About
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Headquarters
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
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Since
2000
Mutual Education for Empowerment and Rural Action (MEERA) functions as a women's organization, centring its efforts on women and gender-related matter Read mores. Its primary focuses encompass Women Empowerment, Water and Environmental concerns, Natural Resource Management, Education, Community Health, HIV/AIDS Prevention, TB Control and Care, Child Survival, Maternal and Infant Health, Diminishing Abortion Stigma, Ceasing Child Marriage, and Eradicating Child Labor. The group engages in collaborative ventures with entities such as the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), the Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM), the Ministry of Women and Child Development (Childline India Foundation), and Nourish International – USA. Since 2005, the foundation has allocated its resources to Mother to Child HIV/AIDS Transmission outreach. Its expanded strategy entails TB education and outreach in the district, aiming to mitigate mother-to-child TB transmission with partner organisations. Under Project Axshya, supported by GFATM, The Union, and REACH, Chennai, TB control will operate for 2 years. It seeks growth in water-based enterprises, child protection, social enterprises, nature conservation, and environmental safeguarding. Its intent includes aiding HIV-affected children in Dindigul District through nutrition, medicine, education, and family empowerment. Additionally, MEERA envisions launching a comparable network to address maternal and childhood TB concerns.
Action
Meera Foundation implements projects related to women empowerment, health, education, child protection, and environmental conservation in collaboration with government programs and international organizations.
Cause Area
Sub Sector
Impact
The foundation has reached a population of 4.5 million across three districts in Tamil Nadu through its various programs and initiatives over the past 22 years.
Vision & Mission
Meera's vision is to empower people throughout India to lead longer, healthier lives. Its mission is to elevate people's knowledge levels for sustainable lives and design educational programs and provide essential resources in underprivileged areas.
Programs
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TB Control Project
In a bid to enhance TB control and care, a project initiated on June 5, 2016, by the organisation focuses on bolstering community participation and ownership in Dindigul District, India. This endeavour entails raising awareness, peer education, capacity building among affected communities, sensitizing various groups such as youth, women, and local administrations, and fostering collaboration with district-level Government programmes, media outlets, educational institutions, industries, and clubs. The project's core objective is to augment the workforce dedicated to quality TB treatment by actively engaging affected communities. Notable outcomes include increased motivation for treatment within industries, media coverage of TB-related news, referrals from local administrative groups, students monitoring family members' symptoms, political parties offering local support for events, peer educators encouraging treatment completion, and women's groups tackling childhood TB.
Milestones & Track Record
Meera Foundation has successfully completed projects with tangible outcomes over the past two decades and collaborated with 18 funded partners from national and international domains.
Leadership Team
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Selvarani
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Selva Rani
Founder and Managing Trustee
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Mr.Raja Mohamed
Executive Director
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AAATM6884A
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Registration ID
1576/2000
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VO ID / Darpan ID
TN/2009/0002027
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12A
AAATM6884AE20068
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80G
AAATM6884AF20215
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FCRA
75940499
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CSR Registration Number
Not Available
Location
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Headquarters
The MEERA Foundation Plot No.1, Theiva Nagar Aalathur, Oomachikulam, Thirumalpuram Post,, Madurai, 625014
Directions
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust