Activities ❯ Units in The City
Home for Destitute Girls
We have created a safe refuge for destitute girls aged 6-18 from underprivileged families that are unable to care for them. At present we have children from economically backward communities and also from homes where the children face safety and security challenges.
Currently, there are 40 children residing at the home. The younger ones go to school, while the older ones are enrolled at universities for higher education or admitted to vocational training centres. In addition, those who need it, get extra education support and life skill development opportunities. They attend prayer sessions and yoga classes.
Once they are self-reliant they reunite with their families. The organisation also helps them find partners and settle down in marriage. Some of them are employed at the institution while others are encouraged to seek jobs outside.
Dormitories with common bathrooms and toilets, vegetarian food, and clothes including uniforms are provided.
Hostel for Working Women
A boon for working women from low-income groups, the hostel is a self-supporting centre, run on a no-loss-no-profit basis.
Ambulance Service
Donated by the State Bank of India, the ambulance service is available for local residents.
Higher Secondary School
We run a Government-aided higher secondary school for students from Classes V to XII. There are 700 students studying there in addition to the children from the home.
Stories that inspire
Support for the differently abled
Over the years, Mahila Mandiram has provided relief and shelter to many poor and helpless women who are differently abled. Here are a few success stories that have inspired us to strive harder.
- Smt. Velamma joined the Mandiram family at the age of 7. Diagnosed with an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, she received psychiatric care and was rehabilitated. After working as a helper for almost 30 years at the primary school, she is now living a peaceful life in Puthen Mandiram, our Old Age Home at Azhoor.
- Smt. Saradamma, who came to our home at the age of 3, lost her vision at a young age. She passed out from the Government Music College with a diploma and was employed part-time as a music teacher. She spent her retirement years with the children at the institute, where she was fondly called Sari Amma. She continued to sing to the delight of all who listened to her. She passed away in 2018 after a short illness.
- Three academically challenged young girls from estranged families were trained in book-making.
- Smt. Selvi, a polio victim, was trained in hand-embroidery and book-making. She was happily married and led a productive life until her sudden demise.