Sevalaya

Empowers children, youth and people from underprivileged sections of rural society by providing free education, rural development, shelter homes, healthcare and relevant livelihood opportunities

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  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    1988

Sevalaya works to empower the underprivileged sections of society by enabling free education, widespread rural development and running shelter homes f Read moreor children and the aged. Its activities include operating schools and colleges, science centres and libraries. It encourages organic farming, promotes recycling, runs training centres and gaushalas and also operates shelter homes for children and the aged besides helping the community with career guidance and educating on energy conservation methods.

Impact

Sevalaya has impacted over 6,50,000 beneficiaries across 18-plus locations employing over 300 people.

Vision & Mission

Vision: The Vision of Sevalaya is to serve the underprivileged and transform them into an
equitable, happy and fulfilled society with an improved quality of life. Mission: 1. Ensuring excellent education, life skills, physical & mental wellbeing and character building, to prepare children for responsible and happy lives.
2. Conduct and expand teacher training programs to provide quality education to as many
students as possible across districts.
3.Caring for the elders and ensuring their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-
being, for them to lead their lives with dignity
4. Capability enhancement of the underprivileged, for self-sustaining livelihood
5. Rural development, leading to creation of model villages
6. Relief and rehabilitation interventions in response to natural calamities
7. Leadership and capacity enhancement of NGO sector

Donor History

PPG Asian Paints, Mr. Tharuvai Srinivasan, BNY Mellon, Page Pierre Foundation, Komatsu

Programs

  • Shelter Homes Programme

    Sevalaya runs boys and girls shelter homes for orphans and the destitute. These homes provide food, shelter, education, healthcare and employment opportunities to the inmates and support them till they are settled in life. It has a similar facility to help senior citizens who are looked after and motivated to live a life of dignity and happiness.

    Sevalaya regularly invites experts from industry to address its students to help them with career opportunities which has led to youth finding employment. All religions find a place in the Sevalaya campus and prayers and all religious festivals are celebrated with equal fervour.

    It also established an integrated campus where destitute children and senior citizens share the same premises increasing bonding between the age groups. It has campuses that are powered by solar energy besides a health centre, catering to the needs of the homes and also serving the healthcare needs of the villages nearby.

  • Rural Development Programme

    The organisation conducts periodic workshops on organic farming promoting organic agriculture and informs the villagers about the merit of living in tune with nature. It maintains a gaushala where cows are protected and nurtured, and the milk from these cows feeds children and elders lodged in its shelter homes.

    Its cultural troupes visit the surrounding villages frequently, to generate awareness of social issues. It conducts free medical camps with support from reputed colleges of Indian medicine to provide basic healthcare to rural masses.

    Through conducting annual sports events, the organisation exposes its students to the joy of sports that is attended by prominent people who are invited to hand over awards to students who perform well. Its campus is a green zone where children are made aware of waste segregation, recycling, producing organic manure and generation of biogas.

  • Education and Employment Programmes

    Sevalaya operates a free school imparting value-based education to underprivileged children from neighbouring villages from pre-Kg up to the 12th grade. School Uniforms and books are provided without any charge and transport is provided for primary school students while for higher grades it is enabled with assistance from the local Government.

    It runs eight community colleges in the region for rural youth from ages eighteen to twenty-five, to skill them in multiple employable skills. It offers free courses in tailoring, nursing, bakery, AC and refrigerator repairing, lab technician, electrician, beautician, carpentry, and various computing courses.

    Soft skills such as interview customs and functional English are also taught to enable good job competencies. It also maintains a library with books on academic subjects and self-help which is free and open to all in the surrounding villages.

  • Education Sponsorship Of Underprivileged Children

    To provide free high quality education to the 2100 plus destitute, poor and underprivileged children including uniforms, books, notebooks and stationery; To provide value-based education which enables the children to become self-reliant and live ethical lives in the rural area in which we are located

  • Mission No Child Homeless Sevalaya

    Provide food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, hygiene & sanitation for the destitute boys and girls who are residing in Swami Vivekananda Boys Home and Mother Teresa Girls Home

  • Mission Elderly Lives Matter Sevalaya

    District

    To provide food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, hygiene and sanitation for 82 senior citizens across all locations. We engage them in various recreational activities to keep them with good health and happy who can thus enjoy a humane and dignified life in their twilight years.

  • Mobile Medical Clinic At Tiruvallur District

    Providing Free Medical Assistance through Mobile Medical Clinic across 40 villages in Thiruvallur district

  • Mobile Medical Clinic at Tiruvallur District

    Providing Free Medical Assistance through Mobile Medical Clinic across 40 villages in Thiruvallur district

  • Education Sponsorship of Underprivileged Children

    To provide free high quality education to the 2100 plus destitute, poor and underprivileged children including uniforms, books, notebooks and stationery;
    To provide value-based education which enables the children to become self-reliant and live ethical lives in the rural area in which we are located

Impact Metrics

  • Beneficiaries of Moral Education (Bgv)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 4000
    • 2016-17 4000
    • 2017-18 8526
    • 2018-19 11260
    • 2019-20 18456
    • 2020-21 10868
    • 2021-22 43666
  • Beneficiaries of Free Medical Treatment

