Deepam Trust
Reg. No. 2035/2007
Deepam Trust is a registered social organisation (Reg. No. 2035/2007) that has been doing social service for the past 29 years. The Trust started giving gruel to hundreds of poor people in the Velachery and Kalkuttai areas in 2007. Today we feed thousands of poor people every day through 19 Nithya Deepa Dharmachalais, with the support of kind-hearted people like you.
- 29Years of social service
- 2007Gruel service began in Velachery and Kalkuttai
- 19Nithya Deepa Dharmachalais
Vision
To create a Hungerless… Diseaseless… Crimeless World!
Mission
To nurture young minds with values
Goal
To educate at least 100 poor students every year.
To feed at least 1,000 poor people every day.
To help at least 2 patients every month with their treatment.
To give clothes to at least 500 poor people every month.
To provide rice bags to at least 5 families every month.
Activities of the Trust
Feeding hundreds of poor people every day since 2007.
Educational help for poor students
Medical aid to the needy
School uniforms and clothes for poor students
Rice (Arisi Dhanam) for families of the blind and persons with disabilities
Clothing (Vastra Dhanam) for children's homes and old-age homes
Neer mor (buttermilk) and Rasna in summer
Vadalur service on Poosam days
Help for the blind: Vazhvadhara Udhavi (livelihood aid)
Sweets and crackers for children's homes
Yoga and spiritual classes
Temple tours
Tours for children from children's homes
Help during natural calamities such as floods and cyclones
Who we serve
Deepam Trust's services reach these people every day, every month and every year. The figures are taken from the trust's service pages on this website.
- 2,000+people fed daily at village Dharmachalais Deepam supports
- 1,352students given educational help since 2010
- 100tribal children fed twice a day at Meiyur
- 80families given rice and groceries every month
| Who we serve | How we help | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| Hungry poor, daily-wage labourers, the elderly and destitute people in Velachery | Gruel and three meals a day at the Nithya Deepa Dharmachalai | 600 people a day |
| Villagers across Tamil Nadu | Three meals a day at the village Dharmachalais that Deepam supports | 2,000+ people a day |
| Attendants of patients at the Adyar Cancer Hospital, Chennai | Pepper gruel in the morning and lunch at noon, served at the hospital every day | 2 meals a day |
| Tribal children of Meiyur village, Tiruvallur district | Two hot, nutritious meals a day | 100 children a day |
| Poor students with good marks | Scholarships paid to their colleges, since 2010 | 1,352 students, ₹80,60,965 |
| Kidney patients | Dialysis aid of ₹5,000 each, by cheque | 8 patients |
| Families of visually impaired people and persons with disabilities | 10 kg of rice and groceries on the first Friday of every month | 80 families a month |
| People sleeping on the roadside | Blankets in the Margazhi cold | 6,000 blankets so far |
| People hit by natural calamities | Food, clothing and medical help | Thane 2012, Chennai floods 2015, Vardah 2016, Gaja 2018, Nivar 2020, COVID 2020–21 |
