Safe transport is essential for our Illam children every day to go to schools nearby. The schools situated in Nilakottai town are a few kilometres away and cross a busy highway. While a few of the older children cycle on occasion, most of our children are provided a ride to school and back. This funding appeal will close on 29 February, 2020.

What a great gathering in Wellington NZ today!! So lovely to meet new people, and supporters of the Illam, and to catch up with old friends as well. Here are some photos taken by Lee Slater, one of our wonderful contributors. Thank you so much Lee for sharing them with us, and to all who came...

The Karunai Illam Trust wishes all its supporters and contributors a very happy Diwali! Diwali (known as Deepavali in Tamilnadu) is celebrated all over India and symbolises the victory of good over evil and light over darkness! Most of our children have gone home for the weekend to celebrate the...

As you know, a third of your donations can be reclaimed. Our new treasurer Anand is organising tax receipts and they will be coming soon. Those of you who have paid by PayPal can use the PayPal receipt as proof of donation. For supporters who wish to donate the rebate back to the Illam...

Great news - DHAN our local partner has secured funding to build a new boys hostel!! This has been a long time coming and will help us realise the vision of Jean Watson for an integrated complex with more equal numbers of boys and girls. This development ensures that the boys have similar...

Gond painting is an Indian mystical art form using dots and lines to depict local flora and fauna, similar to Aboriginal Art of Australia. Gond art is rooted in their folk-tales and culture, story-telling is a strong element of every painting.