‘'MANUSHI’ Short Stay Home for Women in Distress
Mogappair West, Chennai- 37.

Started in the year 2000, this home is meant for girls and women in the age group 15 to 45 years. Supported by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, this Home accommodates 50 women in distress.

In our country women face many critical problems. They are tortured for dowry, for not bearing male children, for not accommodating the in-laws and so on. They are trafficked they are forced into prostitution and they are thrown out of homes. So far they had no place to go and many chose suicide as the only way out. The Government of India started these Short Stay Homes for Women in Distress to help precisely these women.

Any woman ion distress when she has a safe place to stay, food to eat, dresses to wear and peace, will have a chance to settle down, solve her problems and come up in life. These Short Stay Homes provide the women with all these. The woman in distress can stay in comfort and peace for a specific period of time.

She is given counseling, vocational training and guidance to put her back on the right path. She is helped to come out of the trauma and she gets a chance to start her life again.

The Short Stay Home run by Kalaiselvi Karunalaya was started in the year 2000. It accommodated 50 women and their children. They have separate cots, hygienic linen, nutritious food, entertainment, counseling, vocational training, care for their babies, advocacy, medical check up and treatment and peace and security.

Anyone seeing a woman in distress may please call us round the clock. We will make all arrangements for collecting and taking care of the woman. You can call our 24 Hours Women HELPLINE 10923 for any assistance.

You may want to donate dresses, playthings and blankets or may want to sponsor a meal on some occasion. Please contact our SSH or our Administrative Office.                              Top...

'Subiksha’ Swadhar Home for Women in in Difficult Economic Circumstances
Selaiyur, Tambaram , Chennai- 37.

The Short Stay Home for Women in Distress is a grand success. It had helped and is helping in women in distress. But, all women are not distress. But, most of them are under difficult economic circumstances. The Government of India started the Swadhar Home to help the women in difficult economic circumstances.

These women, even the happily married ones, stay here learn a new trade and come out economically stronger and able to face life with confidence.

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'Tapasya’ Old Age Home
Mogappair West , Chennai- 35.

The family ties in India are disintegrating and the victims are the senior citizens. In many cases their own children throw the elders out of their homes with no chance at survival. This social injustice is on the up.

KKSS runs the Tapasya Old Age Home for destitute elders in Chennai. The Home accommodates 25 senior citizens, male and female, who have no one to take care of them.

They have separate cots, hygienic toilets, good food, entertainment, medical facilities and counseling. Thanks to Tapasya these elders live in comfort and peace. Many kind-hearted persons donate these senior citizens with food, cloths, blankets and other essentials.

Please visit the elders when you have time. They have no one to care for them. They love visitors. It is not necessary that you donate money or materials. Please spend a short time with them. They will be happy for a long time. They need love affection and and we give care.

You may want to donate dresses, playthings and blankets or may want to sponsor a meal on some occasion. Please contact our OAH or our Administrative Office.                                         Top...

'Daycare Centres’ Child Care Centre
Mogappair West , Chennai- 35.

Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society is a duly Licensed In-Country Child Adoption Agency in Tamil Nadu since 2002. KKSS is solely dedicated to the rescue and development of the abandoned girl children. The efforts of KKSS have been highly appreciated by many prestigious publications including ‘The Hindu’, ‘Aval Vikatan’ and ‘Kumudam’ .

The Government of India selected KKSS as the Best Institution in India in Child Welfare. The Award was conferred on Children’s’ Day in New Delhi on 14 th November 2005.

You can donate your old magazines and similar items which can be of help to these senior citizens.

Please visit the elders when you have time. They have no one to care for them. They love visitors. It is not necessary that you donate money or materials. Please spend a short time with them. They will be happy for a long time. They need love affection and and we give care.

You may want to donate dresses, playthings and blankets or may want to sponsor a meal on some occasion. Please contact our OAH or our Administrative Office.                                                  Top...

'Poondalir’ for Child Care Centre
Mogappair West , Chennai- 35.

Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society runs 4 Day Care Centres for senior citizens. These centres accommodate 50 elders each. The elders come to these centres in the morning. They are given lunch. They have news papers to read, television and other entertainments. They have a chance to see their friends in the same age group and reminisce with them. Thus, these day care centres fill a very important gap.

The Government of India selected KKSS as the Best Institution in India in Child Welfare. The Award was conferred on Children’s’ Day in New Delhi on 14 th November 2005.

In Tamil Nadu babies are being abandoned in Government Cradles, hospitals where they are born, by street sides, at door steps, in toilets and so on. Many of the unwed mothers leave the babies at the mercy of this cruel world. A number of babies become orphaned at the time of birth. When the mother dies during childbirth, especially in a very poor family, the father abandons the child. Many parents surrender unwanted children, as they do not have any means to support these babies. While this may seem to be a social evil, it is also evident that the infanticide rate has come down because such abandoned babies find a home, thanks to institutions like KKSS. Foeticide, infanticide and other evils have come down thanks to the Foster care and the chance for adoption for these babies. The babies rendered homeless and parentless reach us through the District Collectors, Social Welfare Officers and socially conscious citizens. In the case of surrendered babies, it is the parents who surrender the babies .

KKSS receives babies from all over Tamil Nadu. But for agencies like us, these children may be trafficked in or may face worse fates. When we get information about an abandoned baby we travel long distances to recover them so as to give them a home, foster care and a bright future. We take care of the children and arrange for the legal adoption to good parents. KKSS Adoption Centre runs “Poondalir Child Care Centre” in Mogappair, Chennai

The babies are given a thorough Medical Checkup on admission. Most of the babies have been deprived of mother’s milk and were not properly cared for. Thus, they are mostly undernourished and in need of immediate medical care to give them a decent chance at life. They are prematurely born and suffer from congenital ailments. For us a baby is a baby. They are lodged in individual cradles. We have dedicated staff to give motherly care to these children. They are fed, cleaned and cared for

The visiting doctor attends to their normal medical needs. We strictly follow the Immunization Courses advised by the government. The children are given all the doses on schedule. Some private practitioners and some of the hospitals give us special treatment. Notable among them are Sundaram Medical Foundation in Anna Nagar, Chennai and the Children’s Hospital in Egmore for expert treatment and tests. If necessary they are treated as in-patients, while one of our staff stays with the baby. We run Poondalir Centre with the support of kind-hearted people like you. “Anna Nagar Times” gives us good coverage and all the readers give us milk, baby food, napkins or donations. Their benevolence is the prime factor behind our successful handling of these babies. Anna Nagar Ladies Club treats our centre like a mother.

In three years we have admitted 160 babies and 53 babies have found safe homes where they find love affection and are assured of a very bright future, thanks to the efforts of KKSS.

Madras Esplanade Round Table-30 Charitable Trust presented us with a new Maruthi Van, which is of great help to us taking the babies to the hospitals. We also bring babies from places like Salem, Dharmapuri, Cuddalore, Villupram and Vellore in which work too, the van is helpful. Thus the babies need people like you to help them come up normally till they are given in adoption.

Please help us to help these abandoned and destitute babies to have a bright future.

A baby is the most beautiful creation of God

Let’s extend a helping hand in securing their future
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Introduction This has been our aim, motto and goal and we are confident that we are succeeding.

International We have received the Best Institution in Tamil Nadu Award in 1999.

National Our aim is to promote an egalitarian society where everyone gets an equal opportunity irrespective of caste, religion, financial background, sex or agei.

Press Release Today KKSS is one of the largest NGOs in Tamil Nadu and is member of a number highly prestigious State and District level Committees.