• A Voluntary Social Service Organization registered with Government Under Trust Act No.BK4/108/2018
  • 12A Regn. Number - AADTT4816CE20206
  • 80G Regn. Number - AADTT4816CF20222
  • CSR Regn. Number - CSR00035266
  • Nurture | Engage | Support | Transform
NEST Projects & Statistics
  • The Nest and FNF India jointly inaugurated "Skill Development Centre" for imparting various skilling programmes on 14th Dec-2023
  • Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 7 rural women and all 7 trainees were certified on 15th July 2023
  • Distributed School Stationaries, Uniform and School Fees Cheque for the students of Academic year 2023 - 2024 on 15th June 2023
  • Organised Eye Camp on 07th Mar 2019 at Karnampet School where 112 rural patients got benefitted
  • Organised Integrated Differently Abled Welfare Program on 24th May 2019 at Karnampet Village where 5 differently abled patients got benefitted
  • Organised Integrated Differently Abled Welfare Program on 25th Jun 2019 at Karnampet Village where 2 differently abled patients got benefitted
  • Organised CCDP Program on 13th Jun 2019 at Karnampet Village where 3 poor students were given educational scholarships
  • Organised Eye and Dental Camp on 30th Jul 2019 at Kazhinjur Village where 186 patients got benefitted
  • Organised Water Bell Project on 08th Jan 2020 at Karnampet Govt. School where 627 govt. school students were given free Water Bottles distributed for their daily usage
  • Organised Integrated Differently Abled Welfare Program on 16th Jan 2020 at Anbu Illam where 2 Wheel Chairs were given for the Anbu Illam Trust usage
  • Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme to rural women - total 44 women were trained in 5 batches
  • Rural Infrastructure Development
    On our 4th Anniversary celebrations (21st Dec - 2022), a cheque for Rs. 10,000/- has been issued for flooring work for Karnampet Govt. Primary School
About Project Area

Vellore is at 12.91°N 79.13°E, 216m above the mean sea level. The city has a semi-arid climate with high temperatures throughout the year and relatively low rainfall. It is in Vellore district of the South Indian state. Vellore lies in the Eastern Ghats region and Palar river basin. The topography is almost plain with slopes from west to east.

Karnampet Panchayat and village situated 15 kms away from the Vellore and its located on the Vellore Chennai Highway road (via Katpadi, Tiruvalam), Agriculture and Farming are the main occupations of the people in this village, Karnampet Panchayat has divided into three parts, Karnampet main, Alwarthangal and Karnampet Colony , in total 690 families do habitat here in this locality.

Locality Name :
Karnambut ( கர்ணம்பூட் )
Language :
Tamil and Telugu, Urdu, Malayalam And Kannada
City/Taluk Name :
Katpadi
Post Office Name :
Vellore Sugar Mills
District :
Vellore
Assembly constituency:
Katpadi assembly constituency
State :
Tamil Nadu
Elevation / Altitude:
Meters. 213 Above Sea level
Pin Code :
632 519
Lok Sabha constituency:
Arakkonam parliamentary constituency
Country:
India
Our Vision
Establish a fair and just society without poverty, illiteracy, ill health with interdependence, fair distribution and to promote family like community, nation’s prosperity and peace
Our Mission
Educating people, providing healthcare solutions, to initiate economic developmental activities and enhance the quality of life of all the people with a key focus on down trodden, poor and marginalized communities.
Our Goal
Overall goal of the organization is to promote holistic development of the people incorporating the dimensions of Education, Health, Welfare, Economic development, Ecology, Family, Society and Sustainable livelihood/development.
Board of Trustees

Rtn. Naveen James
B.Sc.,M.B.A., P.G.Dip.HRM (IIM-C), L.L.B..
Founder & Managing Trustee
A Management Professional, Social Activist & Legal Consultant with two decades of rich experience in People Practices & Administration cutting across industries. From his younger days he had a vision to craft an organization which can impact the common man's life. To begin with, he has seeded this NGO with self-sustainable Project models, thereby reducing the dependability for the external resources. By venturing into this initiative, he is also experimenting/learning his social entrepreneurship skills and try to sail thru' the obstacles to establish a successful NGO. The key focus would be on three different avenues for the welfare of the community involving Health, Education and Development. The goal of the organization is to uplift the rural community's lifestyle by giving education and life skills to prosper in their lives. The journey has been initiated with a DOT on a plain white board envisioning a beautiful picture, to complete this, he would like to collaborate and join hands with visionaries and seeks people support from different walks of life to bring out the picture as envisioned.

