SEESHA Updates
- Nurturing lives, fueling hope!
The SEESHA Project teams organized a variety of events, on the occasion of SEESHA's esteemed Founder Dr. Paul Dhinakaran's 62nd birthday in September. Some of the activities are highlighted below:
- Our Resp. Founder inaugurated a blood donation camp at JC House – Parrys. 39 units of blood were collected.Later, the Founding family distributed dry rations to poor families of roadside vendors.
- A free lunch program to serve 100 deserving people daily for one year was inaugurated at Bethesda Prayer Centre, Karunya Nagar.
- 62 tree saplings were planted in Vanagaram & Cuddalore.
- Dry rations were distributed to 62 poor families in Mumbai.
- Nearly 200 poor people were screened through eye camps held in Cuddalore & Ranchi.
- Free food was served to more than 800 poor & elderly persons at 8 project locations.
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Donate Now- Creating sustainable livelihoods for the vulnerable!
Providing livelihood support to the vulnerable is crucial for eradicating extreme poverty and improving community wellbeing.
As part of SEESHA's CommunityDevelopment Program, Sis. Evangeline Paul Dhinakaran, Sis. Stella Ramola Daniel, and Bro. Daniel Davidson distributed livelihood support to 7 unprivileged persons to empower them economically, in a special event held in Chennai in September second week.
During the event, a differently-abled woman received a retrofitted scooter, one woman was presented an iron box with a push cart, a transgender person received a push cart with cooking utensils, and 4 women from poor families received sewing machines, empowering them to create brighter futures for themselves and their families.
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Donate Now- Equipping them to thrive!
It was a splendid evening filled with happiness and hopeful expectation, when more than one hundred students in need from the local communities received the gift of SEESHA school kits from Bro. Samuel Paul Dhinakaran, Dr. Shilpa Samuel Dhinakaran, and baby Katelyn Anna at the 13th anniversary of the JC Prayer Tower, at Puducherry on August 25th 2024.
SEESHA has been conducting need assessments in Puducherry to meet the local communities pressing humanitarian needs as part of its community development program. The gifting of school kits was the first step towards creating a more hopeful future for the deprived children in the community.
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- SEESHA Stands with the Suffering at Wayanad!
The disastrous landslides wreaked havoc in Kerala's Wayanad, claiming more than 380 lives, resulting in widespread destruction. The survivors went without proper food, water, and other essentials for several days.
SEESHA's esteemed Founder, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, moved with compassion upon learning about the suffering of the adversely affected, promptly sent his SEESHA & Karunya teams to ground zero at Wayanad for the relief operations. He spoke with Mr. Siddique, MLA - Kalpetta, enquiring about the plight of the affected and assured him of all possible help. In the first phase of relief operations, SEESHA distributed relief kits to 1000 worst-hitfamilies.
But there is still much to be done to help them return to normalcy. As SEESHA continues to rebuild lives in Wayanad, you may also joinus in our relief efforts.
- Gifting SEESHA School kits to 25,000 children in need!
SEESHA's educational incentives, in the form of school kits, equip students from deprived backgrounds with the necessary tools for pursuing education, that empower them for brighter futures.
At a remarkable event held on 13th July at the JC Garden campus in Vanagaram, SEESHA's esteemed Founder, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, inaugurated the distribution of SEESHA school kits to 25,000 unprivileged children among rural, tribal, and urban slum communities across India.
On the occasion, 1500 children in need received the gift of SEESHA school kits from the founder's family. Beneficiaries who successfully completed vocational skills through SEESHA's SDP were presented with course completion certificates, and welfare assistance were also distributed to people in need.
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Donate Now- Where Learning meets Fun!
Summer camps are a great way for children to get a break from their day-to-day routines, socialise, learn new skills, and keep them engaged with learning.
At SEESHA, we believe that every child deserves the opportunity to explore their potential and experience the joy of learning and self-discovery.
Nearly 700 children from rural, tribal, and urban communities across India participated in SEESHA's summer camps, which were hosted across seven target project locations under the theme “Child Health & Personality Development”. During the camps held in the 3rd and 4th weeks of May, the project teams organised a variety of activities, including sessions on personal hygiene, environmental and community awareness, promoting physical and emotional well-being, interactive games, and outdoor play, to augment children’s awareness, independence, and creativity.
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Donate Now- Turning Compassion into Action: TN Flood Relief
Since the beginning of December, several districts in Tamil Nadu have experienced heavy rainfall, causing intense flooding that claimed nearly 30 lives and left several thousand stranded.
To meet immediate food & hygiene needs, SEESHA distributed relief kits to 1200 households worst-affected by the cyclone Michaung in Chennai and its neighbouring areas.After SEESHA’s cyclone Michaung relief operations in Chennai, SEESHA, along with the Karunya and ‘Jesus Calls’ teams, rendered urgent relief assistance to nearly 1300 families worst-affected by the deluge in Tirunelveli & Tuticorin Districts.
