Question 1

What is Hope House?

Accepted Answer

It is a registered public charitable trust in India catering to provide care and protection to the needy and the vulnerable children.

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Question 2

What is the current area of focus of work of Hope House?

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Children.  In Indian law a child is defined as "anyone that has not attained the age of 18"

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Question 3

What is the geographical area of your work right now?

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Three districts in the state of Tamilnadu - Vellore, Thirupathur and Ranipet Districts.

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Question 4

What is the registration structure of the Hope House?

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It is a registered public charitable trust (under Indian Trusts Act) in Vellore, Tamilnadu (registration number: 1268 of 2004).  Our registered office is located in Vellore and we have nine board of trustees to govern the organization.

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Question 5

What operations does the Hope House engage in?

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Area of our focus is children and the approach that we follow is 'rights based'.  Broadly our activities are divided into three categories namely 'institutional' care, 'non-institutional' care and undertaken projects.  
 
In institutional care, we take in children that need care and protection and cater to their needs till they are reintegrated in to their communities.  We have two institutions namely:

Children's home 
Specialized Adoption Agency

Our institutional care services are rendered at our facility in Karigiri.
 
In non-institutinoal care service category, we again cater to the needs of children that need care and protection but can be remained in their own communities by receiving help that they need.  Currently we have two  projects.

COP (Community Outreach Program):  This program is meant for the families that are burdened with HIV/ Disability/ Child Labor and Tuberculosis.  
Project YUVA (Project for the Young people to Understand and Verbalize Adolescence)  in partnership with Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore and Childline India Foundation (CIF), Mumbai.

Lastly, under the category of 'undertaken' projects of which both belong to the Government of India.

Childline Sub-Center:  This is child emergency helpline which is implemented in Ranipet District.
Childline Sub-Center: This is a child help desk run for the runaway and vulnerable children at Jolarpet railway junction.

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Question 6

What is 'rights based approach' that you talked above?

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Every child in this universe has rights and Indian law accords different rights under it's constitution and also in a specific law called "Juvenile and Justice Act" .

In all our operations, we try to introduce innovative methodologies to nurture children without violating any of their rights.  For example, children have the right to protection and we have robust child protection policy in place where our staff have to give an undertaking (at the time of recruitment) to state that they wouldn't engage in any kind of activities that would violate the rights to protection.

We also understand that rights come with responsibilities so we help children in a balanced way to understand their rights and responsibilities.

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Question 7

What sort of accountability standards do you follow?

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Hope House adheres to and follows high standards of accountability, transparency and governance.  Hope House is listed as a "GiveAssured" NGO of GiveIndia - a premiere and an oldest fundraising platform of India, that requires that we comply with the high standards for accountability, transparency and governance.  GiveIndia requires that we renew each year.

Board of trustees meet on a frequent basis to review the operations to provide guidance.
We have all our accounts managed on Tally software and audited by a Chartered Accountant (CA).
We release Annual Report of our activities
All the employee salaries are paid through bank transfers
All our employees are provided with EPF contribution and ESI coverage for healthcare.
As much as possible, we make all our payments to service providers through digital payments (cheque and online transfers)
We are required to renew our GiveIndia membership every year which requires

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Question 8

Where do you get your resources to run the operations?

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Majority of our donations are very small (Rs. 50) and they come from Indians.  We have India's incom tax exempt status (80G) to give to the Indian donors 
 
Small percentage of our funds do come from the donors abroad:
 
1.  We have tax exempt status in the US through third party agreements.  For example, we have an understanding with GiveIndia which has their own 501c3 status in the US to raise funds on our behalf.  Also, we have a intermediary agreement with a non-profit of the US called "Hope House International" to raise funds in the US on our behalf.
 
2.  We have an understanding with GiveIndia which has a UK tax exempt status (GiftAid) to raise funds in UK on our behalf.
 
3.   We have an understanding with DIZ, Frankfurt which has Germany's tax exempt status to raise funds in Germany on our behalf.

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Question 9

Do you have 80G (tax exampt status), FCRA and Darpan registration?"

Accepted Answer

Yes, we do.
 
80G exempt status number is: DIT(E) No. 2 (740) 05 - 06
FCRA registration number: 075980304 (Nature: Social.  Renewal is due on 31/10/2021)
Darpan Unique ID: TN/2017/0155020

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

What is Hope House?

What is the current area of focus of work of Hope House?

What is the geographical area of your work right now?

What is the registration structure of the Hope House?

What operations does the Hope House engage in?

What is 'rights based approach' that you talked above?

What sort of accountability standards do you follow?

Where do you get your resources to run the operations?

Do you have 80G (tax exampt status), FCRA and Darpan registration?"