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THE MADRAS SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
HE SERVES THE NATION
WHO CARES THE CHILDREN
About Us
Who we are and what we do
The Madras Society for the Protection of Children was founded on the 24th of April 1908 by a band of selfless and generous hearted citizens with Sir Arthur Lawley the then Governor of Madras, as its first President with the object of rescuing destitute and
orphan children and giving them shelter, food, clothing, education.
As the committee was trying to solve how to begin the work of such
society without a premises of its own.Dr.V.Varadappa Naidu, a leading medical Practitioner and shortriemdar of Koyembedu offered in December 1908 a generous gift of a plot of land in Vepery,and donated Rs 30,000 for the construction of a building and the maintenance of an orphanage to be named "Dr V.Varadappa Naidu's Orphanage."
The Society was registered on 9-3-1909 as society under Act XXI of 1860. The Hon'ble Mr.Justice C.Sankaran Nair became the first Chairman of the Committee. The Governement recognised the Society's Home asJunior Certified School for boys in 1925 and for girls in 1926, under the Madras Children Act of 1920.
The present premises without subsequent additional constructions was acquired out of cash paid by the heirs of Dr.V.Varadappa Naidu in lieu of the land at Vepery gifted by Dr.V.Varadappa Naidu and Rs.30,000/- donated in cash by Dr.V.Varadappa Naidu in 1908.
The Society has now under its management Dr.V.Varadappa Naidu's Home for Children, Children Home for Boys and Girls, Lady Stokes Special Primary School, M.S.P.C. Senior Citizens' Home, M.S.P.C. Vocational Training Centre, M.S.P.C. Charitable Book Bank , M.S.P.C. Free Counseling Centre, M.S.P.C.Annadhanam Scheme and M.S.P.C.Legal Help Centre.
Activities
The day today activities
MSPC CHILDREN HOME
Children who are in need of Care and Protection are admitted in the M.S.P.C. Children Home on orders issued by the Child Welfare Committee. Children under the age of eight are admitted and given shelter, food, clothing and education free of cost .
The children are all in-good health and are lodged in airy and spacious dormitories. They are given rich and nutritious food. Utmost importance is given to child care and education as good education can make a difference in the lives of these children.
Good education can make children feel confident and self reliant preparing them to face the world outside. It is on this strong belief that M.S.P.C. extends its support to not just child care and protection but also providing them with good education.
The Children of the Children`s Home are transferred to other Government recognized Children`s Home after they complete 12 years of age under the orders of the Child Welfare Committee.
The Society had during the last 112 years fed, clothed and educated thousands of destitute children and children who are in need of Care and Protection. We are proud to record here that Children of this Home are now prosperous and leading a respectable life in Society.
LADY STOKES SPECIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
The Lady Stokes Special Primary School is a free school under the management of The Madras Society for the Protection of Children , Chennai is a special school for the resident children of the M.S.P.C. and is aided and recognized by the government education department which has classes from 1st Std upto 5thStd. The medium of instruction is Tamil.
The staff consisted of 5 regular Secondary Grade Teachers who are taking classes from Ist to Vth Std . Progress in studies are satisfactory and discipline good. The children are also provided tuition in the evening hours by specialized part time teachers.
The class rooms are provided with maps, charts, pencils, books, smart boards and LCD projectors for presenting information and images from a computer. The children are provided with quality education completely free-of-cost. Even their text books, notebooks and uniforms are provided free of charge.
The M.S.P.C. provide value-based education which enables the children to become self-reliant and live ethical lives. The School has huge play areas and play ground with a well laid multiuse play court for playing Basket Ball, Badminton, Volley Ball and Football and play equipments such as Merry-Go-Round, Sea Saw, Stainless Steel Slide, Circular Swing, Rocking Chair, Duck Rider and Jungle Gym for children.
Aptitude, soft skills, yoga, art and craft and music and dance are the other areas through which we are enriching the children. We have upgraded our library with around 500 books with varied titles and around 10 periodicals.
Book lover’s programme has been organized to enhance the reading habit of the children.On Annual Day Celebration cultural programmes are conducted and Prizes were awarded to Children for proficiency in studies and good conduct and sports.
MSPC SENIOR CITIZENS HOME
Old age is not the end of life. It is the beginning of a new life. Nobody understands this truth. Owing to rapid changes in the family structure of today, there is a great demand for the Old age Home.
