Arunodhaya

What Arunodhaya does

Arunodhaya Centre focuses on providing support to street and working children. The organization runs a library for underprivileged children and offers various programs for child empowerment. After the Tsunami, Arunodhaya began working with coastal communities, providing relief and support. The organization also operates Child Labourer Centres and Guided Learning Centres, where children can later become members of Children Sangam. Arunodhaya Centre also engages with adolescents and works towards community empowerment.

Name

Arunodhaya

Legal name

Arunodaya Center For Street And Working Children

Website

https://www.arunodhayacentre.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arunodhaya Centre supports street and working children, provides educational resources, and works towards community empowerment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services for Children and Communities

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGABAG

Child Protection & Child Rights

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYBPAGALAC

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Enterprises & Impact Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGACAC

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYEDACALAH

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services

Education/Early Childhood Education/Parent Education & Family Engagement Programs

Keywords

• Child rights advocacy
• Community development programs
• Women empowerment services
• Non-formal education
• Social welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chennai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Arunodhaya operates as a registered charitable trust receiving donations from individuals and organizations. The organization provides bank details for NEFT/RTGS donations and accepts cheque donations. Donors are eligible for Income Tax waiver under Indian law.

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Arunodhaya is a registered charitable trust that runs child development, child protection, child participation, community empowerment, and policy advocacy programs for underserved communities in North Chennai. It delivers educational support (non-formal learning centres, school enrolment drives), shelter and protection services for street and homeless children, women's empowerment through Self Help Groups and a manual labourers' union, disability inclusion, and rights-based policy advocacy — all free of charge to beneficiaries and supported by donations and grants.

Product overview

Arunodhaya is a registered charitable trust established in 1992 in Chennai, India, working towards child welfare and community development. The organization operates as a multi-programme NGO rather than a single product, comprising five interconnected core programmatic areas: Child Development (Reading Skill Enhancement, Early Childhood Care Centres, Child Labourer Centres, Guided Learning Centres), Child Protection (AACEP, Elimination of Child Labour, Shelter for Street Children, Railway Childline, Counseling & Healing Unit), Child Participation (CACS, Children Nagara Sabai, School Children Council), Community Empowerment (CCRMC, Self Help Groups, Youth Forums, Women Empowerment, Vocational Training, Disability Rights, Disaster Intervention), and Policy Advocacy (ITC, Campaigns and Public Action, Networking). These programmes work together to protect children's rights, prevent child labour, empower communities, and drive policy changes for social justice in North Chennai.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arunodhaya Centre for Street and Working Children: Alternative legal name used on donation and official documents
• Confederation of Arunodhaya Children Sangam (CACS)
• Children Nagara Sabai
• School Children Council (SCC)
• Youth Forum
• Self Help Group
• Domestic Workers Sangam
• TamilNadu Women Manual Labourers Union
• Imayam SHG Federation
• Amudha Surabhi Self Help Group Federation

Products and services

• Child Development Programme

Quantifiable outcome

• Child labour reduced from 75% in 1992 to 25% in 2016 in Korukkupet
• +5 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and supporting.

• Omega Health Care ServicesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Programme. Conducted health camps, provided senior volunteers for events like Daan Utsav, conducted sessions on 'Get-Set-Go' job search empowerment for youth.
• Sundaram Medical FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered for General Health and Dental Checkup camps. Provided doctors and medical staff for health camps benefiting community members in Sadayankuppam and other locations.
• Greater Chennai CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor government partner for shelter home (under 'Shelter for Urban Homeless' scheme), school enrollment campaigns, Ward-level Child Protection Committees, and various community programs.
• Gender and Policy Lab, Greater Chennai Corporation and Red dotcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative training program for community members to be Champions of women safety. Planned to train 90 community members in AIR site, Ernavur.
• Tamil Nadu Youth ParliamentsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMr. Paul Thomas from Tamil Nadu Youth Parliament facilitated Capacity Building Training for Youth on Youth Parliament election procedures through democratic and sociocratic methods.
• UNICEFmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo children from Confederation of Arunodhaya Children Sangam participated in UNICEF workshop on 'Emergency preparedness and Response' in May 2024. UNICEF celebrity advocate Trisha Krishnan interacted with Arunodhaya children sangam members.
• India Vision InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted eye camp at Sadayankuppam Irula community with 59 members benefiting, 11 prescribed spectacles and 4 referred for cataract surgery.
• Chennai Climate Action TeamsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFacilitated three-day camp for young facilitators of Confederation of Arunodhaya Children Sangam on Climate Change theme, helping children understand web of life, causes and impact of climate change.
• Cheshire HomesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Cheshire Home to organize workshop on September 1, 2006 to build self-confidence among community and create awareness of available schemes for disabled persons.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CRY (Child Rights and You): India's largest child-rights nonprofit focused on child protection, education and child participation across multiple states. Directly comparable mission and beneficiary profile, with significantly larger national scale.
• Pratham: One of India's largest education-focused NGOs running reading programs, learning centres and vocational training for underprivileged children. Closely comparable on Reading Skill Enhancement and Guided Learning Centre programming.
• Childline India Foundation: Operates the 1098 child helpline and shelter networks across India, including railway-station childline desks. Directly overlaps with Arunodhaya's Railway Childline at Chennai Egmore and shelter home operations.
• Butterflies NGO: Chennai-headquartered NGO working with street and working children through child collectives, life-skill education and community governance — closely mirrors Arunodhaya's Children Sangam and self-help federation models.
• Salaam Bombay Foundation: Works with underprivileged adolescents in urban India on education, livelihood and life skills. Comparable on adolescent-focused programming and Youth Forum-style engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children India: International child-rights NGO's India affiliate operating across child protection, education and health with significantly greater geographic reach and institutional funding access.
• World Vision India: Large international NGO operating community-development, child sponsorship and child-protection programs across India, with comparable community-mobilization and SHG programming.

Emerging players

• Magic Bus India Foundation: Works with underprivileged adolescents and youth on education, livelihood and life skills via a sport-based curriculum — overlapping on Youth Forum and adolescent empowerment themes.
• Bal Utsav: India-focused nonprofit running school-transformation and child-wellbeing programs in underserved communities, with overlapping school-based intervention model.

Regional players

• Aide et Action (LightHouse): International education and child-rights organization with South Asia operations. Comparable on Reading Class adoption (already shared methodology with Arunodhaya via Asmae) and child-labour elimination.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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