Food Sponsorship for Sevalaya's Homes

Sevalaya runs the Swami Vivekananda Boys’ Home and Mother Teresa Girls’ Home for orphans, poor and destitute children. At present these homes house around 200 children.

The homes offer shelter, with food and education, as well as opportunities for a healthy lifestyle and all-round personality development, in an atmosphere of love and care. The children get to freely interact with the elders residing in the Old Age Home.

There is constant endeavour to identify special talents and encourage the children to participate in various cultural events on the campus and other outside functions. Extracurricular activities such as music and arts are part of the regular activities for the children. There are good facilities for sports and physical activities also on the campus, This again abides by Swami Vivekananda’s dictum that a good game of football can do as much to the awakening of the spirit as reading of the Gita.

The Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa old age home at Kasuva campus in Thiruvallur District was started in 1991 and is home to 70 elders.

The Gandhi Ashram Krishnan Memorial Old Age Home at Thanjavur was set up in 2017 on the land donated by a Gandhian and longtime donor of Sevalaya in memory of his father, a freedom fighter, as a facility to house 20 destitute elders (10 women and 10 men). Petrofac and LIC of india golden Jubilee foundation sponsored the construction of the building.

The V T Shanthi Senior citizens home at Dharmapuri, commenced operations in 2021. It is built on land donated by long term supporter V Manoharan, in memory of his wife, and, can accommodate 20 elders.

The Janaki Ammal Vijayaraghavachariar Memorial Senior Citizens Home, commenced operations in 2022. It is built on land donated by long term supporter D V Sridhar, can accommodate 20 elders.

The homes offer food, shelter and other services to destitute senior citizens to live with dignity. The elders are monitored regularly by the medical team and physiotherapy services are rendered for those who require it.

The senior citizens are encouraged to participate, in whatever little way they can, in the activities of this self-reliant community, with the children at the homes on same campus too.

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