Homes Of The Indian Nation
Helping destitute, handicapped, abused, and
orphaned children in South India for over 40 years.
Providing a Home to Children in Need for Nearly 5 Decades
Since 1978, HOINA has rescued, cared for, and raised thousands of children. HOINA’s goal is to develop productive, responsible, and caring members of society who can support themselves and make a positive contribution to their community.
HOINA is a registered United States’ not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and a registered trust in India. HOINA operates through private donations from individuals, churches, schools, and service organizations.
What We Do
Homes for Children in Need
We currently have two homes in Andhra Pradesh for children in need. We have one boys’ home and one girls’ home, housing 200 children altogether. Each year, as children graduate, new children come in to take their places. Some of our children have been orphaned, some abused, and some found on the streets. Whatever the reason that brought them to us, they each find a safe and loving home here at HOINA.
The Nesbitt-Ranji Vocational Training School
HOINA recently started a vocational training school to provide valuable skills to the community. The school is equipped to teach the following classes: Continental Cooking, Tailoring, Plumbing, and Electrical Classes.
The Grandma Lunch Program
After the tsunami of 2005, many older women found themselves widowed, destitute, and homeless. HOINA began providing one hot meal a day. With this program in place, we noticed a significant drop in the number of visits to our medical clinic, proving that a nutritious meal was helping to keep these ladies healthy. This program, called the Grandma Lunch Program, continues today and feeds over 60 widowed, elderly women.
Our Impact
HOINA’s involvement with the poor and destitute in India spans nearly 5 decades. Over the years, it has incorporated homes for destitute, handicapped, and abandoned children, medical programs for rural villages, hot meals for elderly widows, and outreach to the communities in which we operate. Read more!
Your Support
Thanks to donors and sponsors like you, a LOT is happening here at HOINA! Our boys’ and girls’ homes are thriving; hundreds of children are receiving education, medical care, and love; and the poor of India are receiving food and care.
Decades
+ Children's Lives Changed
+ Years
Over 4,000 children have been rescued and gone on to live happy, healthy, and successful lives.
From the 1980’s to the early 2000’s, HOINA operated both an English school and a Telugu school (the local language), which educated nearly 200 children every year.
HOINA’s founder Darlene D. Large has won many awards for her work among the poor, especially among the polio community in the 1980’s and 90’s. She has brought many children to the United States for surgery, which at the time was not available in India, to correct deformities from polio. Because of her work, many older children were able to walk for the first time.
Awards & Recognitions
Over the years, Darlene D. Large has won a variety of awards and recognition for work among the poor. Here are a few:
The Distinguished Alumni Award from The Pennsylvania State University
The Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary International
The Honorary Rotarian Award from Rotary International
The Woman of the Year Award from Soroptimists Clubs
Volunteer of the Year Award from Heart & Hand for the Handicapped
Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Latest Updates From HOINA
Reliving My Youth
“These days are special to me because I learned many life lessons in these days. We all of us are in busy schedule with learning new things…” Read more.
My Presence in HOINA
“I joined HOINA in the 1980s at the Bapatla, A.P. campus. After losing my mother when I was only
a child…” Read more.
Educational Encouragment Leads to Employment
“When I was 10 years old, my father died from AIDS after he had contracted HIV. A few months later, my mother died, too…” Read more.