M-ARK Hope Foundation seal — gold M-Ark emblem with the words Build, Grow, Impact M-ARK Hope FoundationVisakhapatnam • Aurora
✦ A God-given vision, carried for 25 years

118 lives sheltered today.
A vision for 500 more.

In Visakhapatnam, India, M-ARK Hope Foundation is a home for fatherless children, widows, elderly people, men and women breaking free from addiction, and disabled people — the very people God commands us to care for. What He placed in our hearts 25 years ago is now a house full of life.

The M-ARK seal — Build • Grow • Impact. One ark, one family: built by God's vision, growing in His grace, changing lives in India.

Three children of the home standing together — a girl between two boys — wearing shirts bearing the foundation's gold M-Ark seal

Children in our care — photograph provided by the founder.

118 lives in our care today — in Visakhapatnam, India
39
children in our care in the children's home
22
widows cared for and honoured
27
elderly people in the old age home
30
men & women walking out of addiction in rehab & detox

Alongside these 118, the foundation also cares for disabled people in the community — every life counted precious, whether or not it carries a number here.

“Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
1 Samuel 7:12
The Vision — 25 Years in God's Heart

We know need firsthand. Now we get to be the blessing.

Twenty-five years ago, God gave this vision: an ark of shelter for the fatherless, the widow, the elderly, the poor and the broken. We carried it in prayer for decades — and in this season He renewed it, and gave it this name.

From a poor background, for people in need

Our own family came from a poor background. We know what it is to have little, to wait on God, and to be carried by the kindness of others. That is why this work is not charity from a distance — it is family caring for family.

Our own family also knows, closely, the pain addiction brings into a home — the fear, the tears, the prayers in the night. So we do not look away from people bound by addiction, or from the families who love them. We walk with them toward freedom and restoration, because we know the road is real — and so is the God who delivers.

The work itself took shape on the ground in 2023, when the doors opened in Visakhapatnam. In 2025 it was formally registered in India as a Section 8 non-profit foundation. Today, 118 lives are in our care — and the vision God gave is still growing.

This name is also carried in loving memory of Muller (19 January).

The journey of the vision

25 yrsCarried

God gives the vision

For 25 years the vision was carried in prayer — shelter and hope for fatherless children, widows, the elderly, the poor and the broken-hearted.

2023Doors opened

The work begins in Visakhapatnam

Care begins on the ground: a children's home, care for widows, an old age home, a rehabilitation & detox centre, and care for disabled people.

2025Registered

The name renewed, the foundation registered

Muller Ark Hope Foundation is formally registered in India as a Section 8 non-profit company, with an NGO Darpan profile.

Today118 lives

A house full of life

118 people in our care every day — and a sister foundation now being formed in Aurora, Illinois, to gather support from the USA.

NextThe vision

A home of our own for 500+

The next step of faith: a building of our own where 500+ people can be sheltered under one roof. See the vision ↓

Why We Do It — God's Word

Commanded to care

This is not our idea — it is God's instruction, repeated from cover to cover of Scripture. Every home we run answers one of His commands.

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”
James 1:27 — World English Bible

For our 39 children and 22 widows

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
Psalm 68:5

God Himself takes their side — so do we

“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless…”
Isaiah 1:17

Justice that shows up, in person

“…to loose the chains of injustice… to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter…”
Isaiah 58:6–7

For people breaking free, and people without a home

“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”
Proverbs 19:17

Every gift is seen by God Himself

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in…”
Matthew 25:35

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these… you did for me.” — v.40

“Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.”
Psalm 41:1
Our Work — Visakhapatnam, India

Five doors of care, one house of hope

Every day in Visakhapatnam, these doors are open. This is the service your future giving will strengthen — real people, real care, already happening.

Children's Home — for children in our care

A safe home for children who have lost parental care — shelter, food, schooling, stability and love while they grow into who God made them to be.

39 children in our care

Care for Widows

Widows are honoured, not overlooked — with practical support, companionship and the dignity Scripture commands us to protect.

22 widows cared for

Old Age Home — for elderly people

A home where older people spend their later years surrounded by care — daily support, good food, company and respect.

