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12

Years on
the Ground

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Every rupee you give directly reaches a child, an elder, or a woman rebuilding her life in Trichy. Donations are 80G tax-exempt.

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Women Empowered — PUTHUMAI PENGAL
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Refugee Children Dropout Rate Reduced
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Cool COVID Patients Fed During Pandemic
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Water Wells

Education for Sanitary Workers' Children

Children of municipal sanitary workers grow up in poverty cycles their parents couldn't escape. We provide daily coaching, study materials, and nutrition support — so their story ends differently.

38%
Children Enrolled: 38 This Year's Targe: 100
Help to Mothers

KANAVU PADIKATTU

In Trichy's underserved slums, children fall behind without after-school support. Our evening centres give them the one-on-one attention government schools can't. Dreams don't wait — and neither do we.

43%
Children Enrolled: 65 This Year's Target: 150
Child Support

Supplementary Education for Refugee Camp Children

Displaced children in Tamil Nadu's refugee camps are the most educationally vulnerable. Manitham brings structured learning directly to the camps — because no child should pay for where they were born.

29%
Children Enrolled: 22 This Year's Target: 75
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Elders Rescued & Rehabilitated

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Roadside Meals Served

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Daily Beneficiaries — ANNAM PAGIR

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Mentally Ill People Reunited with Family

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Children Supported Annually — KANAVU PADIKATTU8National & International Awards

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Wheelchairs Donated

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Women Empowered — PUTHUMAI PENGAL

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Refugee Children Dropout Rate Reduced

Women's Skill Development
Skill Development Training
Sri Lankan Refugee Children
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Years on the Ground

In 2012, Mr. R. Dinesh Kumar — a trained social worker with an MSW degree — began serving roadside elders and mentally ill individuals in Trichy with no funding, no office, and no team. Just a belief that humans exist for one another.

What started as evening coaching for 80 underprivileged children in Sempattu slum grew into a full-fledged registered trust serving children, women, elders, and refugees across Tamil Nadu.

R. Dinesh Kumar

Founder & Managing Trustee

In 2014, he joined Action Aid India to work on bonded labour and HIV-affected children's education in Chennai. By 2015, he led as Project Manager at Lebara Foundation — implementing the Sri Lankan refugee children development project with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Today Manitham Trust runs 5 active programmes, has served 23,000+ individuals, rescued 500 wandering elders, and reduced refugee children's dropout rate from 450 to just 80.

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OUR VISION

"Save Humanity. Create an Immaculate Society."

A Tamil Nadu where no child goes without education, no elder is abandoned on a roadside, and no woman is left without dignity or livelihood — regardless of caste, community, or economic status.

OUR MISSION

Manitham Trust exists to serve the most invisible people in our society through five commitments

Provide quality education, nutrition, and health support for underprivileged and orphaned children

Care for abandoned elders and bedridden individuals with dignity and shelter

Empower widowed and marginalised women through livelihood skills and employment

Rehabilitate wandering mentally ill persons and reconnect them with family

Build socially responsible youth leaders who give back to their communities

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OUR VISION

What We Stand For

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Transparency

Manitham Trust publishes annual reports and maintains complete financial accountability. Every rupee donated is tracked, reported, and used exclusively for our programmes

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Tax-Exempt Giving

All donations are eligible for income tax exemption under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Official receipts are issued within 7 working days of every donation.

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Community-First Approach

Manitham Trust publishes annual reports and maintains complete financial accountability. Every rupee donated is tracked, reported, and used exclusively for our programmes

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Nationally Recognised

8 awards including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Best Youth Award 2023, COVID-19 Warrior Award by Government of India, and Golden Heart Guardian Award — ICRS 2024

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The Beginning — 2012

Started evening coaching for 80 underprivileged children in Sempattu slum. Began serving roadside elders and mentally ill individuals with food and shelter in Trichy. .

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Water Wells

Children

KANAVU PADIKATTU Evening coaching, study materials, and nutrition for 300+ children in Trichy's slums and refugee camps. ₹500/month sponsors one child completely. .

38%
Children Enrolled: 38 This Year's Target: 100
Help to Mothers

Elders

PUTHUMAI PENGAL Free tailoring training and employment support for widowed and marginalised women aged 18–60. ₹1,000 funds one woman's full training week.

43%
Children Enrolled: 65 This Year's Target: 150
Child Support

Supplementary Education for Refugee Camp Children

Displaced children in Tamil Nadu's refugee camps are the most educationally vulnerable. Manitham brings structured learning directly to the camps — because no child should pay for where they were born.

29%
Children Enrolled: 22 This Year's Target: 75

Our Goal Is to Educate

Since 2012, Manitham Trust has been running evening study centres for the most marginalised children in Trichy and surrounding areas. Children of manual scavengers, sanitary workers, daily wage labourers, and Sri Lankan refugees — children the system has consistently failed.