As SEESHA continues to aid disaster-hit communities, you too can join our noble mission.
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Donate Now- Bringing love & hope to the vulnerable in Manipur
Under the guidance of SEESHA’s Founder Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the SEESHA disaster relief team established relief camps in the districts of Kangpokpi, Imphal, and Churachandpur in Manipur to provide assistance to the people affected by the recent ethnic conflict. The following are highlights of the Relief Team's 11-day massive intervention in Manipur:
- 634 displaced families received dry food rations and essential supplies.
- 841 school students received school kits, and sports equipment.
- 300 infants were given milk substitute powder packs, and 800 children received baby care kits.
- Medical relief camps were conducted in 4 districts, where over2,500 people were screened and provided free medicines.
- Nearly 11,049 people in 94 camps received food suppliesand other essentials.
Even as we continue our relief work in Manipur, we invite you to join us in improving the lives & livelihoods of the suffering.
Contribute NowRebuilding Manipur with compassionate care.
For nearly 20 years, SEESHA, under the guidance of its esteemed Founder, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, has been reaching out to the people worst hit by natural calamities and man-made disasters across India with a compassionate heart and a helping hand to restore hope and rebuild lives & livelihoods.
Standing by the thousands of displaced people affected by the conflict in strife-torn Manipur, our disaster relief team set up camps in the very heart of the conflict zone and distributed food items, clothes, and essential materials to more than 11,049 people sheltered in nearly94 relief camps. To ease the suffering of the adversely affected, SEESHA distributed free dry ration kits and welfare assistance to more than 634 families, and SEESHA school kits & sports equipment to over 841 children who were pushed into chaos and homelessness due to the calamity.
As a follow-up to the relief intervention, several medical camps are being conducted to benefit the displaced people sheltered in relief camps.
Even as we continue to rebuild their lives, we invite you to join us in reaffirming hope and restoring the livelihoods of the most affected in Manipur.
Support the Cause Know more..Our Projects
SEESHA designs and implements projects relevant to the needs of people from all sections of the society, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, gender or religion. Each of the projects function in their own unique ways to propel the journey towards holistic development, fuelled by indicators such as using education, health, environment and livelihood.The projects are set both in community as well as institutionalised settings. Primarily, we work with children, youth, women, men, families, persons in need of physiological and psychological care, the differently-abled, senior citizens, and victims of natural disasters. Together, these individual projects are equipped with the power to transform entire communities.
SEESHA nurtures young dreams and moulds children and youth into change-makers of their communities and the nation through a range of tailor-made development projects.
At SEESHA, we transform shy, uneducated women into empowered individuals through trainings and development programmes.
SEESHA reaches out to the elderly who are abandoned and destitute in order to assure them a healthy and dignified retired life.
With the vision of an inclusive society, SEESHA trains, counsels and motivates the differently-abled to lead independent and self-sufficient lives.
SEESHA health outreach projects aim to make quality healthcare affordable to the poor, even in the remotest of communities.
SEESHA’s country-wide network of volunteers responds to the need for relief, providing basic provisions and financial assistance to those affected by natural disasters.
Our Reach
Dr. Paul Dhinakaran
Founder & Managing TrusteeA philanthropist and educationist, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran established SEESHA in 2003 as the manifestation of his vision in humanitarian service. His personal motto, "Let's give life" is also the tagline of SEESHA.
Testimonials
Volunteer
"I experienced the amazing consequence of turning my focus away from me to others, and it was indeed life changing!"
Beneficiary
"The courses offered free of cost by SEESHA have taken me a step closer to my dream as I have a means to earn and save money."
Donor
"Invest in such marginalised children and be blessed, just as I am!"
Caring for the Abandoned Elderly
The Elderly needs to be treated with courtesy, respect, compassion and with dignity. Sadly, instead of treating our elders with the gratitude they deserve, many are often too busy to appreciate them or acknowledge their contributions to family and society. Consequently, few of them are left uncared and had to live alone without out any financial support.
SEESHA, being an organization grounded in love and compassion, reaches out to the elderly by catering to the needs of the few such abandoned and destitute, offering them care and support through its Elderly Care Program.
Through the Old Age Care Home, SEESHA has been catering to the physical and emotional needs of such seniors by providing a safe place for them to live. Here, the seniors find solace in each other by nurturing their bonds of friendship and finding comfort in a home away from their homes.
Through our Senior Citizen Outreach Program, SEESHA has been providing the utmost love and care to the elderly living in the community by ensuring that their basic needs are taken care of.
But there are more elderly people out there who need our compassion and support. You can join hands with SEESHA to ensure that the daily needs of the elderly are met and make them feel loved!
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