Our first invitation
On Monday the 23rd of October, Magdalena and I went on our first invitation. Actually, we were not directly invited, but we joined July...
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Magdalena Becke
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Birthdays at The Hope House
Celebrating the day you were born is something special and really important. One day of the year that is all about you. Presents, a cake...
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Lili
- Oct 25
- 3 min
Daily routine at The Hope House
I've been at Hope House for four weeks now, and I'd say that, the routine has finally set in. Our daily life is what I want to describe...
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Magdalena Becke
- Oct 25
- 2 min
World Mental Health Day
Tuesday, October 10 was "World Mental Health Day." A day to spread awareness of mental illnesses and inform people about how important...
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Ruby Nakka
- Oct 8
- 2 min
10 ways to enjoy the journey of adoption...
Equate the journey of adoption to biological conception and enjoy: For many families, the process of adoption can be so tedious; they...
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Ruby Nakka
- Oct 1
- 2 min
Don't make the system to find a needle in the haystack!
When prospective adoptive parents (PAP’s) make a decision to adopt, they tend to have very idealistic thoughts about the child to come –...
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Ruby Nakka
- Sep 20
- 1 min
One more way to access our information.
Today, as I was browsing through today's morning news, a short newsclip caught my attention and that was India's Prime Minister - Mr....
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Ruby Nakka
- Sep 20
- 1 min
It will be very useful if you're adopting an older child
Some adoptive children (especially the children that are adopted at an older age) go through such difficult growing up years that they...
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Ruby Nakka
- Sep 10
- 2 min
It'll surely bring smile to your face ...
It was December 11th, 2004. I told my wife that I want to take her out on a date. Because on December 12th we were to fly to Los Angeles...
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Ruby Nakka
- Jun 16
- 2 min
What is the difference between ‘Adoption’ and ‘Foster Care’?
Adoption and foster care are the two legitimate alternatives to build/ expand the family under the Juvenile and Justice Act (JJ Act). ...
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Ruby Nakka
- May 15
- 1 min
They want to learn GK and CA ..…. Hope House girls do this unbelievable thing to learn.
Couple of months ago, when I was teaching the geography to the girls using a globe, I observed that there are a few girls that are much...
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Ruby Nakka
- May 15
- 3 min
Half a day picnic but a lifetime of memories & lessons.
For the past couple of weeks, we had been planning to take the Hope House children on a picnic. Never thought that it would fall on this...
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Ruby Nakka
- Mar 16
- 3 min
This is mindblowing to know that this UK teenager wants to do this to the Hope House...
It was on December 27th, 2022, a red car pulled into the Hope House premises and there was a family of three - mom, dad and their teen...
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lisaschneider023
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Our Garden Project
Last month we started a new project with the children. It started with the idea of us three volunteers each planting a tree in the garden...
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zoetabea04
- Feb 6
- 3 min
The Republic Day
On the 26th of January we celebrated the Indian Republic Day. Since 73 years India is declared a republic, what a nice reason to...
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Ruby Nakka
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Vijaylakshmi won an essay writing competition
Our 12th grader - Vijayalakshmi (Vijji), was adjudgedas the winner of an essay writing competition conducted by her school (Karnambattu...
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Ruby Nakka
- Jan 18
- 3 min
Educational tour to the city of Hyderabad - Day 3
Since we wanted the girls to go shopping, we thought we would wake up late. But the girls had other plans. They wanted to play...
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Ruby Nakka
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Educational tour to the city of Hyderabad - Day 2
Our day began earlier than yesterday because the attraction (Ramoji film city) opens at 9:00 AM. I do not know what went behind their...
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Ruby Nakka
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Educational Tour to the city of Hyderabad - Day 1
We reached Hyderabad at around 6:30 AM and we had our rented vehicle waiting for us to take us to DonBosco facility. By 8:30 AM, we had...
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zoetabea04
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Culture
This blogpost is written by our German volunteer Since I often address the “Indian” and the “German” culture in means of cultural...
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