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Arasan Rural Development Society (ARDS) is a Non Governmental Organisation doing yeoman service to the poor and the disadvantaged since 1988.
It aims at empowering the community, specifically women and girls from poor and marginalised communities, to lead a life with dignity and improved living standards.
It works in Southern Districts of Tamil Nadu, India, providing day care to kids, supplementary education to children, counselling services to families, rehabilitation of persons with different abilities, Self Help Groups, skill training and micro credit to poor women for income generation and poverty alleviation.
It supports and cares abandoned children, distressed women and senior citizens from poor families providing boarding, accommodation and health care at free of cost.
It is working with and for disadvantaged people, specifically children, youth, women, landless agricultural labourers, small and marginal farmers, rural artisans, and senior citizens.
ARDS welcomes you to participate in our development programmes by making donations and/or sponsorships. You can also work as a volunteer to help the poor and the needy in a participatory development process.
Please contribute your mite in our endeavours to improve the socio-economic conditions of rural poor.
Arasan Rural Development Society(ARDS) is a Non-Profit, Non-Political and charitable grass-root level organization. ARDS is the most professional, memorable, and downright outstanding organization I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of. From the communication and coordination, to their genuine kindness and positivity, this Non-Profit far exceeded my expectations regarding a Veteran Retreat. I was chosen to attend the ARDS
Home for the Old aged
The elder citizens of our country particularly the poor old aged people face lot of difficulties in their evening ages. Either due to the childless status or negligence of their children, old aged people struggle for food, shelter, health care and leisure. Poor old people who have been abandoned by their families are left with no options but begging or death. Our Home provides shelter, food, health care and recreation to such old aged people. Our Old age Home has been operating at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. Our Home inmates are being cared sincerely by providing them all necessary facilities and services.
Nutritious and delicious food is provided to the inmates three times in a day. Tea and snacks are given both in morning and evening. Special meals are provided during festivals and other important days.
Periodic health check-ups are undertaken by the medical practitioner who visits the Home once in a week. Any ailments identified are attended immediately. The nurse helps the inmates availing follow-up treatment. The Home assistants help the inmates for having easy bath and washing cloths.
Our Counselor provides care and concern and scientific counseling for refreshing the minds of the Old aged people. Frequent spiritual gathering , picnics and excursion make the Old age people refresh their minds and feel happy. The opportunities for rearing rabbits, doves, ducks and hens and also gardening works relieve their minds from boring status. The inmates are also spending their time in other recreational activities such as watching television, reading newspapers/magazines / books and playing indoor games such as Pallankuzhi, Thayam, Chess, Tiger vs Goats, carom etc. We are happy to report that the Old aged people are leading a peaceful and satisfied living in our Home.
Presently our Home runs at rental building and hence we propose to construct a new and convenient building for our inmates. ARDS requests individuals, the donors and organizations to support our mission through generous donations / grants / partnerships