It is not just people from the affluent sections, but also the middle class who can help the poor and needy, says V. Srimathy Santhanam, who, five years ago, started the Sri Sarangathi Seva Trust, to help the downtrodden in need of money for medical treatment.
“The Trust disburses the amount to the hospital to fund a patient’s treatment. The Hindu Every week, we help more than two people towards their medical treatment. Till date, we have funded over 250 patients,” says Srimathy.
Friends and relatives are the major contributors of the trust, she added.
My husband’s brother V. Mani runs an orphanage in Bangalore ‘SO CARE IND’ for children of life-convicts.
The orphanage funds the children’s education and looks after their well-being.
He advised me to start a Trust to help the poor and his work has been an inspiration to me, she adds.
“It is society which is responsible for our growth and what we are today. We should contribute to society in the little ways that we can.
If you have the will to help, you can.
Each and every middle class family can contribute to the uplift the underprivileged.”
The Trust, which also contributes towards the education and welfare of children, is located at 3A/ 20, ‘Sri Saranagathi’ , 16 Cross Street (Third Lane), The New Colony, Chromepet, and can be contacted at 9444254850.