The Home for the aged, called “ M.S.P.C. Senior Citizens Home” managed by The Madras Society for the Protection of Children , Chennai was actually started functioning from the year 2003 and was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Thiru Justice R,Jayasimha Babu, Judge, High Court of Judicature, Madras with the object to provide shelter and food at affordable price to the needy senior citizens who desired to live peacefully and respectably in the remaining years of their lives without causing inconvenience to their near and dear ones.
The Senior Citizens’ Home has single occupied 23 rooms and all the residents are living in harmony.The rooms are spacious with bath attached, airy and well furnished. Hygienic, nutritious vegetarian food is served to the residents and special diet on medical advice or on request is provided. Solar water heaters were installed to supply hot water to the residents. R.O. water machine is installed for drinking and cooking purposes to.
The Senior Citizens’ Home provides tamil and english daily newspapers for the benefit of the residents. Medical facilities are provided to the residents and a General Physician, visits the Home daily for routine check ups. In more serious health problem cases, the local guardians of the inmates are informed about their health conditions.
The children of the MSPC Children Home spent some time daily with the residents of The Senior Citizens’ Home . A well-furnished auditorium hall is available in the home and the residents with the home children are regularly conducting Bhajans.
Every year the Home celebrates elder’s day in a befitting manner in the month of October. During the celebration, Cultural programs are arranged, gift hampers are presented to the residents followed by dinner. Eminent people of the society are invited to grace the occasion.
Important National festivals and other functions are celebrated in a befitting manner. It also provides Special Lunch to the residents on festival days. In View of the great demand for accommodation from Senior Citizens additional rooms were constructed on the first floor.
This home has stairs as well as ramp to facilitate free movement of Senior Citizens’ residing in first floor. Some of the residents living in the home have appreciated the services rendered by the home and as token of their appreciation some of the Senior Citizens’ have donated amount as endowment for the development of the Society’s activities
MSPC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE
Women are the key to a thriving future for their family and community. To empower underprivileged women to attain holistic development through encouragement, basic education and vocational skills.
MSPC Vocational Training Centre under the management of The Madras Society for the Protection of Children giving free training in Basic Tailoring , Computer MS Office, Tally, Photoshop, Spoken English and Art and Craft was inaugurated by the Chief Guest the Hon’ble Thiru Justice M. Thanikachalam, Judge, High Court of Judicature, Madras on 23rd April 2016 , during the 108thAnnual Day Celebration of MSPC.
Experts train the ladies in each field in all these vocations. After the above training Completion Certificates are issued which are very useful and is paving a path to get themselves self employed.
This training provides women with an alternative source of income and / or additional income for their families. This ability to contribute and provide for themselves and their families is an important step in empowering them to take control of their lives.
MSPC CHARITABLE BOOK BANK
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to Change ones own life , thereby the country and the world as a whole”.
In order to help the economically weak girl students who are not in a position to buy their regular text books to study, the management of The Madras Society for the Protection of Children decided to start “ MSPC Charitable Book Bank “ to help the needy college girl students and it was inaugurated by our Chairman Hon’ble Thiru Justice K.Shanmukham , Judge , Retd., High Court of Judicature at Madras on 29.06.2018.
Under this project, regular text books are lent free of cost to graduate and post graduate girl students for the whole academic semester. The students retain the books for the year of study & then exchange them for the next year.
This goes till the end of their graduation. MSPC thus wants to help them to complete their course successfully with ease and peace of mind as far as study materials are concerned.
Apart from Charitable Book Bank MSPC has a library section with collection of general books and also maintains a separate reference section for students with collections consisting of books on Commerce, Accounts, Science, Arts, Computer Science and Management Studies written by various authors which are being utilized by the poor needy students very well.
MSPC FREE COUNSELING CENTRE
The Madras Society for the Protection of Children apart from providing shelter, food, clothing and education free of cost to the Children below the age of 12 years who are in need of Care and Protection,
It is also providing shelter and food at affordable price to the needy Senior Citizens and free Vocational Training in Tailoring, Computer, Art and Craft and Spoken English to underprivileged Women in order to empower and motivate them. As people particularly Women, Senior Citizens are availing the benefits extended by this Organization, it also felt essential to redress their grievances too.
Hence the need for opening of a Free Counseling Centre was initiated by this Society, so during the 111th Annual Day Celebration “MSPC Free Counseling Centre” under the management of The Madras Society for the Protection of Children was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Tmt. Justice V.BhavaniSubbaroyan, Judge.
High Court of Judicature at Madras, on 5th April 2019 in the presence of the Hon’ble Thiru Justice P.D.Audikesavalu, Judge, High Court of Judicature at Madras, who was a Special Invitee during the above Annual Day Celebration.
MSPC ANNADHANAM SCHEME
In the North Chennai Area particularly in the vicinity of our Society there are many poor and disabled/elderly people who are dwelling on the pavements. Many of the above are unable to get a square meal daily.
Feeding the hungry is one of the noblest cause. Even though this Society cannot fully satisfy the need of all the hunger stricken street dwellers, this Society has “ wherewithal ” to provide the hungry street dwellers atleast a square of meal once in a week. Hence this Society is providing a lunch packet with a water bottle to nearly two hundred and fifty street dwellers who are on the pavements from dawn to dusk.
The above welfare scheme has been named as ‘’MSPC Annadhanam Scheme’’. This Annadhanam Scheme was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Thiru.Justice P.Shanmugam, Former Judge, High Court of Judicature at Madras on 23rd December 2020 during the 112th Annual General Body Meeting. It is being successfully performed every week.
MSPC LEGAL HELP CENTRE
North Chennai particularly areas like Old Washermenpet, Tondiarpet, Korukkupet, New Washermenpet, Royapuram etc., which are in the vicinity or nearby our MSPC are mostly with downtrodden people who are ignorant of their legal rights and hence undergo some hardships due to lack of the approach methods to get their rights fulfilled or claimed.
The above subject was discussed in detail during the 113th Annual General Body Meeting held on 20th November 2021 and the members unanimously approved for the inauguration of MSPC Legal Help Centre. It was also decided by the members that legal advice / assistance can be given only in civil matters. The above scheme was also inaugurated on the same day i.e on 20.11.2021 by the President of MSPC The Hon’ble Justice Thiru P.Shanmugam, Former Judge., High Court of Judicature at Madras in the presence of the members of the General Body.
The above scheme is handled by a qualified Advocate and being utilized by the public and the same is very useful for them.
MANAGING COMMITTEE
About our team
DETAILS OF MANAGING COMMITTEE
President
Hon'ble Thiru. Justice K.VENKATARAMAN,
Judge, Retd., High Court of Judicature at Madras
Vice – Presidents
Hon'ble Thiru.Justice Dr.A.K.Rajan,
Judge,Retd., High Court of Judicature at Madras
Hon'ble Thiru. Justice M.Thanikachalam
Judge,Retd., High Court of Judicature at Madras
Hon'ble Thiru. Justice V.Bharathidasan
Judge,Retd., High Court of Judicature at Madras
Dr.Ravindra Gettu
Er.B.Jayaram
Thiru.K.Sathyanarayanan
Dr.S.Anuradha
Dr.R.Balachandran
Hony. Secretary
Smt.S.Aruna
Hony.Treasurer
Thiru. R.Ravindra
Hony.Jt.Secretaries
Thiru. K.G.Gopinath
Thiru. R.Sailendra
Members of the Managing Committee
Thiru.P.Rama Subramaniam
Miss.A.Lalitha
Thiru.T.Mathi
Thiru.P.B.Prabhakar
Thiru. V.Chandrakumar
Thiru.E.Sudhaker
Thiru.R.V.Lakshmipathy
Dr.Srinivasulu Kannna
Smt.M.Janakirani
Smt.G.Divya
Thiru. G.Ramakrishnan
DONATIONS
LOVE IS CHARITY, CHARITY IS LOVE
DONATIONS
LOVE IS CHARITY, CHARITY IS LOVE
Donations have to be given voluntarily, charity is a chariot in which many ways of great people have travelled through their life.
Charity gives happiness and bliss to ones life. The Managing Committee thanks the Government of Tamilnadu for the grant-in-aid to the school and to the several generous donors for the donations and treats to the children who are in need of care and protection, without whose help the efficient running of this institution will not be possible.
The Managing Committee appeals to the generous hearted public, charitable trusts and institutions to help this society in the humanitarian work it has undertaken in the cause of children who are in need of care and protection as also for uplift of weaker sections of the society and in particular women and girl students.
“Ere want and woe, and shame play their grim part
Draw the innocent orphans to thy warm heart;
Nurture them with love, lend them thy helping hand,
And thy praise will angels sing at Gods command”.
------Shrivdorknau-------
Do All the Good You Can
In All the Ways You Can
In All the Places You Can
To All the People You Can
As Long As You Can
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May contribute by means of a Cheque/Demand Draft drawn in favour of
THE MADRAS SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
All amounts collected will be issued a receipt and acknowledged.
All Donations to MSPC are 50% Tax exempt under U/S 80G.
