HOINA

I wanted to share a little about the organization we went to visit in India. HOINA was founded over 30 years ago by Darlene Large, formally of Lancaster, PA. In two separate orphanages, one for girls and young ladies, a separate facility for the gentlemen, HOINA houses, feeds, clothes and educates south India's abandoned, abused, and orphaned children—from infancy to adulthood—providing food, clothing, medical care, education, and training them for professional careers.
HOINA's goal is to develop successful, productive, responsible members of society—each joyful and self-confident, each with a marketable skill or talent that will allow them to support themselves. Since HOINA’s doors first opened in 1978, the organization has sheltered more than 1,000 children. HOINA's graduates have gone on to successful careers as educators, artists, engineers, and business professionals. We were very impressed by the work we saw first hand in India.