Vision

• To break the “poverty - manual labour” cycle of the economically underprivileged through education.   
  
• To nurture ethical human beings of grandeur and strength; with intelligence tempered by humility, strength tempered by love.

Mission

• To provide free education to economically under-privileged children through its school “Gurukulam” and support the children until they complete a vocational course through “Gurukulam Vocational Training Centre” or a professional course.   
• To nurture inner and outer strength in the child through martial arts, yoga and “How to Live” moral value classes.

Fact File

• Gurukulam, a free school for the under-privileged children in Kovalam, Chennai.
• Founded in 2004, 34 students and 2 teachers
• Presently 243 students from LKG to Grade XII, with 22 teachers and 8 staff.
• Parents earning less than Rs 8000/-pm (approx US $ 4 per day)
• First generation English learners. All subjects taught in the English medium.
• All activities, uniforms, books, food and education provided free of charge to the children.

Activities

• Snacks/Mid-day Meals
• Sports
• Yoga
• Karate
• Indoor play
• Medical/Dental checkup
• “How to live” - moral classes

Achievements

• First prize in South India Karate Competition, Feb 2014 ( read more...)
• Live Blog -
  http://trustchildren.blogspot.in/

CSR – Spend a day @ Gurukulam

• Make the day special for employees and students!
• Contact us at

capt.nandkumar@trustchildren.org