The Hope Foundation | 4,696 followers on LinkedIn. A world where it should never hurt to be a child | The Hope Foundation is a registered charity working with street and slum children in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. We work to free children and poor families from lives of pain, abuse and poverty. With offices in the Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany and India, The Hope Foundation is dedicated to promoting the protection of street and slum children in Kolkata who are amongst the most underprivileged in India.