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Today, as I was browsing through today's morning news, a short newsclip caught my attention and that was India's Prime Minister - Mr....
Ruby Nakka
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
Sep 10, 20232 min read
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Is something wrong with my child?
Question: My family has two adoptive kids. One of them doesn’t talk about adoption while the other talks a lot. Is anything wrong?...
Ruby Nakka
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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We are rated by a neutral party, and they gave us this rating...
There is nothing more important for an NGO to be told that they won the trust of their donors. That too when the evaluation is done by a...
Ruby Nakka
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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Differences between HAMA and JJ Act for adoption
Do you know that there are two legislations govern adoptions in India? One is called as "Hindu #Adoption and Maintenance Act" (HAMA)...
Ruby Nakka
Jul 24, 20231 min read
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What is "Legally Free for Adoption" means and what are the implications in child adoption?
Often, people complain about hundreds and thousands of children languishing in child care institutes while people wait on adoption...
Ruby Nakka
Jul 16, 20232 min read
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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). ...
Ruby Nakka
Jun 16, 20232 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
May 15, 20231 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
May 15, 20233 min read
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Join the Hope House Team
Hope House is inviting applications from the eligible candidates to fill the following positions in Vellore, Tamilnadu: Project...
Ruby Nakka
May 4, 20231 min read
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This partnership is not about money but something more than that....
Couple of days ago, I received a notification from my personal web based email account saying that my account has reached its maximum...
Ruby Nakka
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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A trauma workshop
On the 17th to 19th of February I – along with Lisa and Clara, attended a the "ALIVE level 2 – transform for life” workshop. The topic...
zoetabea04
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Saying Goodbye to the HOPE House
It is not an easy task to summarise my experience at the HOPE House. My six-month volunteer service was mixed with many kinds of...
lisaschneider023
Mar 2, 20233 min read
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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...
lisaschneider023
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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Winner of 'Child of the Month' award
Two days ago, we had an unannounced competition among the children, staff and our graduates. They have to write as many names of the...
Ruby Nakka
Feb 6, 20231 min read
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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...
zoetabea04
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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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...
Ruby Nakka
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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