THARA -Tender Home for Anawim Rest & Awakening Society, was started in the year 2002, in St. Patrick's School campus and was registered as a society in 2007. We take care of children who have no one to take care and who have no place to go. THARA takes very special interest in the welfare of those children who are deprived of their families, parents, and near and dear ones. THARA goes into the str
eets meets them, counsels them and offers them the security and safety of a home, away from home. We provide them with food, shelter, clothing and education. Jose Mathew Kaippan plackal SJ is the Founder Director of THARA. He is a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). The Society of Jesus is a worldwide body engaged in education, pastoral work, social work and spiritual work. Jose Mathew Kaippanplakal SJ., has a PG degree in Counseling Psychology from University of Bombay and is also an LLB, a registered practicing lawyer in the Andhra Pradesh High Court. THARA is his brain child. The organisation is run by the good-will of people and also its donors receive 80G tax exemption, from the Income Tax Act of 1961, dated : 05-05-2009.
