Mannagam Foundation

Our place is at 34/4 in Vanniyar Nagar, Moonrampatti. We are out in Uthangarai, which is a bit quieter than the big cities. The 635207 area is where we live and work every day. Our foundation isn't something you'd find in a magazine. It’s just a plain room where we keep our tools and our records. We spend a lot of time outside talking to the people in the village. We aren't experts; we are just neighbors. We saw that things could be better if we all pitched in, so we started this. There is a lot of dust and the sun is hot, so we usually wear old clothes and hats. We don't have a website or any marketing stuff. We just talk to people face to face. Sometimes the work is just helping someone fix a fence or finding books for the kids. It’s simple, manual work most of the time. We don't get a lot of funding, so we make do with what we have. It’s a slow pace of life here, and we like it that way. We don't want to be a big organization. We just want to make sure the folks in Moonrampatti are doing okay. If you walk past Vanniyar Nagar, you'll probably see us sitting outside. We are just regular people doing what we can for our home.