Terre Des Hommes CORE Trust

What Terre Des Hommes CORE Trust does

Terre des Hommes CORE Trust is a private Indian nonprofit founded on 18 April 1994 and headquartered in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. It directly operates 32+ projects across Tiruvannamalai, Salem, Cuddalore, Vellore, Ranipet, and Kancheepuram districts, serving children in distress, children requiring care and protection, and children with disabilities. Its services include 24-hour CHILDLINE 1098 intervention, residential care, adoption through a CARA-licensed agency, special schools and early-intervention centers, educational sponsorship, rehabilitation, prevention programs, and teacher or vocational training.

The organization is funded by voluntary donations from individuals, corporations under CSR programs, and international supporters, with contributions accepted through online portals, UPI, domestic bank transfers, and FCRA channels. Beneficiary services are provided free of charge, so the operating model is donor-funded rather than fee-based. Its disclosed technology footprint consists of digital donation and website functions plus the CHILDLINE emergency phone service; no application platform, API, SDK, proprietary system, or AI capability is described.

Name

Terre Des Hommes CORE Trust

Legal name

Terre des Hommes CORE Trust

Website

https://tdhcore.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Terre des Hommes CORE Trust is a Tamil Nadu nonprofit operating child-welfare homes, emergency response, disability education, adoption, rehabilitation, sponsorship, and vocational programs for vulnerable children across six districts, funded primarily through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare and Protection Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Child Care Services (62441), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Child welfare services
• Residential care homes
• Special education disabilities
• Adoption services India
• Community child protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization generates revenue primarily through donations from individuals, corporations under CSR programs, and international supporters. Donations can be made via online portal, bank transfers (Indian and FCRA accounts), and UPI.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Terre des Hommes CORE Trust is a nonprofit charitable trust that provides free residential care, education, rehabilitation, and protection services to vulnerable children across six districts of Tamil Nadu. Its portfolio of 32+ programs includes residential children's homes, special schools for children with disabilities, early intervention centres, licensed adoption services, the CHILDLINE 1098 emergency helpline, vocational training, and community-based prevention programs against infanticide, trafficking, and child labour. All services are delivered free of cost to beneficiaries and financed entirely through donations and charitable contributions.

Product overview

Terre des Hommes CORE Trust operates as a portfolio of interconnected child welfare programs rather than a single product. The core offerings include residential Children's Homes (Alaigal, Kids Home, Maya/Casarana, Matt, MDM Boys, Pushpam, Reception Homes) providing shelter to orphaned and abandoned children; Special Schools and Early Intervention Centres for children with disabilities; Adoption Services through MDMCV Babies Home and Alessandra Babies Home; CHILDLINE 1098 emergency response; Educational Sponsorship Programme; community-based rehabilitation for HIV-affected families (MAYA CBR); anti-infanticide programs (Poonthaleer); tribal education initiatives (STEP, Irular Education Project); vocational training (Carlo Community College, Paul Institute for Special Teachers, Mobility Research Centre); and railway station child protection (CCRS). Additional programs include Special Activities (sports, arts, yoga) and COVID-19 relief operations. The organization manages 32+ projects across 6 districts of Tamil Nadu serving children in distress, children needing care/protection, and children with disabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHILDLINE 1098: National 24-hour free emergency phone outreach service for children in need of care and protection, operated by TdhCORE in Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts.
• Educational Sponsorship Programme (ESP)
• MAYA CBR
• Poonthaleer
• STEP (Sustainable Tribal Education Program)

