Sri Kurumba Educational And Charitable Trust

Sri Kurumba Educational & Charitable Trust operates two key educational programmes aimed at empowering underprivileged girls in Kerala. SOBHA Academy, established in 2007, is a CBSE English medium school with over 1,200 students, admitting 90 eligible girls each year from Vadakkenchery, Kizhakkenchery, and Kannambra panchayats of Palakkad district. This initiative helps break the cycle of poverty and ignorance by providing high-quality education. SOBHA Icon offers a two-year, full-time, on-campus professional college enrolment-oriented programme in science and commerce, admitting 60 students per stream. Affiliated with the Kerala State Council for Open and Lifelong Education, it provides intensive training for 8 hours a day, 6 days a week, and 270 days a year, preparing students for higher education.

Sri Kurumba Educational & Charitable Trust runs several programmes to empower women and address their challenges.

The ‘Young Mother Rehabilitation Programme’ supports young widows and their children by providing self-contained flats, safety, and welfare at no cost. These women are employed at SOBHA Academy, where their children are also enrolled. The trust also aids in remarriage, with 7 of 18 widows remarried through its help.

The ‘Rural Women Empowerment Programme’ offers financial support to 35 widowed mothers and their 63 children, providing a living allowance, clothing, medical care, and educational expenses.

Additionally, the ‘Dowry-free Social Wedding Programme’ organises weddings without dowries for couples lacking resources, providing marriage counselling. To date, 667 weddings have been conducted, with Rs. 53 million spent by 2019. The trust also prioritises women's employment, with 75% of its workforce being female.