All began in a small room in 1965...
In 1965, Father Laborde took a small room in the slum of Pilkhana (Calcutta) to live with the poorest. He then founded Howrah South Point (HSP) in 1976.
In 21st century modern India there are still many challenges: 900 million people cannot afford healthy diet.
6 million children dropped out of school.
20% of the population is illiterate.
India has the highest infant mortality rate in the world.
4000 girls get married everyday.
Since 50 years, HSP stands to face these challenges. Through four long-term programs, we support vulnerable communities with care, education, and promote dignity
Our work
Our impact
Children
We shelter the children in Rehabilitation Home to keep them away from the dangers of the slums and the tea garden.
School children
We offer formal school to poor children and non formal school to dropped out children to help them get back in the system. We offer also special school for handicapped children.
Young mothers
Our teams visit regularly young women in the slums to monitor their pregnancy and follow up the growth of the new born child for three years.
Families helped
One child helped and it is the whole family who get support, meaning ' or 5 time more people. Here in India, the family is still at the heart of the society with a strong solidarity between the members.
They speak about us
«Cette ville, c’est l’horreur et la merveille en même temps» Figaro 26/05/2025
"Nous nous sommes mis dans une démarche d’abandon." Famille Chrétienne 10/07/2024
Podcast sur la mission du Père Laurent Bissara RCF 27/06/2024
Père Laurent Bissara : « Gardez la foi ! » — KTOTV 18/10/2023
Père Laurent Bissara : « Ils attendent le Salut » Famille Chrétienne 27/05/2023
Pentecôte sur Calcutta Famille Chrétienne 25/05/2023
«L'héritage de Mère Teresa, c'est peut-être aussi de de lutter contre ça» Vatican News 19/10/2022
L’héritage du père François Laborde, bâtisseur de la Cité de la Joie à Calcutta Missions Etrangères de Paris 12/01/2021
« Le jour de Noël, le père Laborde a fait le grand passage. » La Vie 04/01/2021
"the passing away of Father Francois Laborde" India Telegraph 28/12/2020
Visite du Père Laborde France Info 25/10/2016
François Laborde, une vie au cœur des bidonvilles La Croix 24/04/2016
François Laborde : « J'ai rencontré Jésus dans les bidonvilles » La Vie 23/11/2016
Changing lives through loving care
With almost 50 years of experience,
in HSP we want to share our life with the handicapped of the society that we serve,
working for them with
competence, loving care and compassion,
so that handicapped and destitute children,
all the deprived
may reintegrate the society.
