Old Age Home – Namco – National Mother and Child welfare Organisation

Compassion, Care and Support: For people who are already victims of poverty and social issues, need immediate care and attention to overcome the trauma and survive. They need the compassion of fellow human beings. They need someone who can be with them to heal their pains. NAMCO has been in the service of extending such support to the elderly and the orphaned children.

Old age home – NAMCO has been running a home for the elderly in Nagapattinam town since the year 1999 -2000. The home is supported by the Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India. The home has 25 inmates, who are senior citizens abandoned by their families. NAMCO is striving to give them the best care and make their lives meaningful.
Integrated home for senior citizen and destitute children – The Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu introduced a new concept of housing both the destitute elderly and children together in the same home. The idea is that the elderly can take care of the children as they would care their grand-children, and the children would have psychological bonding and affection with the elderly as they would do so with their own grand-parents. The home is run by NAMCO since 2012 -13 in Nagapattinam town. It has 25 elders and 25 destitute children.

Latest Projects

Programming Strategy

NAMCO employs a multi-pronged approach to poverty reduction. It strives to address both causes and effects of poverty, which are often vicious, and perpetuating poverty endlessly. NAMCO has identified five sectors that are critical in helping communities overcome the challenges of poverty. Yes, it...
Education Program

Education is indispensable to economic development and poverty eradication. Acquired basic skills such as reading, writing and numeracy, have a documented positive effect on the incomes of the marginalized populations. No economic development is possible without education. A balanced education system promotes not only...
Livelihood Program

Often, the livelihood strategies and activities of poor people are diverse and complex. Agriculture and other natural resource-based activities play an important role for rural households, but they may also diversify into other activities, some of which are linked to agriculture and the natural resources sector,...
Health Program

For the poor, health is the foundation for their sustainable livelihoods. A majority of the poor are dependent on their physical labour activities for their livelihoods. Also, good health forms the basis of their access to other basic necessities of life like education, livelihoods...