Hello!

Over the next few weeks I am going to be making jewellery to raise money for The HOPE foundation who are in desperate need of donations to help fight the second wave of COVID in Kolkata.

The HOPE foundation is an Irish charity based in Kolkata who are currently overwhelmed with widespread death and infection. They urgently need donations to help treat patients in their HOPE hospital and for PPE.

India now has surpassed Brazil with the second highest Covid-19 cases in the world. There are now approximately 13.68 million confirmed cases as a new variant spreads rapidly with over 171,000 reported deaths. There are many stories of people being turned away from hospitals as a direct result of the fragile healthcare system and rising numbers of cases. HOPE’s small hospital has stepped up once again and is treating Covid-19 patients with a 10 bed unit which is full in just a week. These are people from the streets and slums who would otherwise have no access to any healthcare, especially not in these times. Millions of people do not stand a chance, it is true that we are all in this together, it is also true that we are not all in the same boat.       

The Hope Foundation have been working with the street and slum communities in Kolkata since 1999. Founded by Cork native Maureen Forrest, HOPE have reached out and supported up to 2.8 million people living in dire poverty. The pandemic has turned into a nightmare for so many including the HOPE family both in Ireland and in Kolkata.  

Sadly, Kolkata is now a Covid-19 hotspot with many hospitals already at capacity. All at HOPE live in dread because they know that so many will not stand a chance and there will be great suffering. HOPE have launched an appeal to help the hospital treat patients and provide PPE.  

https://www.hopefoundation.ie