House of Hope was founded in 1962 by a blind lady named Mai Lada. The purpose of her association is to serve blind people by providing them with shelter, psychological and health care and teaching them traditional crafts such as making straw and bamboo baskets, nylon chairs, carpets as well as teaching blind women manual weaving. In 1986 House of Hope opened a school for special needs children as well teaching them basic skills and self-reliance.