KANAVU PADIKATTU does not just teach academics. It provides a safe space, a warm meal, emotional support, and a caring adult in the life of a child who often has none. Every child enrolled is monitored individually — their attendance, nutrition, and academic progress tracked and reported.

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300+
Children Supported
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Years Running
150
Study Kits Given Annually
450→80
Refugee Dropout Rate Reduced

Who We Serve

Children from urban slums, Sri Lankan refugee camps, HIV/AIDS-affected families, cancer patient families, orphaned children, and children of manual scavengers and sanitary workers across Trichy and Pudukkottai.

What We Provide

Free evening coaching, study materials, educational funds, nutrition support, skill development training, inter-school exposure tours, and individual academic monitoring — all at zero cost to the family.

Our Impact

In two years alone, we reduced the school dropout rate among Sri Lankan refugee children from 450 to 80. Since 2012, over 65 single-parented orphan and semi-orphan children have received continuous care and education support.

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FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mr.R.Dinesh Kumar - MSW, B.CA, PGDCA

SECRETARY-Manitham Trust

Mr. A. Prem Kumar, M.A., B.Ed.,

TREASURER-Manitham Trust

Dr. S. Parameswari, MSW., PGDC., PGDHRD., M.Sc (C&P)., Ph.D

BOARD MEMBER

PREM ANAND - B.E.

OUR VISION

"Save Humanity. Create an Immaculate Society."

A Tamil Nadu where no child goes without education, no elder is abandoned on a roadside, and no woman is left without dignity or livelihood — regardless of caste, community, or economic status.

OUR MISSION

Manitham Trust exists to serve the most invisible people in our society through five commitments:

Provide quality education, nutrition, and health support for underprivileged and orphaned children

Care for abandoned elders and bedridden individuals with dignity and shelter

Empower widowed and marginalised women through livelihood skills and employment

Rehabilitate wandering mentally ill persons and reconnect them with family

Build socially responsible youth leaders who give back to their communities

Our Goal Is to Educate

Since 2012, Manitham Trust has been running evening study centres for the most marginalised children in Trichy and surrounding areas. Children of manual scavengers, sanitary workers, daily wage labourers, and Sri Lankan refugees — children the system has consistently failed.

KANAVU PADIKATTU does not just teach academics. It provides a safe space, a warm meal, emotional support, and a caring adult in the life of a child who often has none. Every child enrolled is monitored individually — their attendance, nutrition, and academic progress tracked and reported.

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Children Supported
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Study Kits Given Annually
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Refugee Dropout Rate Reduced

Who We Serve

Children from urban slums, Sri Lankan refugee camps, HIV/AIDS-affected families, cancer patient families, orphaned children, and children of manual scavengers and sanitary workers across Trichy and Pudukkottai.

What We Provide

Free evening coaching, study materials, educational funds, nutrition support, skill development training, inter-school exposure tours, and individual academic monitoring — all at zero cost to the family.

Our Impact

In two years alone, we reduced the school dropout rate among Sri Lankan refugee children from 450 to 80. Since 2012, over 65 single-parented orphan and semi-orphan children have received continuous care and education support.

Our Goal — Every Woman Financially Independent and Socially Respected.

PUTHUMAI PENGAL was built on a single observation — women in Trichy's most marginalised communities have enormous strength but no opportunity. Widowed women, abandoned women, and women from below-poverty-line families are capable of far more than their circumstances suggest.

Through free tailoring training, employment support, and awareness education on menstruation, gender equality, personal freedom, and women's rights — PUTHUMAI PENGAL gives these women not just a skill but a voice. Every 8th of March, Manitham recognises outstanding women from these communities with memorial shields and public awards — because recognition matters as much as training.

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Women Directly Benefited
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Age Group Served
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Award Ceremony Every Year

Who We Serve

Widowed women, orphaned women, abandoned women, and women from below-poverty-line families aged 18 to 60 across Trichy and surrounding districts — with priority given to those with no income or family support.

What We Provide

Free tailoring and textile sewing training, residential accommodation, employment placement support, self-employment guidance, awareness education on women's rights and health, and annual public recognition on Women's Day.

Our Impact

Over 20 women have gained financial independence through this programme. Their children continue education uninterrupted — breaking the poverty cycle one family at a time. Women trained here go on to run their own small businesses and employ others in their communities.

THE STEPS

What We Do

Old Age & Bedridden Care

Old Age & Bedridden Care

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Noon Meals for Elders

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Sri Lankan Refugee Children

Sri Lankan Refugee Children

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Women's Skill Development

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Skill Development Training

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Rescue & Reunion Mission

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