Seven schoolgirls in a village courtyard smiling behind a wooden desk with a chalkboard.
Doctors and nurses attending to a young girl in a hospital intensive care unit.
A caregiver walking with an elderly couple through the garden of the Erakathin Uthavi care home at sunset.

Education support

Empowering their future,
one lesson at a time

A community-driven education initiative for a brighter tomorrow.

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Medical assistance

Every heartbeat matters

Your donation can provide life-saving healthcare to children in need.

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Old age care

Ensuring dignity & comfort for our elders

Providing a sanctuary of love, peace, and comprehensive care for our senior citizens.

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The Erakathin Uthavi care home and garden in Coimbatore.
15 Years of service across Coimbatore district

Welcome to Erakathin Uthavi

Three needs, one promise: nobody faces them alone

Erakathin Uthavi began in a single street in Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore, with school kits for eleven children. Today our volunteers walk alongside families through the three moments life is hardest to carry alone — a child's schooling, a sudden hospital bill, and the long quiet years of old age.

Mission

To make education, healthcare and elder care reachable for every family in Tamil Nadu, regardless of what they can pay.

Vision

A community where no child leaves school, no illness goes untreated, and no elder grows old without company.

Every rupee is receipted, every programme is audited, and our annual report is published in full each April.

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What we do

Our services

Three programmes, run year-round by volunteers who live in the neighbourhoods they serve.

Education support

Keeping children in the classroom when household income falls short.

  • Scholarships and school fee support
  • School supplies, uniforms and books
  • After-school learning programmes
Support a child

Medical assistance

Standing between a poor family and a bill they cannot pay.

  • Emergency medical aid and surgery funds
  • Free health camps and screenings
  • Monthly medicines for chronic illness
Fund a treatment

Old age care & support

A home, a hot meal and company for elders with nowhere to go.

  • Residential shelter and daily care
  • Nutritious meals, twice daily
  • Healthcare, physiotherapy and companionship
Sponsor an elder

Why families trust us

15 years, counted honestly

Figures below are taken from our audited annual report for FY 2025–26.

0 Children supported through school
0 Families given medical assistance
0 Senior citizens cared for
0 Years serving Coimbatore

Open right now

Featured campaigns

Each campaign closes the moment it is funded. Progress updates are posted every Friday.

Education Schoolgirls holding a chalkboard at a village school.

School kit drive 2026

Books, uniforms, shoes and a year of fees for 120 children starting the new term in June.

₹4,32,000 raisedof ₹6,00,000
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Medical Nurses monitoring a child in hospital.

Emergency treatment fund

A standing fund that releases money within 24 hours when a family cannot afford urgent surgery.

₹5,80,000 raisedof ₹10,00,000
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Old age care Elderly residents in the garden of the care home.

Two meals a day, all year

Feeding 100 residents of our Ramanathapuram care home for twelve months, including special diets.

₹3,28,000 raisedof ₹8,00,000
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From the field

Impact gallery

Photographs from our schools, health camps and care home — shared with the consent of every family pictured.

A caregiver walking with an elderly couple in the garden.
Evening walk, Ramanathapuram care home
Children smiling together at school.
New term, new school kits
Medical team on a ward round.
Morning ward round
A young student on her first day back at school.
First day back
A child recovering in hospital with a nurse nearby.
Recovery, day three
Elderly residents chatting on a garden bench.
Afternoons on the bench

In their words

What our families say

My daughter nearly stopped going to school when my husband lost work. The trust paid her fees and brought her books to our door. She is in class nine now, first in mathematics.

Lakshmi R.Parent, Ramanathapuram

We were asked for a deposit we did not have. A volunteer came to the hospital the same night with the money and stayed until the surgery was over. I still cannot explain what that meant.

Murugan S.Father, Sundarapuram

After my son moved abroad the house was very quiet. Here there is a garden, someone to argue about the newspaper with, and a doctor every Tuesday. It is a home, not a shelter.

Parvathi A.Resident, aged 74

I volunteer at the Sunday health camp. What convinced me to keep coming back was seeing the accounts pinned on the wall — every rupee, every month, where it went.

Dr. Divya K.Volunteer physician

Latest news

What has been happening

Programme updates, camp dates and reports from the field.