Udavum Karangal is a

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organisation based out of

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, India. This organisation does service taking care of

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and other needy people helping them in all forms of

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. The

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of this organisation is Mr. Vidyaakar. Udavum Karangal, which in

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means "Helping Hands", is a

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organisation, established in 1983, with an objective of serving people in distress who are

& destitutes. The organisation's beginnings trace back to 1983, when Vidyaakar began his work in a voluntary counselling and guidance centre, as a professional

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, in the slums of NSK Nagar,

. A puny, dehydrated, wailing baby boy was brought by a

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puller, who had found it, abandoned in a

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hall, after a night show. Since then there has been no looking back, neither for Vidyaakar nor for Udavum Karangal. Udavum Karangal extends help and succour and a new lease of life to nearly 2,000 unfortunate persons from newborn babies, abandoned or

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ed to old dying destitutes. The centre provides individualized services, treatment,

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, rehabilitation and

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to those in distress. The activities Udavum Karangal is involved in are: Residential Care, Short Stay,

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, Educational Facilities, Rehabilitation,

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Services, Disaster Management (to the victims of the

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and

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), Information, Guidance &

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External links

Udavum Karangal website: https://www.myhelpinghands.org
Udavum Karangal in Ashanet

Organizations established in 1983 1983 establishments in Tamil Nadu Charities based in India Organisations based in Chennai {{charity-org-stub