Idhaya Vaasal Elders' Home, Registered with DSWO, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, ROC No. 2091/A3/2022, Dt.: 22-05-2023

இதயவாசல் முதியோர் இல்லம்
Old Age Home's Registration with District Social Welfare Office, South Chennai, under the Rule 12(3) of the Tamil Nadu Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior Citizens Rule 2009 (Central Act 56 of 2007) and for a Registration period from 22.05.2023 to 21.05.2026.

Late Shri. S. Parthasarathy aka Service Sarathy, Founder Trustee, started his volunteering services from the age of 13, inspired from a school trip to Sivananda Ashram. The week ends of Sarathy was not like the other neighbourhood children, he used to sell soaps, phenol, etc in and around Guindy, Velachery and Taramani areas of Chennai. Most of the money he earned were spent for the poor children at the orphanages for their notebooks, pencil and gifting new cloths during festivals. He played role model to many like minded youngsters and who were all became volunteers and joined Sarathy's hands to serve the society. More @Sarathy

Sarathy visited more than 40 Elders’ Home in and around Chennai from his school days onward. The type of shelter homes he visited include special children homes, cancer care centers, mentally retarded homes, home for AIDS patients, leprosy care centers, elders’ homes and children orphanages. He used to spend his time with each and every inmate of the Homes he visited and take care of cleaning, feeding, making their time lighter by chatting and comforting them with cheerful words. Because of his ardent desire which was inspired through these services, he had been thinking for a long while to give a kick start for an Elders’ Home. Along with his thick friend Dr.Surya he starting Aarathy Charitable Trust and Idhaya Vaasal Elders' Home in the year January 2008. The Home lost him forever in December 2010 at his age of 26, during an attempted robbery. His ambition and pure service thoughts, especially the charm he made volunteers to feel by helping the needy people, are driving his volunteering friends towards his way of service activities and they continue from where he left behind.

Mrs. R. Pushpavalli, President of the Trust, was another mother to the Trust's Founder Parthasarathy. Her involvement and dedication in charity services are in-born and she is really leading the Home as a big family. During many financial crises in the initial period, she has supported a lot from her family pension amount and helped in the smooth running of charity activities. By nature she is a kind and spiritual being, loves to serve the elders, as she was involved in divine services for years together in Salem, her home town.

Dr. C.R.Suriyakumar, PhD, Secretary of the Trust, a thick friend of Sarathy, who was supporting in all his service activities, hand in hand, is now functioning as Secretary to the Trust. He is taking care of the Trust administration and the Elders' Home management. During the inception of home, for first two years of period he offered free food for all three times to all the elderly residents of the Home from his Rusi Mess's kitchen, till the business was closed. Also donated the Home 10 steel cots, and offered 2,000 sq.ft residential space in Velachery, Chennai's main area to carry out the Trust and Home's activities. Sarathy was working in a MNC, so the the day care to elders was given by Surya and slowly he became inseparable with this big family. Being MD of Sanath Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd - a technical writing and web-development company, Dr.Surya generously spending from his pocket as founders contribution, wherever required in this charity service.

Mr. S. Sanathkumar,  Treasurer of the Trust, is part of Sarathy's Idhaya Vaasal family from his childhood days. He has grown up with the love and care of Sarathy and all the elders living here and he has in-born kindness towards helping the poor patients and shares his time to take the elders out to temples and picnic spots whenever it is required. Presently undergoing his III year B.E. (CSE) graduation with Jerusalem Engineering College in Pallikaranai. He has donated or lent money from his piggy bank savings, many times, particularly in the start-up and difficult times of this elders home.

Trust's Building Construction Mission

Charity Fundraising

We are paying huge amount as rent and salaries take another big part of the running cost. We could not save enough amount for the construction of our dream new home. The fundraising mission was started in 2020 and we have purchased a land area with total extend of 7,200 sq.ft., on Trust's name, which is located at Kanchivakkam, near Padappai (outskirt of Chennai). We are planning to construct 2 storied building on 4,500 sq.ft in that land.

Now fundraising for building construction is being promoted through different kind of well wishers to the home. The first phase of project require 1 crore rupees. We request all the kind and generous hearts to extend your valuable support to construct a home. This home will accommodate at least a 100 homeless poor /helpless patients /destitute elders. Any kind of help to this project from generous hearts will be an immense support to this noble charity service.