27 elderly residents

Rehabilitation & Detox Centre

A structured, compassionate place where people break free from addiction and begin again — with support for their families, who carry so much of the pain.

30 men & women walking out of addiction

Care for Disabled People

Practical care and steady support for disabled people — offered with deep respect for each person's God-given worth, abilities and place in the community. This care runs alongside the homes above, woven through everything the foundation does.

A large group of children with their caregivers gathered together outdoors under the trees
A day out together — photograph provided by the founder.
Children and caregivers seated in two long rows on the floor, sharing a feast meal together indoors
A shared meal at the home — photograph provided by the founder.
Children seated on mats with their plates of food, heads bowed in prayer before the meal
Grace before the meal — photograph provided by the founder.
Two women of the home serving rice from a large pot onto a child's plate
Served with love — photograph provided by the founder.

An illustration inspired by the Visakhapatnam coast, where our homes serve — not a photograph of our residents.

The Great Next Step

Help us build a home for 500+

God's vision was never for 118 alone. The foundation is believing Him to grow until more than 500 people can be sheltered, fed and restored — and for that, we need a building of our own.

Vision rendering of one large foundation home with wings for the children's home, the old-age home and the rehabilitation centre, a glowing cross at its centre, gardens, children playing on the lawn and elderly residents seated outside

One roof. Every life God sends us.

This is the home we are believing God for: one large house where the children's home, the old age home and the rehabilitation centre stand side by side — with the cross at its centre, gardens for children to play in, and quiet places for our elders to sit in the sun.

  • A wing for the children's home — room for far more than 39
  • An old age home wing, with space for widows and elders together
  • A rehabilitation centre wing — freedom, with dignity
  • Care for disabled people designed into every floor
  • Capacity for  500+ people  under one roof

This building is the heart of our appeal. When US giving opens, the home for 500+ will be its first great call. Be ready to give →

A vision rendering of the home the foundation is believing God for — it does not exist yet, and is not a photograph of our current premises. It is the picture of where we are going, by faith.

Your Dollar in India

One dollar goes a long, long way here

Because of the exchange rate, a gift that feels small in America becomes real, practical help in India. Tap an amount and see what it becomes — and the kind of help it can provide.

💱 About $1 = ₹94–96 in India — checked November 2026 · exchange rates change
≈ ₹940–960
from a $10 gift

In India, that can help cover basic medicines and daily care essentials for one of our elderly residents.

$1
≈ ₹94–96

Can help provide a warm, nourishing meal for a child or an elder in our homes.

$5
≈ ₹470–480

Can help give a child school supplies and daily hygiene essentials.

$10
≈ ₹940–960

Can help cover basic medicines and daily care essentials for an elderly resident.

$25
≈ ₹2,350–2,400

Can help fill the kitchen shelves — rice, lentils, oil and vegetables that feed the whole house.

$50
≈ ₹4,700–4,800

Can help provide clothing, bedding and essentials for someone who arrives at our door with nothing.

$100
≈ ₹9,400–9,600

Can help carry a full day of care across the homes — food, care and shelter for many of the 118.

These are honest examples of the kind of help a gift of each size can provide in India — not a promise of an exact purchase. Conversions use ≈ ₹94–96 to $1 and will vary as rates move. Giving from the USA opens once registration is complete — see Giving below.

Children of the home gathered together beside a decorated Christmas tree and nativity backdrop
Older children and youth of the home standing together in red Christmas shirts at a Christmas programme
Children seated in rows being served a shared feast meal from large steel vessels
Christmas at the Homes

One gift can impact their Christmas

Christmas is a season of joy in our homes — carols, a special meal, and the wonder on a child's face. For many of the children, and for our widows and elderly residents, it is the kindness of friends like you that makes the season bright. One gift, given from the heart, can help make their Christmas one to remember:

  • A Christmas meal for a child — a gift can help set a festive plate before a child, shared with friends around the table at the home.
  • Warm clothes and a small gift to open — a gift can help give a child something warm to wear, and something of their very own to unwrap with joy.
  • A Christmas of dignity for widows and elders — a gift can help give our widows and elderly residents a good Christmas meal, warm clothing or a blanket, and the deep joy of being remembered and honoured.

