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Organized an Eye camp (Half-day) on 08^th Mar-2025 at Karnampet area, collaborating with Rotary Club of Vellore North and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital, Porur, Chennai.
On 10^th March-2025, under the Project "NEST Differently-Abled Program" - we donated a Commode Chair with Wheels to the beneficiary Ms. Mary, Tuticorin.
Skill Development Centre - Basic of Computers (Beginner Level) Batch - 03 Certification Day 19^th Dec -2024
Education Support Programme - Financial Assistance thru' our Trust to Mr. R. Dhanansezhiyan - MSW (2nd Year Student) for the Academic Year 2024-25 on 24^th July-2024
Skill Development Centre - Basic of Computers (Beginner Level) Batch - 02 Certification Day 28^th Sep -2024
Skill Development Centre - Basic of Computers (Beginner Level) Batch - 01 Certification Day 08^th Jun -2024
Organised Tailoring Skill Training Programme for 7 rural women and all 7 trainees were certified on 08^th April 2024.
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 4 ^th Anniversary celebrations (21^st 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

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 Dryland Farming Program
Green Farmers Dairy Market Program
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

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

Organized an Eye camp (Half-day) on 08^th Mar-2025 at Karnampet area, collaborating with Rotary Club of Vellore North and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital, Porur, Chennai. Around 53 patients have participated in the Camp from different villages in and around Karnampet area and benefited with free cataract surgeries and consultations.

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 10th March-2025, we conducted the" Mobility Aids Distribution Programme" joining hands with Rotary Club Vellore North - distributed aids to Ms. Mary, Tuticorin .

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 (CCDP)

First child to appear and clear the 10th & 12th 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%
Standard & Year: 12th Std, ( Acad Year -2023-24) Score : 418 / 69.6%

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.