About AMK De-addiction & Rehabilitation Centre, Mondaikadu, Kanyakumari. in Mondaikadu, Colachel

AMK Social Service Organization Details:

Origin

Athencottasan Muthamizh Kazhagam (AMK) is a voluntary secular social service organization started functioning from the year 1970. It was formed to realize the dream of providing a social security and creating access to basic needs to the disadvantaged population. The seed was sown by Pulavar (Poet) T. Retnaswamy, now a retired teacher, who named the organization after his mentor Pulavar Athencottasan. Health for all was the motto behind the formation. It has grown as a multi service NGO during the 39 years of dedicated service and now is addressing a variety of issues confronting the poor and the marginalized people.

Area of Operation

Our organization covers whole of Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin districts besides including the people living in the bordering areas of Kerala. AMK has established its office at Mondaikad in Kanyakumari District. TamilNadu,South India.


Registered Under:

Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act.27 of 1975, Reg.No. Reg.No.85/1971
FCRA-Reg.No.075890132
Sec.12A and 80G of Income Tax Act
PAN: AAATA4206G
TAN: MRIA01783F

Bank Information:

STATE BANK OF INDIA, Thingal Nagar, Kanya Kumari – District, A/c No: 01100040037, Swift Code: SBININBB 456

Vision

To ensure easy access to quality health care and other essential needs of life to people from poor communities by enabling the communities to realize their needs and seek their needs and social justice for themselves.

Mission

AMK 's mission is to conduct health care service programmes, carrying out capacity building training and motivating activities, implementing programmes which would empower the poor communities socially and economically and integrating them with facilities which would enable them to meet the needs for themselves.

Aims and Objectives

Ensuring care and support for orphan, semi-orphan and destitute children.
Provide basic health care to the rural poor especially women, children and aged persons.
Treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to alcohol and other intoxicating drugs.
Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS/STD and providing them care and support to affect.
Empowerment of women and children
Rural housing and availing shelter opportunities for the poor.