Success Stories

In addition to the saying, ‘Liquor addiction is injurious to health’, it also spoils one’s family. Mr.Venkatraman , a smoker and a liquor addict’s personal and family history is the same. He spent all his earnings for alcohol consumption and due to which a family dispute arose between him and his wife. His addiction increased due to the mental depression and so he could not survive long in workplace. He lost the job and left his home. He engaged himself in begging for his survival. He was rescued by our dynamic team of volunteers and admitted him in Atchayam Rehabilitation Home & Skill Development Centre. He was rehabilitated successfully so that he became a deaddict of alcohol and cigarette consumption. Presently, he is a cook on our Atchayam home and serves the residents of home happily. He was also reunited with his family.

A Srilankan refugee named Mrs.Jayalakshmi came along with her parents during childhood with lot of hopes and desire. But the scene was not as expected. She lost her parents at a very young age and was married to Mr.Krishnaraj. The death of a blue baby she gave birth to became the next great loss in her life. This twisting moment turned her into a psychopath and she left home. She became a sexual prey to molesters and was cruelly beaten up. An injury on her leg worsened and developed to skin necrosis that may end up in E.Choli infection. District Mental Health Psychiatrist, Dr.Anantha Kumar counseled her. With the support and guidance of Mr.Srinivasan, an officer of Differently abled Welfare department, she was admitted in Ecomwell Home for Mentally Ill at Tharamangalam, Salem Dt. She actively involves herself as healthcare taker presently, taking care of the other mentally ill residents of the home.

Being a mother of three children, Mrs.Ammani Ammal , an 87-year old senior citizen was hopelessly living as an alm-seeker in the streets of Erode Sampath Nagar. To realize, she was hurt by no one but her own children. It’s truly painful to acknowledge the fact that children have walked out of her life. Our rescue team was put into action in a fast pace in search of her family. Witnessed by the District Superintendent of Police, she was reunited with her third daughter.

On a fine day, 80 year old Mr.Raghu was eagerly waiting outside the premises of JKKN College, Komarapalayam of Namakkal district of Tamilnadu to meet the president of our foundation. He hails from Haryana and retired as an English teacher in a private institution. His spouse Mrs.Ramamani's death made his life miserable and destitute as he has no children to care for. He lost his identity proofs and was distraught as he could not join any old age home in Delhi. At this time, he was inspired by an article published on 07-Nov-2020 in an English newspaper, ‘Times of India’ about the works done by our Atchayam trust and that has brought him all over from Haryana. He makes a happy living helping the guard in the safe, friendly environment of the Atchayam Rehabilitation and Skill Development Centre.

A domicile of Nepal, Mr.Suman was brought to the concern of our trust from Thanthai Periyar Government Headquarters Hospital, Erode. He was in a mentally impaired condition during the year 2021. After periodical counseling and medical treatments by healthcare professionals, we were delighted to get his personal details. He was a vagabond in search of employment opportunity. By the way, he travelled all over from Nepal to Kerala and to Tamilnadu. He lost his possessions and national identity cards. Due to language problem, he was unable to manage the hard situations and finally he became mentally unstable out of depression. He is a father of two children. With the furnished information, his family was brought to our trust in order to reunite him with his family and it’s a grand success. The love of a family is the life’s greatest blessing and he was blessed with the same.

Most of the beggars rescued and rehabilitated by Atchayam Trust have turned into our volunteers in the rescuing and rehabilitation process of many more beggars, homeless and destitute. This process has helped us get more involved in the rescue and rehabilitation process of the beggars, homeless, mentally ill, drug addicted persons and destitute. Beggars who turn to be our volunteers play a vital role in providing encouragement, comfort and advice at the time of rescue and rehabilitation of beggars. They also help us understand the needs and situations of the beggars more easily and in bringing out the change expected to be created in their life.