About Us
About Anbu Illam Trust
Anbu Illam means “house of love” in Tamil.
Our mission
To give people a home when they have lost access to one, food when a household is about to go without, and the means to stay in school or find work. Not as three charitable gestures, but as one continuous effort — because for the families we work with, these are not three separate problems.
[[Registered Trust — add registration number and 12A/80G status]], based in Kolathur, Chennai.
Our 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.]]
How we work
What we hold ourselves 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.
Accountability
Governance & transparency
A trust asking strangers for money owes them a straight account of how it is run.
- Registration
- [[Add trust registration number, date, and the authority it is registered with.]]
- Tax status
- [[State your 12A and 80G status plainly, with registration numbers and validity dates — or state plainly that you do not hold them. Do not imply 80G eligibility you cannot evidence: donors claim it on their returns.]]
- Trustees
- [[List the trustees and their roles. Names, not just titles.]]
- Accounts & audit
- [[Name your auditor and state when accounts were last audited. Link the latest statement if you publish it.]]
- Contact for concerns
- If something about this trust concerns you — how a donation was used, or how someone in our care was treated — write to us directly and we will respond in person rather than with a form letter.
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.
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