The Hope House

Aims to nurture and empower marginalised children to become successful and responsible citizens

  • Gold Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Vellore, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    2006

The Hope House aims to nurture and empower marginalised children to become successful and responsible citizens. Mr Ruby Nakka, the founder, grew up Read more in a children's home in the united Andhra Pradesh for 12 years and it was his childhood desire to help children the the way he was helped. Mr. Nakka was living in the United States with his family that consisted of two adopted girls. It was his girls who reminded his family about the children in need of care and protection in India and also inspired him to forgo their well-paid jobs in the healthcare industry to relocate to India to start the Hope House. He in turn inspired two of his best friends (Manoah and Thomas) to join him in this endeavour. Currently, Hope House offers institutional and non-institutional services for the children. Hope House partners with the Government of India and other like-minded entities such as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Christian Medical College (CMC), and Railway Children.

Demographies Served

Vision & Mission

Vision: Nurturing children to become successful and responsible citizens. Mission: Our mission is to provide care and protection to the needy children by giving access to education, enabling participation and empowering them with information about their rights and responsibilities

Donor History

1. Sumantha Ranjan Das
2. Dr. Mathew Mathai
3. Shiela and Dinesh
4. St. John's Church, Vellore
5. DIZ, Frankfurt, Germany

Programs

  • Children's Home Project

    District

    Extending shelter (institutional care) as a last resort to children in need of care and protection and to assist them to pursue education (formal or non-formal) and life skills to become responsible and successful citizens to the world

  • Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA)

    District

    Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA) of the Hope House is a licensed and registered agency by the state of Tamilnadu under the provisions JJ Act. License was received in April of 2022 and our capacity is to admit 14 children.

    This is a very unique and one of a kind SAA in India as we exclusively cater to children with special needs to find homes in India through adoption.

Impact Metrics

  • No of Children Sheltered

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 20
    • 2020-21 20
    • 2021-22 23
  • No of Children Attending School

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 20
    • 2020-21 20
    • 2021-22 23
  • Children Provided Food and Nutrition

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 20
    • 2020-21 20
    • 2021-22 23
  • Rescue Carried Out

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 231
    • 2020-21 218
    • 2021-22 376
  • Children Covered in Awareness and Outreach Camps

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 3148
    • 2020-21 32540
    • 2021-22 75128

Theory of Change

We do not want to reinvent the wheel but implement a program where there is immense potential for change and provide the impact data of such a change to the Government to make the necessary policy level intervention(s) to scale and replicate the program.

Milestones & Track Record

1. We are partnering with the country's best healthcare institution (Christian Medical College, Vellore) to implement an adolescent health education program called "Project YUVA". This program was started at the Hope House but although we had the community awareness experties, we recognized that we do not have knowledge expertiese so we joined hands with this institution where we could supplement each other's strengths to take this program forward.

2. Starting unique adoption agency: We started an exclusive adoption agency where we only take in to care for adoptable chidlren with special needs. This is the first and the only one in the entire country and we are proud to have convinced the state Government to consider this, as it fulfills the fundamental principle of adoption.

3. Partnering with welwarts program of Germany: We partner with the BMZ (Federal Ministry) of Germany that promotes volunteerism throughout the world. We have been hosting volunteers for the past 8 years and this has been an immense contribution where the volunteers help us with work but they don't receive any remuneration.

Donor Testimonial

1. I have been supporting the Hope House for the past couple of years and I am satisfied with their work. I am given a receipt for my donations on a regular basis. - Sumantha Ranjan Das.

2. Recently my friends and I have started sponsoring a child at the Hope House and whenever we find time, we visit the child. I can see that the money is been put to good use. - Bommi Yesudhas. We get receipt for our donations.

Leadership Team

  • Ruby Nakka

    Director/ Secretary

  • Mr. Jeyaraj

    President

  • Mr. Samuel David

    Treasurer

  • Vinodhini Nakka

    Vice President

  • Dr. Mona Basker

    Trustee

  • Mrs. Gifta Augustine

    Trustee

  • Dr. Allan John

    Trustee

  • Dr. Thomas Mathew

    Trustee

  • Dr. Guru Nagarajan

    Trustee

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    21-50

  • Strength of Governing Body

    9

  • Diversity Metrics

    61% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    No

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    No

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    Yes

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

We are listed by Give (formerly GiveIndia) as 'GiveAssured' NGO, Causes charity of Benevity of the US and Charity partner of GlobalGiving of the US.

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AABTT0804G

  • Registration ID

    1268/2004

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    TN/2017/0155020

  • 12A

    AABTT0804GE20067

  • 80G

    AABTT0804GF20214

  • FCRA

    075980304

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00002934

Location

  • Headquarters

    3/188 Shanthinagar, S.I.H - R&L.C (Karigiri Hospital), Vellore, 632006

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Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.8,282,350
    Expenses
    Rs.7,931,347
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.793,134
    Program Expenses
    Rs.7,138,213
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.14,197,826
    Expenses
    Rs.12,201,800
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.732,108
    Program Expenses
    Rs.11,469,692
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.13,765,401
    Expenses
    Rs.11,835,807
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.828,506
    Program Expenses
    Rs.11,007,301
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