Yearly Archives: 2013

11 posts

HIV Widows

HIV Widows, sometimes through the saddest of circumstances a woman parts with her children because that is the way for her and the children to survive. The two girls came to stay at New Hope Kothavalasa. How their then HIV mother survived is an epic on its own. She eventually came to stay with us and then, being stronger physically and always […]

Elephants at New Hope Muniguda

Elephants at New Hope Muniguda, rorest officials are making frantic efforts to drive away a herd of elephants which sneaked into Muniguda forest range from Phulbani. For the last few days, the herd of 24 elephants has created a panic in the block by destroying crop and damaging houses. According to the forest officials, the herd has divided into two groups. […]

Business of smiles and New Hope India

Business of smiles and New Hope India, nothing prepares you for the New Hope Children’s Village. It is at Kothavalasa in the recesses of Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. Scruffy roads lead you there through dismal surroundings. There are no signboards, no grand statements, no intimations of any kind of what is in store. A cluster of single-floor structures on 13 acres […]

City turns into Furnace

City turns into Furnace, we all felt that yesterday was very hot! – Even the afternoon breeze was too hot. Then in the evening we were told it was the hottest day for 20 years here in Visakhapatnam – 47 Celsius. Many of the children slept under the mango tree on straw mats. We had a vendor go buy and all […]