We are an organisation who have organically grown from ideas and intent to regularly impacting a small group of people in a positive & meaningful way.
Some of our work..
Hot & nutritious meals
Delivering more than food for the underprivileged.
We prepare them for the future.
The gift of goats
A gift that keeps on giving. The Gift of Goat is a program that aims to transform impoverished individuals in India into self-sufficient benefactors.
Go Green
An initiative to do our part in restoring the green cover, while providing nutrition through fruits.
Humble beginnings
At Agapai’s journey started with a single person’s empathy and the desire to move people out of dire circumstances of poverty and hunger and towards self sufficiency
Agapai is a Public Charitable Trust that was founded in the 1960s by Mr. SW Mathias, a philanthropic civil engineer. The trust’s mission is to empower the underprivileged in India by providing them with the resources they need to achieve self-reliance. Agapai’s early work focused on providing in-kind donations to underprivileged families in the Tamil Nadu district of Kanyakumari. These donations, which included baby chickens or lambs, helped to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among the beneficiaries. As a result, many of the beneficiaries were able to start their own businesses, which provided them with additional revenue streams.
In 2018, Agapai transitioned into a Public Charitable Trust (registered in India). This allowed the trust to expand its reach and impact. Today, Agapai provides a variety of services to the underprivileged, including vocational training, financial literacy training, and job placement assistance. Agapai is committed to helping the underprivileged in India reach their full potential. The trust’s work is helping to create a more just and equitable society
As part of its efforts, Agapai provides basic training and support to people in rural villages to acquire practical skills. This includes tailoring classes for girls, as well as training for visually impaired and disabled individuals to produce aroma candles that they can sell for a steady income.In the past, Agapai also offered free health and hygiene packages to those in need. However, due to insufficient funding, this initiative has been temporarily discontinued. Nevertheless, Agapai remains committed to resuming this activity and providing much-needed support to marginalised communities.
Growing forward
Agapai’s work has been taken forward Dr. Suseela Mathias. Agapai has now expanded the work and our operations are more streamlined and organised.
This has been possible due to the benevolent contributions of a collective of philanthropic individuals who share a common vision of uplifting the underprivileged populace in rural areas.
“We now provide even more hot nutritious meals to more people every day, 6 days a week through the ‘Grains Program‘”
Dr Suseela Mathias
How we do it
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Daily feeding program
Agapai’s Grains Programme is an initiative aimed at lifting the disadvantaged from hunger and malnutrition by providing hot and nutritious meals to over 100 individuals in need each day, six days a week.
Gift of goats
Gifting goats to herders so that they become goat rearers
Empowerment through tailoring
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Go Green
Planting fruit trees to do our part in restoring our green cover, while also providing nutrition and a place of shade.
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