 5 children at a HoPE Learning Center for 1 month 

$120: for the price of a daily latte for 1 month, support a child at a HoPE Learning Center for 1 year

$250: for the monthly average a family spends on fuel, support 35 children at a HoPE Learning Center for a month

Give today and watch your Spring donation grow and flourish throughout the year!

DONATE NOW!

The success and enthusiasm for our first 10 HoPE Learning Centers have propelled us forward with a new goal to open 100 HoPE Learning Centers in communities across India this year.

Now is the time to take action. As we open the doors to new Centers we open the doors to a new destiny for children from impoverished families.

Education is the key to unlocking the unique potential of each individual we serve. We invite you to take part in our mission to Expand – Empower – Engage in 2012.

“Be an Opener of Doors for such as come after thee.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

EXPAND

Help Open 50 HoPE Learning Centers in June 2012

Our first milestone for 2012 is to open 50 new HoPE Learning Centers in June- to enable 1750 children to step out of poverty and into a life of possibilities.

The Centers offer a holistic approach to nurture the mind, body and spirit.

MIND: Phonemic Intelligence creates a state of ‘whole brain functioning’.  Academic tutoring teaches critical thinking and encourages success in the classroom.

BODY: Physical activities and nutritious meals support positive health practices.

SPIRIT: Phonemic Intelligence also expands the child’s consciousness and encourages the development of individual talents.

Help these children discover their unique talents and lead a life of dignity and HoPE.

EMPOWER

Support Enterprise Training for Parents of HoPE Learning Centers

The majority of the children attending Hope Learning Centers come from single parent families. For many of these parents, school was not an option as they were required to work and support their families at a young age.

HoPE Learning Centers are now offering enterprise and skills training to empower these parents (mostly mothers) with new found confidence to increase their earning ability.

With your support, we can extend this service to families and communities.

ENGAGE

Bring the Sounds of HoPE to Your Community

As we expand HoPE Learning Centers throughout India, we also recognize the need for HoPE on a global level.

In 2012, we would like to share the foundational teachings of Phonemic Intelligence with communities around the world.

Phonemic Intelligence (formerly Mind Sound Technology) is an educational technique developed by Dr. Baskaran Pillai which uses sound frequencies (phonemes) to enhance intelligence.

A training program will be introduced to prepare volunteers to teach Phonemic Intelligence to underprivileged children in your local communities.

Be part of a collective commitment to HoPE through Education.