HOPE Kolkata Photo Gallery by Maciej Dakowicz at pbase.com

HOPE Kolkata

It is estimated that there are 200,000 street children living in Kolkata, India.

In order to protect and encourage the development of Kolkata’s homeless children, three women from Cork, Ireland founded The HOPE Foundation (HOPE) in 1999. Partnering with other nonprofit organizations in Kolkata, HOPE runs night patrols, health clinics, schools and homes for street children. Maureen Forrest, director of HOPE, states that the foundation aspires to give these children a “life of freedom” through various programs to help them “break this awful cycle of poverty.”

a story for NEED magazine , published in the 3rd ISSUE of the magazine

thank you for you comments and votes

Red Flower	Sleeping Family	father and son - Kolkata	sleeping girls
boys in a classroom	examining the x-ray	a portrait on the roof	upside down
HOPE	girl having breakfast	working girl - Kolkata	backstage children - Kolkata
boy with kite - Kolkata	an "A" student	sleeping on the pavement - Kolkata	ill woman
slum alley	morning thoughts	boy in a crowded alley	fire
mulitlayered siesta	legs up	sleeping father	family on a platform
boy on a platform	boys having fun	the observers	two babies
siesta in the girls home	Drawing book	looking up	my homework
Orthopedic Hospital	a good student	red dress and abandoned buildings	sleeping boy
chalk	sleeping under the bridge	street cleaning - Kolkata	night patrol - Kolkata
laundry - Kolkata	street cinema - Kolkata	sleeping family - Kolkata	backstage children
under the bridge	before the operation	after the operation	homeless people
home under a bridge	playing in the water	sleeping mother with children	a young student
boy having lunch	English Lesson	carpentry workshop	collecting plastic
under the bridge	so much help needed	drawing flowers	abandoned buildings
sleeping people	in the slum alley	pupil with coin	young student
night on the pavement	boy on stairs	TV	carrying a child
pupil	meal	girl with pencil	shower
homework	classroom	breakfast	blackboard - Kolkata
pavement bed	sandwich	homework at children's home - Kolkata	letter - Kolkata
overpass bedroom - Kolkata	doing dishes - Kolkata	street portrait	drawing lesson
slum lan - Kolkata	in slum lane

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roger		14-Oct-2010 12:34
fantastic

Ali Majdfar		25-Feb-2010 14:08
Spectacular gallery, great captures. ~V

lisamidi		25-Feb-2010 09:31
Speaking of beauty and well composed photographs seems a little shameful... all your images ARE outstanding, but more than that! I feel touched and would like to know how to help here! Thank you so much for showing this commited reportage! BV

nel asuncon		11-Dec-2009 22:38
love your photos

Mario Solka		24-Nov-2009 15:25
Fantastic gallery, Maciej! Superb colors and moving images V Compliments.

Mary Bowles		31-Oct-2009 17:06
These images are almost too hard to look at. Beautifully and tenderly photographed, but another world, indeed. More power to the Hope Foundation.

David Gaar		12-Aug-2009 20:48
Touching images indeed. Keep up the good work. V.

Fay Stout		09-Aug-2009 14:51
Your photography tells a story that all the world should see. Those of us who live comfortable lives should do more to help those in desperate need. V.

Martin Lukasiewicz		21-Jul-2009 17:22
Thanks for sharing your wonderful work with the rest of the world Maciej. This is a truly unique and inspirational gallery. Great work.

biel_magda		16-Jun-2009 17:04
exellent photos, wonderful work,BV

Kiriakos Korakis		09-May-2009 19:09
Excellent work Maciej ! Congratulations ! V !

sean jones nyc		19-Sep-2008 16:53
outstanding work! V

francesco scipioni		15-Mar-2008 09:08
wonderful gallery! fantastic pictures! grea,great,great work!!! -v-

oleg_inca		13-Mar-2008 12:43
Touching gallery!

Peter Sussex		14-Feb-2008 13:34
A lot of exciting stories behind the images. Great job!

JOSE MATA		10-Feb-2008 12:25
WHAT A DELIGHTFUL TOUR TROUGH YOUR HOPE , UN ABRAZO , VOTED

parallaxes		10-Feb-2008 10:22
Far from "fashionable India" ; Magnificent and moving report ; thank's for sharing ; V :^)

houseofcors		08-Feb-2008 02:56
Very challenging and moving photos!

Mihai		06-Feb-2008 11:01
Very interesting gallery ! Vote !

YIANNIS BARBERIS		04-Feb-2008 21:04
Great gallery!V!

Ron LaCroix		03-Feb-2008 23:11
Photo journalism with real humanity. A top gallery that shows the grind of poverty and resilience of these people in the midst of it. Well done!

Bill Warren		11-Dec-2007 23:18
Hope that more will see this. Voted

Barbara Heide		03-Dec-2007 11:07
very strong work! v

Manuel Libres Librodo Jr.		30-Nov-2007 07:17
Maciek, my friend, you have gone a long way. This gallery shows a lot of maturity and wisdom. The emotions are real, the omposition are concise. You will become BIG man, believe me. Hope you still remeber me when that happens.

Birte Person		28-Nov-2007 21:25
As usual, great work you are doing, if I were not so old I would be using my camera the same way you do.Fantastic work!

Mary Bowles		11-Nov-2007 19:37
You have the gift of telling a story and this gallery is superb, as usual.

Paul Teixeira		09-Nov-2007 19:57
Great stuff here. Tried to vote, but 'voting has expired'. Not sure what it means... Best regards, Paul Teixeira

Vladimir Babkin		09-Nov-2007 12:08
Excellent gallery!

faubry		08-Nov-2007 16:26
great shots... a lot emotion.

Kanya Hanklang		08-Nov-2007 12:49
Wow... Good work.

Kourosh Khoshelham		06-Nov-2007 12:22
great gallery maciek. the upside down picture is very nice.

Suwanee Lennon		06-Nov-2007 07:46
Amazing gallery, your story telling photos are unmatched in every aspect! Big Vote!

MarkoP		21-Sep-2007 09:43
nice work

Giancarlo Guzzardi		14-Sep-2007 10:53
very very nice gallery

David Takata		11-Sep-2007 23:50
Great shots. Every shot is interesting. Thanks!

Eric Herbelin		10-Sep-2007 08:30
more!

gilanuriel		13-Aug-2007 18:54
Wow, lovely and exiting gallery !

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