Centre of HOPE - ICoH Bangalore

The following factories at Bangalore were surveyed before the centre was established in Bangalore: Texport Sydicate, GRV International, Leela Scottish PVT Ltd, Prisco International. After meeting the factory officials as well as the workers, a nearby village called Goruguntepalya was identified as location for the Industrial Centre of HOPE-Bangalore.

Following a survey in the village, it was identified that many of residents, who were primarily factory workers were interested in learning computers. But a more glaring need of the residents was a tuition centre for their children. The parents were united in their demand for a tuition centre for children as it would go a long way in fashioning a great future for their children.

For the tuition centre, the head mistress of the local government school was really happy in collaborating with us. The school has provided three classrooms to conduct tuitions for the children. The tuition center consists of 196 children from 5th to 7th standard.

A number of young people in the village were also excited to learn spoken English, as they felt that would give them the edge to get better jobs. We have a class room set for them and have 8 students admitted for this batch. Many more have shown interest.

While doing the survey we also found many of the youth working in the garment factories showing keen interest to learn computers. We have 28 students admitted for the computer training.