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”Acts 20:35

Giving from the USA is coming soon — this website does not take payments yet, and no tax-deductible claim is made until the US foundation's approvals are in place. Leave your email on the notify form below, and you will be among the first invited to be part of the Christmas giving when it opens.

Register your interest for Christmas giving →

Christmas at the home — photographs provided by the founder, shared with dignity.

See the Work

Faces and places — from our homes

Real photographs from the homes, provided by the founder and shared with dignity — the children in our care, Christmas at the home, days out together, and shared meals around the table.

A large group of children with their caregivers gathered together outdoors under the trees

A day out together — photograph provided by the founder.

Children of the home gathered together beside a decorated Christmas tree and nativity backdrop

Christmas at the home — photograph provided by the founder.

Older children and youth of the home standing together in red Christmas shirts at a Christmas programme

Christmas at the home — photograph provided by the founder.

Children seated indoors on the floor with their plates, sharing a meal together at the home

Mealtime at the home — photograph provided by the founder.

Children carrying their plates as they line up together for their meal

Lining up for lunch, plates in hand — photograph provided by the founder.

Children and caregivers seated in two long rows on the floor, sharing a feast meal together indoors

A shared meal at the home — photograph provided by the founder.

About the Foundation

One name, two homes

The foundation in India and the sister organisation being formed in the United States share one name and one purpose — but they are separate legal organisations, each with its own board, accounts, and records.

India — Muller Ark Hope Foundation

Where the care happens, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

  • God's vision carried for 25 years; work began on the ground in 2023
  • Formally registered in 2025 as a Section 8 non-profit company (Companies Act, 2013)
  • 118 lives in care today — 39 children, 22 widows, 27 elderly, 30 in rehabilitation & detox — plus care for disabled people
  • NGO Darpan profile held; bank account in the foundation's name
  • The vision ahead: a building of our own for 500+ people
  • Founder & Director: Grace Katuri, with fellow directors in India
Registered and operating in India. Incorporation, Section 8 licence, PAN, TAN, Articles of Association, NGO Darpan, and a bank account in the foundation's name are all in place.

USA — Sister Foundation (being formed)

Being formed in Illinois to gather support in the United States for the work in India.

  • Same name, by design: Muller Ark Hope Foundation
  • Based in Aurora, Illinois, USA
  • Founder & Director: Grace Katuri
  • Board of three directors being set for the Illinois filing
  • Purpose: to support the India work lawfully, through proper grants and reporting
Still being formed — please read this carefully: The US organisation is not yet fully registered and its IRS 501(c)(3) approval has not yet been granted. That is why this website does not accept donations from the United States yet. See the Giving section below.
● Giving from the USA — Coming Soon

Be ready to give when the doors open

You have seen the 118. You have seen the vision for 500+. Giving from the United States will open once the US foundation is fully registered and its approvals are in place — and the home for 500+ will be its first great call.

Until then, this site does not take payments and does not claim that donations are tax-deductible — because that would not yet be true. When giving opens, it will be announced here first, through the foundation's own accounts — never through personal accounts — and support for India will travel lawfully under India's FCRA process, with a written grant agreement and reports on how funds were used.

This is a preview form on this draft website — it does not store or send your email yet. When the US foundation is registered, a working sign-up will replace it here.

Website & Domain

Our home on the web

The foundation's web address is registered and held in the foundation's name. This page is the website prepared for it.

Our registered domain

markhopefoundation.org

The foundation's short name — MARK — with .org, the ending donors expect for a non-profit. Registered for two years with domain privacy. This website will live at this address.

Contact

Where we are

For privacy and safety, this public page lists cities only — no street addresses and no phone numbers.

Visakhapatnam, India

Muller Ark Hope Foundation
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Children's home • Widows • Old age home • Rehabilitation & detox centre • Disability care — 118 lives in care

Aurora, Illinois, USA

Muller Ark Hope Foundation (sister organisation — being formed)
Aurora, Illinois, USA
Founder & Director: Grace Katuri