Devasitham Thangaraj
M.A.,M.Ed.
Trustee & Secretary
She is a Post Graduate in Arts & Education and a retired Teacher by profession. At an elderly age, she is an individual who wants to partake in Social upliftment activities, thereby re-shaping the societal structures which shall benefit the common man impacting their lifestyles and livelihood. She also parallely holds the SECRETARY position in running this NGO. She is also a key Project Sponsor for many of the NGO's operating out of India.

Deepa Gandhi
B.A.
Trustee & Treasurer
After a long stint with a Private Limited firm in a Managerial capacity, she has volunteered herself to join hands in this noble initiative to work with the rural people. She also parallely holds the TREASURER position overseeing the Finances and sourcing the Project Funds through different channels. She also plays a vital role in augmenting the source of funds thru' various fund raising events.
Our Organization Structure
organizaion structure
Our Projects

Programs

  • Comprehensive Medical service/center
  • Intensive health camp program
  • Rural outreach health service program
  • 'Save one life' blood donation program
  • Holistic palliative care approach program
  • Elimination of Communicable & non communicable Diseases program
  • Effective Health education program
  • Emergency & First aid training program
  • Underprivileged Medical Financial Aid program
  • Response to outbreak of infectious diseases program
  • Village health planning committee

  • Rural Library center
  • Nest Tuition center
  • Students scholarship program
  • Higher education support program
  • Complete school children Health check-up program
  • Financial assistance for underprivileged & targeted students
  • Career guidance program
  • International & national Conference and seminar programmes
  • Adolescent girl child safety Education program
  • Adolescent Psychological and Health Education program
  • School office stationary support program
  • School Housekeeping materials support program
  • Government Schools renovation program

  • Sustainable Organic farming & training program
  • Natural Home Herbal Gardening program
  • Modern Watershed development program
  • Integrating Animal Husbandry & Fish Farming program
  • Plant Nursery management program
  • Waste land and dry program (Waste land and Dryland Farming Program)
  • Green Formers daily market program (Green Farmers Dairy Market Program)
  • Formers association & co-operatives society (Training / Raw materials/ Sale) (Farmers Association & Co-operative Society (Training / Raw-materials / Sale)

  • Empowering marginalized and vulnerable Communities program
  • Printing, publishing and distribution of Literature program
  • Community centers and events development program
  • Sensitize common man about ongoing schemes and program
  • Rural / Urban Poverty Alleviation program
  • Affiliated Social Security program
  • Petition processing program

  • Integrated Rain Water Harvesting and Knowledge Sharing program
  • Modified sewage treatment plants Program
  • Portable drinking water purification program
  • Public environmentally literate Program
  • Pollution control program
  • Afforestation Development program

  • Mahila mandels - Women Self-Help Group program
  • SHG Management Training program
  • Women Entrepreneurship Development Program
  • SHG Income Generation program
  • Micro finance for women
  • Manufacture of products to export and import Program

  • Facilitating Knowledge based and Innovation driven training program
  • Entrepreneurship and Self-employment opportunities Program
  • Network of public & private agency For Entrepreneurship Development program
  • Generating infrastructure and employment through Technical skill development program
  • Soft skill / skill training program
  • Entrepreneurship Development program & Vocational Training Program
  • Income generation program for unemployed youth
  • Rural BPO's / KPO's Program
  • Educated Unemployed / Rural youth association
  • Job placement program

  • Life coping skill training program
  • School children behavioral problem counseling program
  • Integrated career guidance for school children development program
  • Therapeutic Counseling center / program
  • De-addiction counseling program

  • Child right program
  • Child labor program
  • Holistic Targeted Child Development through Sponsorship program
  • Equipping Special child development program
  • Orphan, Marginalized & Vulnerable children Home/ Program
  • Adolescent girl child safety program
  • Integrated students hostel program
  • Alleviating Child malnutrition program

  • Disaster preparedness program
  • Disaster mitigation program
  • Network with similar NGO program
  • Network with Government disaster Management cell
  • Disaster Rescue program
  • Disaster estimate program
  • Disaster relief program
  • Disaster rehabilitation program
  • Disaster reconstruction & Restoration program

  • Livelihood support program EDP/IGP Program
  • Integrated Differently abled Association
  • Providing Mobility Aids program
  • Facilitating Government scheme program

  • Research on all community health and development aspect
  • Research on outbreak of disease and disaster management
  • Research - editing, coding, Analyzing & reporting Dept
  • Overall program Statistical Data storage and information sharing Dept