Products and services

• Children's Homes (Residential Care Network) Network of 11 residential child care institutions across Tamil Nadu providing shelter, food, education, healthcare, and protection to orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children, including dedicated homes for infants up to 5 years (Alaigal Kids, MDMCV, Alessandra), general-age homes (Alaigal, Pushpam, Matt), HIV-positive children (Maya & Casarana), and boys aged 4-18 (MDM Homes).
• Special Schools for Children with Disabilities Educational and rehabilitation institutions serving 509 beneficiaries with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, developmental delays, and multiple disabilities, registered with the State Commissioner of Differently Abled Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu.
• Early Intervention Centres Rehabilitation centres for babies and young children aged 0-5 with developmental delays, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disabilities, providing therapy sessions and mother-training to support 578 beneficiaries and families.
• MDMCV Babies Home (Adoption Centre) Licensed adoption agency providing care and legal adoption services for babies aged 1 day to 3 years who are surrendered or abandoned, processing both domestic and international adoptions under CARA regulations.
• CHILDLINE 1098 Service 24-hour free emergency phone outreach service operating across Tiruvannamalai district and Vellore sub-centres under CHILDLINE India Foundation partnership, intervening against child begging, marriage, sexual abuse, labour, trafficking, and abandonment.
• Educational Sponsorship Programme (ESP) Long-term door-to-door support program covering school fees, materials, uniforms, and family development for 367 beneficiaries from poor economic conditions, single-parent families, and marginalized communities.
• MAYA Community-Based Rehabilitation (MAYA CBR) House-to-house community rehabilitation for HIV/AIDS-affected families, providing medical, psychological, nutritional, and educational support to 53 children and 52 mothers in Tiruvannamalai.
• Poonthaleer Project (Anti-Female-Infanticide) Prevention program for female infanticide in Salem district, identifying pregnant women at risk, providing family support, and offering shelter for rescued baby girls; has supported 671 beneficiaries from childhood to adulthood and achieved zero infanticide in 72 Edapadi Taluk villages since 2008.
• Sustainable Tribal Education Program (STEP) Tribal community education initiative protecting 67 beneficiaries in Jawadhu Hills from trafficking and child labour through enrollment support and bridge schooling.
• Mobility Research Centre Workshop that designs and builds special bicycles for disabled and needy people, employing children with disabilities who completed the special-school path as trained technicians.
• Paul Institute of Special Teacher Training RCI-licensed private college offering two-year Diploma courses in Special Education for Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy, addressing the rehabilitation workforce gap; 39 students enrolled.
• Carlo Community College Vocational training college for underprivileged students offering one-year diploma programs in Office Automation, Vehicle Mechanic, General Duty Assistant, and Early Childhood Education.
• Alessandra Babies Home Residential babies home in Ranipet District providing a safe and nurturing environment for newborn babies who have been surrendered or abandoned, caring for infants from 1 day to 3 years old.
• Children in Contact at Railway Station (CCRS) Project Railway-station child protection project partnering with Railway Children India at Salem Railway Junction to identify, rescue, restore, and rehabilitate unaccompanied children, trafficking victims, and vulnerable children.
• Irular Children Education Empowerment Project Bridge school initiative for Irular tribal community children in Ponnur, Kasthampadi, and Thatchur villages, supporting 247 beneficiaries across 186 families with education, nutrition, hygiene materials, and uniforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Child begging almost eradicated in Tiruvannamalai town through CHILDLINE 1098 intervention
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Railway Children India (RCI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2017CCRS (Children in Contact at Railway Station) project partnership since February 2017. Aims to identify, rescue, restore, and rehabilitate unaccompanied children arriving at Salem Railway Junction. Creates child-friendly railway station environment and sustainable child protection mechanisms.
• CHILDLINE 1098coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHILDLINE India Foundation partnership operating the 1098 emergency phone service for children in need of care and protection. TDH CORE operates CHILDLINE for entire Tiruvannamalai district and sub-centre in Vellore district. Services include fighting child begging, marriage, sexual abuse, labor, trafficking, and abandonment.
• Gerd StrehlecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss engineer and child rights activist, co-founder of TDH CORE. Inspired the organization after witnessing suffering of children in Calcutta slums and rural Tamil Nadu villages.
• Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment of India body for adoption regulation. TDH CORE operates as licensed Specialized Adoption Agency (ROC 558/SARA/2018) providing both in-country and inter-country adoption services through CARINGS 3.0 system.
• Rehabilitation Council of IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLicenses Paul Institute for Special Teacher Training to provide two-year Diploma courses in Special Education for Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy.
• Government of Tamil NaducoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegistered and recognized by State Commissioner of Differently Abled Welfare. Operates under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000. Multiple district-level collaborations including District Rural Development Agency for tribal education projects.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pratham Education Foundation: Large Indian education NGO addressing learning access for underprivileged children, comparable to TDH CORE's Educational Sponsorship Programme and tribal education initiatives.
• Bachpan Bachao Andolan: Indian child-rights organization focused on combating child labor, trafficking, and exploitation — directly overlapping with TDH CORE's CHILDLINE and Poonthaleer anti-infanticide/anti-trafficking missions.
• SOS Children's Villages India: Runs a comparable model of family-based residential care for orphaned and abandoned children across multiple Indian states, including the same child-care-institution + community program structure that defines TDH CORE's portfolio.
• Railway Children India: Active operational partner of TDH CORE on the CCRS project at Salem Railway Junction since2017; both organizations focus on rescuing, restoring, and rehabilitating unaccompanied children at railway stations.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): India's largest child-rights NGO with comparable focus on children in distress, education access, and child protection, operating at significantly larger pan-India scale and competing for the same CSR and individual donor pool.
• Bal Sahyog: Delhi-based NGO operating children's homes and rehabilitation programs for destitute and disabled children — directly comparable residential-care and disability-services model to TDH CORE.
• Childline India Foundation: Operates the national CHILDLINE 1098 helpline — TDH CORE is a district-level partner organization — making it the closest operational peer in the emergency child-protection service line.

Broad incumbents

• Terre des Hommes Foundation: Global federation bearing the same 'Terre des Hommes' name as TDH CORE; shares the child-rights mission and may be a donor/affiliation counterpart, though no formal federation tie is documented in the source data.
• Save the Children India: Indian arm of a global child-welfare network with overlapping portfolio (child protection, education, health) and competing directly for corporate CSR partnerships and international funding.
• UNICEF India: UN agency partner in child welfare and rights in India; comparable mission but vastly larger scale, and a potential funding/coordination counterparty for TDH CORE's programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries19 records

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