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Anbu Illam Trust
A house of love — care, food, and learning for those who need it most.
Anbu Illam means “house of love” in Tamil.
What we do
Anbu Illam Trust runs three connected programs: a home for people who have lost access to one, food for households at risk of going without, and school and skills support for children and young adults. They are connected on purpose — hunger, dropping out, and losing a home are usually the same crisis at different stages.
[[Registered Trust — add registration number and 12A/80G status]], based in [[City, State]].
Our work
Three programs, one problem
A family rarely faces just one of these. Food, school, and shelter fail together — so we try not to treat them as separate queues.
The house itself
Residential Care
Safe, long-term residential care — a bed, three meals, medical attention, and the ordinary routine of a home for people who have lost access to one.
- •A bed, bedding, and a space that belongs to the person using it
- •Three meals a day, cooked on site, adjusted for medical diets
- •Routine health monitoring and accompanied hospital visits
Food that arrives on a schedule
Hunger Relief
Cooked meals and monthly ration kits for households that are one bad week away from going without — delivered on a predictable schedule they can plan around.
- •Cooked meals for people without the means to cook — the homeless, the elderly, daily-wage workers between jobs
- •Monthly ration kits on a fixed date, sized for a household rather than an individual
- •Priority for households with children, elderly members, or someone unable to work
Keeping children in school, and adults employable
Education & Skills
Fees, books, uniforms, and after-school support for children at risk of dropping out — and vocational training for young adults who already have.
- •School fees paid directly to the institution, in the term they fall due
- •Books, uniforms, and supplies at the start of the school year
- •After-school study support for children with no quiet place to work at home
How we work
What we hold ourselves to
Principles are cheap to publish and expensive to keep. These are the ones we would want to be held to.
Dignity first
Nobody should have to perform their hardship to receive help. We ask for what we need to serve someone well, and nothing more.
Show up, keep showing up
Relief that arrives once is a photograph. Relief that arrives every week is a lifeline. We commit to what we can sustain rather than what looks impressive.
A house, not an institution
Anbu Illam means house of love. The people in our care are not case numbers on an intake form — they get a room, a routine, and someone who notices when they are unwell.
Honest about limits
We say no when we cannot do something properly, and we say so publicly when something has not worked. A trust that only reports good news is not reporting.
Rooted where we work
The people who know a neighbourhood's needs already live in it. Our work is shaped by the families we serve, not designed for them from a distance.
Money you can follow
Every rupee that comes in should be traceable to something that happened. We keep records that let a donor ask what their contribution did — and get a real answer.
On the numbers
We publish figures only once we can stand behind them. Rather than round numbers up for a website, this page describes what we do and how we do it. Our verified figures go out in our reports to donors and partners — ask us for the latest and we will send them.
Ask us for our latest reportOur story
[[The founding story: who started this trust, when, and what happened that made them start it. Write it plainly and specifically — the real reason is always more compelling than an inspirational summary of it, and donors can tell the difference.]]
[[What the trust looks like today: where you work, what you run, and what you are trying to build next. Avoid superlatives; describe the actual thing.]]
More about the trust →Partnership
In partnership with Hope108
The film below is Hope108's, and shows Hope108's work — not ours. We include it because they are our partner and their work is worth watching.
Get involved
Ways to help
Listed roughly in order of how useful they actually are to us — which is not the same as how easy they are to give.
Give monthly
The most useful thing you can do. Residential care is a daily cost, and a predictable monthly income is what lets us commit to a person for years rather than months.
Support monthly →Give in kind
Provisions, bedding, books, uniforms, and equipment — often more useful than cash, and always acknowledged. Ask us what is actually needed this month before buying.
Ask what's needed →Give your time
Tutors, drivers, medical professionals, and people willing to do the unglamorous work of a weekly delivery round. Skills matter less than showing up consistently.
Register to volunteer →Partner with us
For companies and institutions: CSR funding, in-kind supply, employee volunteering, and interview access for our trainees. We will report back on what your contribution did.
Start a conversation →Questions
Frequently asked
Anbu Illam means “house of love” in Tamil. We are a registered public trust running three connected programs: residential care for people who have lost access to a home, hunger relief for households at risk of going without food, and education and skills support for children and young adults. [[Add your registration details and the areas you operate in.]]