Overview

HELP Trust is a registered non-governmental, non-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization that was established in 2004. Our mission is to help underprivileged children and families become economically independent by providing them both education and vocational training. Our target population lies in the Vadakkankulam, Kootapuli, and Chettikulam villages of Tamilnadu, (South) India, where there is a very high poverty rate. The entire area is socially and economically under-developed and many families live much below the poverty line. These families seek work as laborers in local fishing, agricultural, and beedi (South Asian Cigarette made of tobacco and rolled in a leaf) rolling industries – which barely allows them to survive on a day to day basis. Children are often required to work in order to supplement the income for the household. HELP aims to bring hope to many such parentless, underprivileged and disabled children of these families and aid in improving the overall socio-economic condition that presently prevails in these communities.