This NGO in Vellore feeds children during the pandemic, takes classes

Hope House has been feeding 150 children and also engaging them academically, as their parents go out for work and schools are closed

In a bid to take care of children from marginalised communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, a trust has been feeding 150 children in Vellore district who are left alone at home, as schools are closed and their parents go in search of work. They have also been conducting academic activities to keep them engaged. The Hope House, is an NGO working for children who are in need of care and protection since 2005. They run government-recognised homes to provide institutional care for children. “Apart from this, we also provide non-institutional care. From last year, we started identifying underprivileged families where children were struggling for food as their parents are unemployed. As schools are closed, they are unable to benefit from the Noon Meal Scheme,” said Ruby Nakka, director of the NGO, who is a physiotherapist who passed out of CMC, Vellore, in 1989.