Address the urgent needs of today
Support those in urgent need of support immediately.
The Village of HOPE Foundation was established in 2012 with a deeply personal and urgent vision by parents of a youth with Down Syndrome, to create a safe and sustainable future for persons with disabilities, especially in a world where their long-term care often remains uncertain, especially after their parents are no more.
While working on this project, it was realized that there are many immediate needs in the ecosystem that also need to be addressed.
Support those in urgent need of support immediately.
Be part of creating a lifelong home and other ecosystems for those who need it most.
For children and young adults with special needs and those from marginalized segments to lead a self-fulfilling and meaningful life, having access to high quality care, facilities, and love.
To provide Help, Opportunity, Participation, and Education (HOPE) to children and young adults with special needs, by recognizing their unique needs and enabling them achieve their full potential.
Detailed objectives of our foundation are included in our formation documents and can be obtained on request
The Village of HOPE Foundation greatly emphasizes the need for accountability and transparency in its activities and records. Accordingly, it meets all audit mandates and required reporting. It constantly evaluates its own performance with a focus on efficiency and effectiveness in its activities. It complies with all requirements of public reporting and fulfils its obligations of public access to information.
The success of any initiative depends on the team that is behind the initiative. While not every one comes to the forefront of each activity each day, their collective involvement and support ensures the Vision, Strategic Objectives, and the quality of implementation and services are carefully monitored.
Given below is a brief introduction of our founders and trustees.
A visionary with sound educational and management background, Dr. Rajeev is the Founder and Managing Trustee of the Village of HOPE Foundation. Having established successful organizations that provide services to the disabled, and other entrepreneurial projects that make a difference to mankind, he has initiated this pioneering concept of a residential village for the disabled in India. He is on various governmental and non-governmental committees and support groups for the disabled and their parents across the world. A management consultant by profession, he is also the author of various books including two world record entries.
As a parent of a child with special needs, Dr. Rajeev has dedicated his life to making a difference to persons with disabilities and their families around the world, and now wishes to bring his expertise of over 30 years to India through the Village of HOPE Foundation.
With many years of multifaceted international expertise in various fields, in a career spanning various parts of the world, Prof. Dr. Christopher our Trustee is a renowned social activist, an author of over 15 books, a Human Rights Counsel, and most of all a great human being at heart. He is also a professor at an international university in Europe. He has dedicated his life to transferring his life’s knowledge and experience to the next generation through his books and activities.
As a grand parent of a child with special needs, he brings to the Village of HOPE a personal interest which ensures a unique combination of knowledge, wisdom, expertise, and passion which energizes the foundation and its team.
Our Trustee Fr. P. John Peter is a well known social worker with numerous years of on-the-field experience at grass root level activism and capacity building activities. He has spent all his life in the service of the weaker sections of the society, and the downtrodden and destitute.
Fr. John Peter has taken his fieldwork experience to the classrooms and is also a Professor and the former Head of Social Work at the Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science. He is the Founder and Managing Trustee of Prem Nivas a center for the poor and needy children, and advisor to Sri Arunodaya Charitable Trust among others. He brings to the Village of HOPE all his experience and dedication which is bound to enkindle the spirit of service in the entire team.
V.V.S. Ramakrishnan is our Trustee with intensive Financial Management, Accounting, Costing, and Auditing expertise. Ramakrishnan takes pride in supporting the Village of HOPE Foundation as part of his philanthropic commitments aimed at giving back to the society. His expertise adds great value to the team.
As a Trustee, Dr. Ciby Rajeev Mathew brings with her intensive expertise in setting up and managing a center for children with special needs in the Middle East. She has seen the establishment of HOPE Qatar from concept to reality as its Director, and is the key person responsible for the high quality and impact oriented training program at the center.
As a parent of a child with special needs, she brings to the organization a third dimension of personalized and individualized attention to details which is bound to reflect in the high quality of services at the Village of HOPE Foundation.
Our Trustee Rency Thomas is a former Indian Air Force Officer from the very first batch of women officers inducted into services. She brings with her intensive administrative and management expertise having worked at national and international organizations and foundations, in government, private and Non Governmental Organizations. She is known to be a person with an eye for details and will adapt her knowledge to the best benefit of the Village of HOPE Foundation.
Village of HOPE Foundation was established with a deeply personal and urgent vision to create a safe and sustainable future for persons with disabilities, especially in a world where their long-term care often remains uncertain.
Since 2012, Village of HOPE Foundation has been quietly transforming lives across communities by supporting individuals from economically weaker backgrounds and those with disabilities.
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