Virtue Foundation, initially registered as "Vailankanni Society for Rural Construction and Technical Education" on February 18, 1993, in Thiruvarur District under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, has been dedicated to welfare and development activities for over 30 years, focusing on women's savings, credit sangam, and employment opportunities for the downtrodden, handicapped, and marginalized sectors. The organization, also known as Virtue NGO, Virtue Mission, and Virtue Foundation for ease of reference, receives funding from the State and Central Government of India, as well as some support from abroad, to continue its mission of empowering vulnerable communities.
Read MoreTo empower People with disability and underprivileged people through developmental initiatives focusing on educational, social, economic, cultural and technological aspects.
To Empower Persons with Disability, poor and marginalized enabling them to live their life with dignity and respect.
Virtue Foundation enhances lives through education, health, employment, and livelihood initiatives, empowering marginalized communities.
Since 1993 to till date year we are providing non-formal education to 500 rural poor children in both districts. Between 2004 and 2006 we run the SSA-Programme for the school drop outs with support of Districts. Between 2004 and 2006 we run the SSA-programmer for the school drop outs with the supports education Officer (DEO of Thiruvarur District). Since 1993 we distributed 1600 school bags and Note books for school going poor students.
VIRTUE organized General Health Checkup camps through its self-financed Hospital services. In 15 villages organized a one day training on RCH, in Action for Women’s Health to 1200 SHG members and we distributed Vitamins ‘A’ Capsules to 15 Schools student with the support of Lion’s Club and Rotary Club. Through TANSACS Chennai we have running Community care for the HIV positive persons in Thiruvarur District.
Running of tailoring unit at thiruthuraipoondi which was being supported by VIRTUE. But we have motivated people to sustain the programme through the local contribution. Every year we able to support 200 youth from the income earned from the above unit. The 04 Self-help group is operating a Coir making unit with the help of coir board Cochin. They earn more than Rs.2000 per month.
Since 2000 onwards, we had promoted much short term and long terms training in various trade/ service for different category of needy people with the help of trained candidate are employed in self/private.
VIRTUE Organisation has implemented this project in Thiruvarur district. VIRTUE works in intervention area as follows:
• Community meetings
• Street Plays/Puppet shows for awareness generation
• School activities such as essay competition, painting competition etc.
• Sensitization of PRIs and SHGs
• Sensitzation of DOT Providers/TB support groups
• Patient Providers Meetings in the community
• Sensitization of religious groups/faith healers
• Development of material in local language for the above meetings
• Advocacy for right of patients and their care providers
• Support sputum collection and transportation and in increasing detection rate
• Support to trace initial defaulters and increase in cure rate
The targeted intervention programme amongst the Female Sex Workers in Thiruvarur was organized. This programme is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Voluntary Health Services (VHS) Chennai. Organized. Thiruvarur areas are the areas where VIRTUE NGO has its intervention activities among these target community. This is a community driven prevention programme for the female commercial sex workers in the identified region in the vulnerable pockets of the Madurai city. A special Clinic cum Laboratory with Counseling center is been in operation in the region with qualified and dedicated team of Medical, Para medical and Experienced staff. Periodical review and regular referral services with one to one counseling activities are some of our specialised services for the benefit of the target community.
organize shelter for people attending patient at Government Hospital at Thirvarur. The Shelter has hygienic bathrooms and toilets, fully furnished dromedary, clock rooms, etc. The programme will be initiated on April 1st week of 2019.
VIRTUE has organized survey on baggers and street vendors in Nagapattinam and Pondicherry districts. It has found that 50 baggers in Nagapattinam district and 504 baggers in Pondichery district. There are 1000 street vendors in Nagapattinam district. 4500 street vendors in Pondychery District.
With support of TANSC, We organized community care center for Persons living with HIV/AIDS often find that their family and community connections are shattered by the illness and the fear and stigma that accompany it; the center guiding principle has been to restore a sense of solidarity between people living with HIV/AIDS and their community. Encouraging the direct involvement of PLHIV in counseling, prevention, support, fund-raising, income generation and care are all activities that directly alleviate the immediate situation.
India Management Private Limited, Sidco Industrial Estate,
Guindy, Chennai - 6000032, 33 - Tamil Nadu.
No:18/94, Hospital Road, Thiruthuraipoondi-614713,
Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu.