Help Needy People

This page is specially designed for SIVANAND ASHRAM.

Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram can be classified as follows:

Sivananda Orphanage

Dr. Mangalam Elementary School

Dr. Mangalam High School

Sivananda Free Dispensary

Sivananda Free Maternity Home

Vocational Training Center

Sivananda Tailoring Training Center

Sivananda center for Typewriting

Sivananda Old Age Home

Sivananda Community Service

ONE OF THE MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS THAT ALL THE 300 ORPHANED KIDS HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE 80 ODD SENIOR CITIZENS WHO THEMSELVES ARE NEGLECTED BY THEIR KITH AND KIN. THE KIDS DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE BORN AS ORPHANS AND THEY CAN SELECT ONE OR MORE OF THE 80 OLD PERSONS AS THEIR FATHER, MOTHER, GRANDMA OR GRANDPA. IN RETURN THE OLD GET LOVE AND AFFECTION FROM MORE THAN 300 TINY TOTS AND SHARE THEIR JOY WITH THEM, WHICH THEY NEED AT THEIR FAG END OF THEIR LIFE. THERE IS A TRANSFORMATION OF LOVE AND AFFECTION BY BOTH THE KIDS AND THE ELDERS. ON FESTIVAL OCCASIONS THE KIDS GET BLESSINGS AND THE YOUNG ONES FEEL THAT THEY ARE CARED

The children in our orphanage are admitted from time to time. We normally admit those kids whose parents are diseased. The total strength of our ashram is always fixed to 300 at this time. The inflow and outflow is balanced by the number of people who graduate from 10th grade/standard every year. Generally One Parent Kids are not admitted , but considering their conditions and their poverty the ashram authorities do make exceptions towards the admissions for the kids whose father or mother is still surviving. Pure Orphans are our number one priority. We provide not only a hygienic environment, balanced & nutritious food, clothing, and shelter but also education with love and affection, and above all morals, basic family values and culture.

We do get babies from Bus stand, Railway stations, Temples, and even our Gurukulam's main gate too. Abandoned babies are also sent from hospitals who are admitted in our organization with out any reservations. These kids are neglected as they are physically handicapped, aids affected, mentally retarded, spastic, and other various deformity like blind, deaf etc. Our ashram gladly accepts and admits such children and we do get an unexplainable sense of satisfaction of having served these children who are to be protected and taken care and also rehabilitated. Care is taken to admit these kids in the orphanage with proper verification of the parent hood. The Government agencies at the level of "Tasildar" certifies that the parents of a kid is deceased and that they need support form any of the N.G.Os. The Tasildar also checks & certifies that the annual income of the guardian is less then a sum of Rs. 2400/- and finally qualifies the admission in an orphanage. Moreover, a secured document preferably "F.I.R" is also obtained from the local police station in certain cases, in order to legally secure the institution.

To sponsor a child for clothing, education, hospitalization costing a sum of Rs.1500/- to Rs.2000/- depending on the age group and academic class/grade.

To sponsor a senior citizen for his/her maintenance, food, clothing and shelter costing a sum of Rs.2000/- per month.

To provide uniform, books, notebooks, educational requirements for the 300 inmates at the opening of the school in the month of June. The estimated cost of this project varies from the class in which a boy or girl is studying. Donor can donate any amount at their will for this project.

Festivals like Deepavali, Pongal, Ramzan, Bakrit, Christmas, Easter are all celebrated in the Ashram, without any communal disparity. Donors can contribute at their will for providing new cloths, crackers etc. to spend these functions with merry and joy.

Well-wishers can create specific endowment with the minimum amount Rs.1000/- and more. The amount will be deposited in a Nationalized Bank and the interest will be spent for the specific purpose and cause given by the donor. You can contribute endowment for sponsoring a child, senior citizens, providing books and notebooks, award for outstanding and meritorious children, for Deepavali, Christmas, Ramzan and other religious functions. There are even schemes that provide feast on a particular day of a year every year. For more details, please download our "Endowment & Sponsorship Schemes" document (pdf format). If needed, please download our Endowment Agreement Form and after completing the form please mail it to us. (Please click here for the Contact Information & the Mailing Address)

You can support our cause by subscription fees

SUBSCRIPTION FEES:
Individuals -Rs.50/-yearly
Companies, clubs & Industries -Rs.100/- yearly

LIFE MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION FEES:
Individuals -Rs.500/-
Companies, clubs & Industries -Rs.1000/-
Patrons -Rs.5000/-

The donor can contribute donation by Annadhanam (Feast) on specific day(s), as per chart mentioned below.

--) Towards the cost of ONE DAY MEALS including breakfast, lunch and dinner with Appalam. Sweet, Vada, etc. (Rs.5000/- )
--) Towards the cost of one day ordinary meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner. (Rs.4000/- )
--) Towards the cost of lunch with Vada, Sweet, Appalam etc.(Rs.2500/- )
--) Towards the cost of lunch with Sweet only. (Rs.2000/- )
--) Towards the cost of breakfast only. (Rs.1500/- )
--) Towards providing Sweets (laddu, etc.) only (Rs.1000/- )
--) Towards providing Biscuits or Bun or toffees only (Rs.750/- )

You can contribute for intelligent and aspiring students to continue their higher education including Professional Courses, Computer education, Polytechnic etc., to shape their future.

Donors can always contribute any amount as general donation, which will be credited to the corpus account and will be used for the maintenance of the ashram kids and senior citizens. Check or Draft may be drawn in favor of "SIVANANDA SARASWATHI SEVASHRAM" - We accept direct checks from any foreign country too.

In the modern internet world, the awareness among people increasing everyday, we realize the importance of spreading our message in the internet community too. As a bold step in this direction, we make many requests to our existing donors to not only promote this website but also to host our banners in their website. If you happen to host a website of your own or happen to know someone who hosts a website, we take this opportunity to request you to host one of the following banners in the same. This internet promotional effort is certainly considered to be one of the major mode of contribution for us and we certainly believe that your help in this regard will go a long way in shaping up a good career for our entire Sivananda family at Chennai, India.

Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram, Kattankolathur,
Kancheepuram District,
Next to S.R.M Engineering College,
9 Miles from Tambaram,
On the Grand Southern Trunk road,
Between Tambaram and Chengalpattu,
Phone : +91-4114-52345 and +91-4114-51815
Contact Person: Mrs. Lakshmi Rajaram (Cell: 98410 77298)

Administrative Office

Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram,
No. 20 Kambar Street,
East Tambaram,
P. Box No. 8, Chennai : 600059 - Tamilnadu, India.
Phone : +91-44-2392444, Fax : +91-44-2391078
Cellular Phone : 98410 77690
Contact:
1. Dr. S. Rajaram - Honorary Correspondent
2. Mrs. Lakshmi Rajaram - Executive Secretary
3. Miss Tulasi - Accountant

E-mail :sivanand@md2.vsnl.net.in

WEBSITE :
http://www.sivanandagurukul.org