Our Impact Over 50 Years

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.

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The Nesbitt-Ranji Vocational Training School 

HOINA recently started a Vocational Training School to provide valuable skills to the community. The school currently teaches the following classes:
  • Continental Cooking
  • Tailoring
  • Plumbing
  • Electrical Classes

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 place. 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 at HOINA.

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 clinic, proving that a healthy meal was helping to keep women out of the hospital and medical clinics. This program, called the Grandma Lunch Program, continues today and feeds over 60 widowed, elderly women.

History Of HOINA’s Work

    • Over 4,000 children have been rescued and gone on to live happy, healthy, and successful lives.
    • HOINA’s founder Darlene D. Large has won many awards for her work among the poor, especially among the polio community in the 1980s and 1990s. 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, several older children were finally able to walk.
    • From the 1980s to the early 2000s, HOINA operated both an English school and a Telugu school (the local language) which educated nearly 200 children every year.
      • In the 1980s and 1990s, HOINA operated a free medical service to underprivileged communities. The clinic provided immense help to individuals who otherwise would not have been able to receive the medical attention they needed.

    We’ve Rescued Thousands Of Children

    Over the past 5 decades, HOINA has rescued thousands of children and raised them in safe & loving homes. We hope that you will join us, and together, we can rescue thousands more!

    How You Can Get Involved

    Call +1 (717) 355-9494 or +91 08966-263677 to learn more about getting Involved.

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    Donate

    Your tax deductible donations are what keeps us going! We would be so grateful if you would consider partnering with us financially. 

    Sponsor A Child

    Our sponsorship program is a great way to mentor a child and change their life! Learn more here.

    Send A Student To University

    We support our children through their University-level education. We have several deserving young men and women who would be so grateful if you chose to sponsor some of their University fees.

    Get in Touch. Get Involved.

    As the saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Would you join our village and help us rescue more children?

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    Indian Office: +91 08966-263677
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