Nithya Seva Charitable Trust

Better lives for the people of our villages.

We work for health, education, livelihoods and dignity for the rural poor, for children, women and the aged. A small gift from you every day keeps that service going every day.

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About the Trust

Nithya Seva Charitable Trust was formed to improve the living standards of people living in villages, and to bring relief to the poor through education, medical care and other work of general public benefit.

Our objects reach from clean public places and village medical camps to vocational training, homes for orphans, widows and the aged, protection of women and children, and relief when calamity strikes. The Trust is a not-for-profit body and works only in India.

What We Work For

Eight areas of service, drawn from the objectives of the Trust.

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Village Development & Cleanliness

Improving the living standards of people in villages, cleaning public places and building awareness, in coordination with State and Central Government social development schemes.

A doctor examining a patient at a free village medical camp

Health & Medical Care

Mobile medical care and medical camps in villages, centres working against AIDS, TB and cancer, health seminars with doctors and scientists, and health awareness publications.

Students seated at their desks in a school classroom

Education & Awareness

Free education for the poor, schools, colleges and social service centres, and awareness events in and around educational institutions.

A person stitching cloth on a sewing machine

Vocational Training

Training in electrical wiring, motor repairing, plumbing, tailoring, sewing, weaving and carpentry so that destitute and rural people can earn a living.

An elderly woman in a headscarf, smiling

Homes for Children, Widows & Elders

Supporting orphanages with clothes, food and other needs, and establishing or aiding homes for children, orphans, widows and aged persons.

A boy sitting in a wheelchair

Children with Disabilities

A welfare centre for children with physical and intellectual disabilities, offering medical relief and handicrafts training.

A woman in a sari standing beside a child

Protection of Women & Children

Working against child labour, child trafficking, female infanticide, harassment of women and addiction, with counselling, de-addiction treatment and rehabilitation.

People standing on a flooded rural road

Disaster Relief

Relief during famine, earthquake, flood, fire, tsunami, pestilence and similar calamities, and support to those carrying out relief work.

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Objectives of the Trust

As set out in our trust deed.

  1. To act and do the needful to improve the living standards of the people living in villages.
  2. To undertake cleaning of public places and create awareness among people.
  3. To support orphanages by providing them with clothes, food and other requirements.
  4. To conduct events in and around educational institutions to create awareness.
  5. To conduct seminars, symposiums and conferences by inviting well-known doctors and scientists from national and international organisations in India and abroad.
  6. To establish and run a centre for the eradication of AIDS, TB and cancer.
  7. To establish and run a centre for the welfare of children with physical and intellectual disabilities, providing medical relief and handicrafts manufacturing training.
  8. To establish and run a training centre providing vocational courses such as electrical wiring, motor repairing, plumbing, tailoring, sewing, weaving and carpentry to destitute and needy rural people for their upliftment.
  9. To print, publish and exhibit books, pamphlets and posters that help the public understand the importance of health and self-care to avoid ill health and sickness.
  10. To provide relief for the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any other object of general public utility.
  11. To publish newspapers, journals, bulletins and circulars on cultural and educational matters.
  12. To establish a child labour eradication wing and support the activities of the Government in this regard in all possible ways.
  13. To establish, maintain and run mobile medical care centres and conduct medical camps in villages for needy people.
  14. To work in coordination with State and Central Government schemes for all social development programmes.
  15. To establish, maintain and run schools, colleges, social service centres and industrial training centres, and to provide free education for poor people.
  16. To grant relief during natural calamities such as famine, earthquake, flood, fire, tsunami and pestilence, and to give donations or contributions to institutions or persons engaged in such relief work.
  17. To establish, maintain or grant aid to homes for children, orphans, widows and aged persons.
  18. To undertake programmes that generate awareness about major social evils, namely alcohol addiction, child labour, harassment of women, female infanticide and child trafficking, including de-addiction hospitals that provide counselling, treatment and rehabilitation.
  19. To work towards the protection of women, children and aged persons, especially those facing violence and human rights violations.

How Your Gift Is Protected

Commitments written into the trust deed.

Every rupee for the cause

The income and funds of the Trust are used solely for its objects. Trustees receive no remuneration, profit, interest or dividend.

Not for profit

The Trust does not carry on any activity with the intention of earning profit.

Serving in India

All activities of the Trust are carried out only in India.

Funds held as the law requires

Trust funds are invested strictly under section 11(5) read with section 13(1)(d) of the Income Tax Act.

An irrevocable trust

The Trust is irrevocable, so what is given to it stays committed to these objects.

Board of Trustees

The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees of not more than fifteen members.

How Daily Giving Works

1

Choose your daily amount

Any amount from ₹1 a day. You decide what is comfortable.

2

Approve auto-pay once

Pay your first donation and approve the daily mandate in your own UPI app.

3

We do the rest

Your gift is debited automatically every day. Your bank informs you before each debit, and you can cancel any time in your UPI app.

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