Welcome to HUGGS
From the field
Help HUGGS today

The mission of HUGGS Canada, a registered Canadian charity, is to provide underprivileged students in India with the opportunity to further their education, enabling them to contribute more effectively to their families and communities.

Thanks to our generous donors, HUGGS enables young people to complete their secondary and post secondary education, preparing them for careers such as nursing, teaching and computing.

When I visited our project in Vizag.... I saw how these students, despite their disadvantaged backgrounds, balance helping their families and the demands of school -- because they know completing their education is the key to helping them and their families out of poverty. And I saw the hope on their faces as they came to believe that HUGGS really was giving them a chance to change their lives.

Since 2003, HUGGS has supported 25 students and our very first student graduated from Nursing School this year.

HUGGS relies on voluntary donations from individuals, groups, foundations and companies. Please consider joining our growing community of supporters and help HUGGS change the lives of even more deserving young people in the future.

Helen Kline
Board Chair
HUGGS Canada



Original student graduates and four new students join HUGGS (November 2009)


Viveka, our first student whose dream to be a nurse inspired HUGGS founder Lisa Heel to establish the charity in 2003, graduated as a nurse in 2009.

 

 

And, thanks to the generosity of HUGGS donors last year, we have increased our student numbers by accepting the four new students, photographed below, for the coming year.
In total HUGGS is now supporting 18 students.

 

 

Through donations and support for events like the Indian Dinner last fall, our donors are making dreams come true for young people in India.

Thank you for helping to change the lives of these students and giving them a more promising future.

Gifts that give twice

GIFT CARDS:

Do you value a gift that helps others? Our Gift Cards are perfect for that--you know your gift helps our HUGGS students in India advance their education ... and the cards are also a special way to remember friends and family.

gift cards

At $25 each*,  this Gift Card is a wonderful way to honour the special people in your life – and you as well as the recipients will know that this gift also gives hope to our Huggs students.

*You will receive a tax deductible receipt for each Gift Card you send.

NOTE CARDS:

NEW--a package of note cards, perfect for your own correspondence, and for gifts at any time of year.

These charming cards come in packages of 9 cards. Each package includes 3 different designs (3 cards of each design). The designs were created by a HUGGS student, who is thrilled to be able to contribute in this way.


$20 for each package of 9 blank cards. Size 3.5” x 5.5".

christmas

To order your Gift cards and Note Cards today call 604-988-4898 or order online.