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Over 96 children and 60 parents participated in the day-long Kinship Care Summer Camp organized at the Bala Mandir premises on 24 May 2024. This event was part of the series of Bala Mandir’s 75 th anniversary celebrations, planned across Kinship Care districts. Parents and children from Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu […]

The Balu Sir Summer Camp, a yearly event, was conducted from the 1 st to 11 th of May this year. As a new initiative, children from 2 Tamil Nadu Government Children’s Home participated in the camp. The camp was inaugurated on 1 st May, 2024, with children lighting the […]

The Moving Ahead ceremony this year was celebrated on the 12th of April, 2024, the last day of the academic year. This signifies the children with developmental delays completing the Early Intervention Programme, Upanayan and moving onto school education in special and mainstream schools. We have been celebrating this every […]

Villupattu by “Kalaimamani” Bharathi Thirumagan, Dr. Thirumagan and “Yuva Kala Bharathi” Mr. Kalaimagan was held on 17th March, at 10-30 am at the Bala Mandir Satyamurthi School grounds. The theme was “Education with Culture in a Holistic Way provided by Bala Mandir”. The Villupattu was an engaging one, which brought out […]

The main function of the 75th year celebration was held on March 10th at 10-30 am at Mutha Venkata Subba Rao Hall. Justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India & Chief Justice, Madras High Court) was the Chief Guest. Ms. Andal Damodaran (President, Indian Council for Child Welfare, Tamil […]

On 10th evening, there were around 200 participants for the Alumni Meet – those who had grown up in Bala Mandir. It was an emotional reunion with some of them attending with families. The alumni who spoke were on rewind mode, providing insights as to how things were then, some tough […]

On 9th evening, a meeting was held for the several volunteers and those partner organisations who are part of the Bala Mandir initiatives. The attendees were encouraged to learn more about the person sitting beside them and let the wider group know about what the information that they have gleaned. Some […]

The 75th Anniversary celebrations of Bala Mandir began on 7th March, with Sarva-Dharma Prayer meeting being held at the Bala Mandir Cultural Centre. The representatives of Islam, Sikh, Jain, Christian and Hindu religions recited the apt verses from their scriptures – denoting the theme SERVICE TO MAN IS SERVICE TO GOD. There […]