AIM for Seva

Updates from Yelahanka Chatralayam

One of the USP of AIM for Seva’s flagship programme, Chatralayam is that they are conceptualised and designed in such a manner so that the children living in such premises…

Food for thought

The recent pandemic outbreak has forced many people to go back to their roots and find preventive cure in traditional herbs. There is also a renewed interest towards traditional food…

Shaping Up: How value-education and cultural validation shaped a tribal girl from the hills

A.Poovizhi joined the Bhavani Arun AIM for Seva Chatralayam for Girls, Chinnasalem, Tamil Nadu in 2015 when she was in Class 11 and 16 years of age. She hails from…

Academic Spotlight: Corona Crushers

Over 90%  students studying across AIM for Seva’s 104 Chatralayams are first generation learners. During 2019-2020, 4001 students from 16 states and 2,300 villages benefited from AIM for Seva’s holistic…

National Lockdown: Compassionate Care is the Need of the Hour for the Differently Abled

COVID-19 has and is likely to affect more people across geographical locations. Already over 4,000 people in India have been affected by this virus as on date and 1,136,851 confirmed…

Happiness unbound at Manjakkudi

Republic Day was celebrated at the Swami Dayananda Matric Higher Secondary School, Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu by unfurling of the tricolour. The school students displayed their patriotism by putting up a…

Special needs and care

The second Special Parent -Support Group meeting was held recently at the Spirit of the Earth, Mylapore, Chennai. In her opening remarks, Dr. Radhika Soundararajan, Director, Swami Dayananda Krupa Care…

The Will to Persevere

Thirteen-year-old Charan Mani Bhovi told us he wanted to go home. “The studies are very hard here. I don’t know English, and all the lessons are in English,” he said…

Not Just Pins and Needles

Every weekend, six girls from the Swami Dayananda AIM for Seva Adivasi Chatralayam for Girls, Bodidra village, Panchmahal district, Gujarat go to Smt. Meenaben Poonam Bhai Sharma’s tailoring unit located…

Unlocking Creative Potential

The girls from the Swami Dayananda AIM for Seva Chatralayam for Girls, Yelahanka, Karnataka are all rounders in the true sense of the word: Not only have three hostelers stood…