Help Booth for run away children

The Jeeva Jyothi Help Booth at Perambur Railway Station in Chennai locates run away children who enter the city through this first entry point. We reach out to these children and make proper referrals for their problems. This includes counseling, home placement, hostel placements, school enrolment and non-formal vocational training. Children who refuse to go home are housed in ‘Ananda Illam’, our shelter home.

Shelter Home / Children’s village
‘Ananda Illam’, our shelter home, functioning in Chennai housed 30 boys. The boys live in a cordial atmosphere with due care and facilities. They attend school, provided nutritious food; have recreational facilities, yoga and meditation classes, tuition to aid in weak subjects and regular medical check up. 2 boys from the shelter home are in the University level while 2 others are pursuing higher technical education in a Polytechnic College.

In order to accommodate both girls and boys, a new shelter home has become functional at Budhoor, a scenic village in Cholavaram taluk, Thiruvallur district (about k.m from the city).

This place will soon emerge as a ‘model children’s village’ with all inclusive facilities for accommodation, food, study, recreation, entertainment, reading room, library, meditation, creative activities, kitchen garden and a large play area.

Disaster management
The havoc caused by tsunami in December 2004 prompted Jeeva Jyothi’s entry in a fishing hamlet called Pulicat, comprising 15 villages in Thiruvallur District. Jeeva Jyothi continued to work with the children and women in these villages.

The children needed a covered boat exclusively for their use to reach their schools. JJ provided a boat exclusively for children. Travel by crowded boats was the only means of transport to reach their schools across Pulicat Lake. The journey is very risky in rainy season and during floods.