- Howrah, West-Bengal 🇮🇳
in India
Your support helps change the future of thousands of children through our local initiatives:
After living for nine years in a slum in Kolkata, Father François Laborde of the Prado founded the Howrah South Point (HSP) association in 1976. Since then, it has worked tirelessly to promote human dignity by helping the poorest and people living with disabilities. Seven years ago, Father Laurent Bissara from the Missions Étrangères took over, continuing and renewing the association’s mission with commitment.
Today, HSP continues to expand its scope of action in Bengal and now includes 9 shelters and 11 schools across Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Asansol, and Kolkata.
Father Laurent Bissara is a French priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), sent on mission to Howrah, near Kolkata, where he leads and promotes the social initiatives carried out by Howrah Service to the Poor (HSP). Who is Father Laurent ? Laurent Bissara left behind a dynamic professional career to follow a missionary […]
Father Francis Laborde (also known as François Laborde) was a French Catholic priest renowned for his lifelong commitment to children and disadvantaged communities in Kolkata, India. As the founder of Howrah South Point (HSP), he dedicated his entire life to fighting poverty, marginalisation, and social exclusion. A Man of Faith and Action Serving the Poorest […]
Your support is a lifeline for each of our beneficiaries. Every donation, whether one-time or recurring, is a valuable contribution directly used in the field to implement and develop our projects.
Home Visits is a project launched last year, divided into several phases. The principle is to send teams, composed of all HSP staff, to different areas of Howrah to visit the homes of the most underprivileged. In total, 21 teams...
