We introduce ourselves as proud students of CSI Higher Secondary School, Nagapattinam. We were 1987 to 1994 batch and separated after our school days. With the help of social media we started searching our friends and finally found 50% among 98 students.
We have started our whatsapp group “CSI Café” in the year 2016, on Republic day. Initially we started chatting like others for 2 years. In 2018 April, some of our friends had a thought of doing charitable activities for the people who are in need. All of us had the same dream of doing this and we started this “Manidham vell Charitable Trust.”
Our main focuses are
- Helping poor children and orphan children for their education.
- Promoting the interest and overall welfare of socially, educationally and economically downtrodden people.
- Providing fees, books, equipments, scholarships to deserving students
- Rendering financial and other assistance to the handicapped, mentally retarded poor children, elderly persons, widows and the person affected by natural calamities.
We believe Education is central to the advancement of human development. Quality education is the most effective means of achieving sustainable development. It empowers people, helps them make informed choices and reduces the gap between the rich and the poor.
Our projects aim to improve reproductive health services in resource contrainted settings to reduce the maternal , neonatal and under five mortality and morbidity and to enhance the quality of life.
Generation
Livelihood creation forms the core of our programs and development strategy. We aim to create and support sustainable livelihood options which can cope and recover from stress and shocks and provides for the future generation
Malnutrition and poverty have a direct link. Poverty restricts access to food required to meet daily requirements or ensure dietary diversity leading to malnutrition.Our Food and nutrition projects aim to provide balanced nutritious food to children and women from marginalized and economically challenged households.
Systematic and concerted efforts to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institution to alleviate discrimination, promote social inclusion and provide equal opportunities for all.
Education
Undoubtedly, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. It enables an individual to earn his/her livelihood, take up a career of choice and increases one’s awareness of a range of issues viz understanding’s one right, entitlements, health care and appropriate social behavior. Our Education projects support deserving students from economically challenged backgrounds with financial assistance for their fees, books and stationery. We also support educational institutions by constructing toilets, classrooms, providing computers and equipment, new and old furniture.
Health
In resource-poor households, illness imposes high-cost burdens on the patient and family members. At Manidham vel, we try to alleviate the financial burden by providing monetary and emotional support to them. Additionally, we provide infrastructural support to small hospitals in rural areas.
Livelihood Creation
We improve the quality of life of marginalized and social excluded groups by creating sustainable livelihood options. We also facilitate linkages between people belonging to these groups with government welfare schemes and basic entitlements. Furthermore, we build capacities of underprivileged youth and women for entrepreneurship and employment. Through our livelihood projects, we have provided seeds and fertilizers to small farmers, fishing nets and other fishing equipment to fisherman, machinery & equipment like Generator, Inverter, and Photocopy machine, Fan etc., required
For underdeveloped institution/charitable trust.