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 5041
    • 2016-17 109339
    • 2017-18 18950
    • 2018-19 28903
    • 2019-20 44810
    • 2020-21 157535
    • 2021-22 124939
  • Beneficiaries of Education in School

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 2051
    • 2016-17 2058
    • 2017-18 2068
    • 2018-19 2083
    • 2019-20 2158
    • 2020-21 1979
    • 2021-22 2088
  • No. of Students Attended the School (Day Scholar and Hostel Children)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2158
    • 2020-21 1979
    • 2021-22 2088
  • No. of Students Provided With Uniforms, Books, Notebooks & Stationeries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2158
    • 2020-21 1979
    • 2021-22 2088
  • No. of Students Passed Out in Class X & Xii Board Examinations

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 261
    • 2020-21 273
    • 2021-22 323
  • #Underprivileged Boys Were Provided Shelter

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 70
    • 2021-22 75
  • Underprivileged Girl Children Were Provided Shelter

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 70
    • 2020-21 78
    • 2021-22 85
  • No. of Hostel Children Attending School and Provided Meals

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 135
    • 2020-21 148
    • 2021-22 160
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Food & Shelter

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Medical Check Up

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Clothing and Other Basic Necessities

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Medical Camps Conducted

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 250
    • 2020-21 182
    • 2021-22 113
  • No. of Villagers Benefitted From the Medical Camps - Direct Beneficiaries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 19012
    • 2020-21 8260
    • 2021-22 7410
  • No. of Villagers Benefitted From the Medical Camps - Indirect Beneficiaries (Includes the Family Members of Direct Beneficiaries Which is Mentioned Above)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 57036
    • 2020-21 24780
  • No. of Students Attended the School (Day Scholar and Hostel Children)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2158
    • 2020-21 1979
    • 2021-22 2088
  • No. of Students Provided With Uniforms, Books, Notebooks & Stationeries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2158
    • 2020-21 1979
    • 2021-22 2088
  • No. of Students Passed Out in Class X & Xii Board Examinations

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 261
    • 2020-21 273
    • 2021-22 323
  • No. of Hostel Children Attending School and Provided Meals

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 135
    • 2020-21 148
    • 2021-22 160
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Food & Shelter

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Medical Check Up

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Senior Citizens Provided With Clothing and Other Basic Necessities

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 65
    • 2020-21 73
    • 2021-22 82
  • No. of Medical Camps Conducted

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 250
    • 2020-21 182
    • 2021-22 113
  • No. of Villagers Benefitted From the Medical Camps - Direct Beneficiaries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 19012
    • 2020-21 8260
    • 2021-22 7410
  • No. of Villagers Benefitted From the Medical Camps - Indirect Beneficiaries (Includes the Family Members of Direct Beneficiaries Which is Mentioned Above)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 57036
    • 2020-21 24780

Theory of Change

Sevalaya, a registered charitable organization, established on February 29, 1988, with a vision to serve the underprivileged and transform them into an equitable, happy and fulfilled society with an improved quality of life. Sevalaya follows the teachings of Mahakavi Bharathiyar, Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda.

Our three core focus areas are Education, Rural development and Shelter. Sevalaya’s actions impact 10 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

We run a free School (Montessori, Primary to 12th Std.), Home for orphan children and elders, Medical centers and Mobile Medical Units, Skill development centers, Organic farming, Gaushala (cow shelter). All our services are provided without any cost to the beneficiaries.

Milestones & Track Record

In the last 35 years, Sevalaya has transformed 40+ villages from 100% child labour to 100% literacy, through quality education given free to 4,700+ rural children, providing higher education for 1,700+ students, housed and shaped the lives of 550+ orphans, given shelter and dignity to 250+ destitute elders, imparted skills and facilitated employment to 4000+ rural youths, reached healthcare to 3,20,000+ poor and needy rural folks, delivered relief, essential items and food to over 3,00,000+ people affected by natural calamities and the COVID-19 pandemic with support from the donors.

Donor Testimonial

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1obTtt0mfuHwVWuNtSVKMPsKl1B88xiVR/view?usp=sharing

Leadership Team

  • V Muralidharan

    Founder & Managing Trustee

  • N Annapurna

    Trustee

  • Amarchand Jain

    Member, Executive Committee

  • Prasanna Parthasarathy

    Vice President Donor Relations

  • Kingston A A

    Vice President Operations

  • Dinesh Kumar B

    HR Head

  • Rekha Perumal

    Head - Systems & Communications

  • Navin Kumar

    Associate Vice President - Donor Relations

  • Kingston a A

    Vice President Operations

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    100+

  • Strength of Governing Body

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    66% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

Please click the link to know more about our awards/cerficiations: https://sevalaya.org/about-us/awards-recognition/

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AACTS8676G

  • Registration ID

    100/88

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    TN/2009/0004408

  • 12A

    AACTS8676GE20214

  • 80G

    AACTS8676GF20218

  • FCRA

    075900640

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00000863

Location

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.101,644,743
    Expenses
    Rs.106,647,936
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.10,664,793
    Program Expenses
    Rs.95,983,143
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.118,841,541
    Expenses
    Rs.110,052,297
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.11,005,229
    Program Expenses
    Rs.99,047,068
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.178,739,786
    Expenses
    Rs.163,404,058
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.16,340,405
    Program Expenses
    Rs.147,063,653
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