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Punalur Somarajan is the founder of Gandhibhavan International Trust (2002)[1], an Indian non-profit working on elderly, mental health, orphans & child care and healthcare from Pathanapuram.
Gandhibhavan International Trust
Gandhibhavan International Trust, founded by Punalur Somarajan on the banks of the Kallada river near Pathanapuram in Kollam district, shelters and cares for abandoned and destitute people including bedridden patients, people with mental illness and orphaned children. It received the Vayoshreshtha Samman 2019 as the best institution providing services to senior citizens.
Gandhibhavan International Trust reports the following, on its own site:
- 30 care homes
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Pathanapuram
- Founded
- 2002
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Founded in 2002 by Dr. Punalur Somarajan and built on the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhibhavan provides shelter, food, medical care, education, vocational training, and rehabilitation to over 1,500 individuals - regardless of caste, religion, gender, or disability.” — Gandhibhavan International Trust. Source
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