Footsteps For HOPE 2025

Organised by The Hope Foundation UK

Shine a light on International Day For Street Children and help educate a vulnerable child in Kolkata, India. Footsteps For HOPE is a challenge to walk 100,000 steps over 10 days in April. Every step taken and each £1 raised will make a difference.

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International Day for Street Children is celebrated annually on 12 April. This day recognises the resilience of street children around the world, and highlights the need to respect their rights and ensure their needs are met.

Since 1999, The Hope Foundation (HOPE) has helped 100,000 street connected children access education in Kolkata, India. But there is still more to be done to ensure that every child living on the streets and in the slums can enjoy their right to education.

Sign up to Footsteps For HOPE and celebrate International Day for Street Children.

Footsteps For HOPE is to walk 100,000 steps over 10 days in April*. Every step taken and every £1 raised for HOPE will count as a vital step on the journey of education for a vulnerable child in HOPE’s care.

*Or take on a bigger challenge by walking 300,000 steps over 30 days!

By signing up you can help educate a vulnerable child and give them hope of a brighter future, whilst also enjoying fun and fresh air with friends.

Why sign up to Footsteps For Hope?

It's estimated that there are 250,000 street-connected children in Kolkata, India, who are from the most disadvantaged communities in India. Many street-connected children come from families who struggle to access daily necessities such as food, clean water and somewhere safe to sleep. Other street-connected children are orphaned, alone in the city and vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. These children start work as young as age five in order to buy food to survive.

By signing up you will help educate street-connected children – many of whom are first generation learners – and help them build knowledge, skills and confidence, and enable them with a pathway out of poverty.