  • Advocacy committee members
  • Stakeholders & village Panchayat committee
Programmatic Framework
Programmatic framework
Our Results
Baseline survey

In Karnampet Village there are 690 families exists; out of these, 43% (300 families) of population has been surveyed (as on Nov-2018) to identify the community problems and to study the background of the people in the village. This study mainly focused on socio economic status and health care system of the community.
Focus Group Discussion

List of major problems Identified:
  • Difficulty to cross and climb over the steps of the Railway Bridge
  • Lack of health access
  • Alcoholism
  • Higher Education support
  • Personal hygiene & Health Awareness
  • Drainage and mosquito problem
  • Requirement of tuition center for school going children
  • Implementation of sandy market Establishment of toilet in required houses
  • Status of SHG - Self Help Group
FGD have been conducted in three areas in Karnampet village with the help of the Women self-help groups, in total 63 women participated. Major problems are identified and solutions are to be identified with the help of the local community and the village Government officials / politicians.
Eye Camp
Being healthy is essential for all human beings for discharging their duties and responsibilities effectively. Based on the Survey done at Karnampet panchayat the trust has initially planned and organized Eye camp in the area collaborating with Rotary Club of Vellore North, Jeyamalli International School, and SIH-R&LC Karigiri Hospital. On 7th March-2019 the Eye camp was conducted, around 100 patients have participated in the Camp from different places in and around Karnampet village and benefited with free cataract surgeries and consultations. After Examination of the patients the medical team referred 36 patients for Cataract Surgery at Karigiri Hospital. On the same day nine patients were taken to the hospital for surgery. And also 14 Government school children were referred for Karigiri Hospital for further treatment to use power Eyeglass.
Mobility Aids Distribution Program
On 24th May-2019, we conducted the" Mobility Aids Distribution Programme" joining hands with Rotary Club Vellore North - distributed aids to five differently-abled persons from Karnampet Village.
Comprehensive Child Development Program

First child to appear and clear the 10th Tamilnadu State Board Exams.
Sponsored Child Name : S Mageshwari
Father Name: Sivakumar
Father's Occupation: Dailywage worker
Mother Name: S. Geetha
Mother's Occupation: Garden Work / Housemaid
Village: Karnambut
School Name: Govt Higher Secondary School
Standard & Year: 10th Std, ( Acad Year -2021-22)
Score : 316 / 63.2%




Distributed School Stationaries, Uniform and School Fees Cheque for the students of Academic year 2023 - 2024 on 15th June 2023.





On 13th June-2019 under our Comprehensive Child Development Programme (CCDP), three full orphan ( S.Priyanka, S.Lokesh Kumar, A.Keerthana) children's were identified, Education financial support and School stationeries have been distributed at our Trust office. We sincerely thank our sponsors who have come forward to support this noble cause.



Our Trust sponsored children are undergoing Tuition classes in the evenings, thanks to the donors for supporting this noble cause..!!



On 21st August -2019, we have distributed two sets of School uniform for Priyanka & Lokesh through our CCD Program donors, thanks to the donors for supporting this noble cause.
Tailoring skill project

Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 7 rural women and all 7 trainees were certified on 15th July 2023.
Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 6 rural women and all 6 trainees were certified on 10th May 2022
Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 6 rural women and all 6 trainees were certified on 15th October 2021
Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 7 rural women and all 7 trainees were certified on 10th July 2021
Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 10 rural women and all 10 trainees were certified on 13th February 2021.

Our Media Gallery
Photos
CSR Project- The NEST - FNF India - Inauguration of Skill Development Centre - 14th Dec-2023
Videos

Be a Volunteer

Share your time and skills with those who need it...!

Register your interest

Registration Form
×
Support Us

Donate and save tax

Just as our partners faithfully give towards the upliftment of the society, we are faithful in utilising the resources they trust us with.

...

Tax deduction

Reduce annual taxes and reduce poverty by helping the most vulnerable children.

...

Benefits

Receive a tax exemption of 50% under section 80G. A tax deduction benefit that also benefits children in dire need.

...

Tax exemption

Avail tax exemption and exempt needy from poverty and other injustices like child labour and abuse.

Online Contributions

We need your support today

Donate



Offline Contributions
If you wish to sponsor our Projects, please do use the banking info mentioned below for NEFT transactions:
Bank INDIAN BANK
Branch MICROSATE BRANCH VELLORE
Account No 6718387401
IFS Code IDIB000M195
District VELLORE
State TAMIL NADU
Address NO. 25, EAST MAIN ROAD, GANDHI NAGAR, VELLORE - 632 006