Every child who takes birth on earth has some rights. Children's rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to the young, including their right to association with both biological parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for food, universal state-paid education, health care and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child. Interpretations of children's rights range from allowing children the capacity for autonomous action to the enforcement of children being physically, mentally and emotionally free from abuse. But we should be ashamed to say that there are more than 100 million street and working children in India. Due to unemployment, increasing rural-urban migration, attraction of city life and a lack of political will India now have one of the largest numbers of child laborers in the world. Street children are subject to malnutrition, hunger, health problems, substance abuse, theft, harassment by the city police and railway authorities, as well as physical and sexual abuse.

Emmanuel Children’s Home was established on 5th July 2000 in Aazhakam near Angamaly to protect the needy, destitute, helpless orphans and street children. ”Emmanuel Children’s Home” is a Non profitable, Charitable Institution registered under the Travancore Kochi Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act 12 of 1955 (ER.588/2000).

The institution was started with 12 children and now there are 160 residents. Among them, 75% children are either single parented or orphans. Even though some of them have both their parents, they are not in a position to look after them or can send them to school due to financial problems or diseases. Most among them had denied of even their basic needs. This Children’s home is functioning under the Chairmanship of Dr. M.A. Thomas and Director Rev. Varghese Thudian. This institution is functioning with the help of the donations provided by the local people. Every resident in this Institution are living in God’s fear. God helped us to buy land and to build hostel facilities for the boys and girls in the orphanage through the donations contributed by Emmanuel Ministry and some local people. Now the daily needs are meeting with the help of local people. The children from poor families, handicapped and deaf children are also residing here. We are trying our maximum to provide our children with quality education, nutritious food, clothing, shelter and medical aid etc. And we want our children to become independent and earn their living when they grow up. Also we are helping our girls to get married.

We are providing them quality education. Most of them are studying in English medium schools in C.B.S.E. Syllabus. We hope that education will inculcate self confidence and self esteem in them and they will become successful persons with good character and self dependency. So they can lead a decent life in the society.

Our infrastructure facilities are so scarce that we cannot admit more children nowadays. So we need your support and cooperation to build new hostel facilities and the Boys home that is not completed yet because of financial problems. We are doing our best to help more destitute and abandoned children. But our resources are limited and we need your support and help to protect them.

The Emmanuel children’s home is an approved agency under the Govt. When you donate, you will be eligible for tax exemption U/S 80 G (5) (vi) under income tax act