"The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Who we are!
We are a Non-Governmental Charity Organisation founded in 2015, registered under the Government of India. We have chapters spanning across the globe with our HeadQuarters based in Trivandrum Kerala. We promote the concept of Well-Being with 3000+ Volunteers.
What we do!
We focus on making the world a better and happier place. With the help of our supporters & volunteers, we organize community-building events, wellness camps, counselling workshops and skill-based training sessions for the betterment of our society.
Make the change!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, each good deed is counted at the end of the day.We can never achieve anything alone for each success is team work . Join hands to feel the change.
Our Achievements Through Various Platforms
Children of Determination (COD)
COD aims to support families of special needs children
COD is led by special educators
- Provides individual mentoring support through Whatsapp groups totally free of cost on a daily basis.
- Provides individual mentoring support through Facebook page groups and communities absolutely free of cost on a monthly basis.
- Launched and currently running successfully an online counselling portal exclusively for the families of special needs children named www.cod.svaastika.org in 2019 which can be accessed by anyone from any part of the globe.
- Provides annual developmental assessment for children with special needs by psychologist absolutely free of cost for our registered members.
- Conducts an average of 300 plus mentoring sessions annually for the unprivileged special needs children in different parts of the globe.
IACP
IACP aims to promote professional expertise in the field of mental health care
Led by certified mental health professionals
- Connects students, professionals and experts from different field of mental health care like psychology, healing, meditation, therapies etc.
- Share latest updates , improvised systems, gauging tools and information to its members to improve their current system of knowledge.
- Conducts seminars on relevant topics and issues faced by the mental health care providers and supports in finding solutions for them.
- Conducts internship programs and learning workshops for members in association with other organizations.
Events
Events team handles all online and offline events from Svaastika
Led by experienced event management team leaders
- Mentors’ lower income candidates in resume preparing, presenting themselves for interviews and in seeking better opportunities.
- The overseas chapters of DISHA provides legal support to employees stranded in other countries through visa related issues and corporate cases.
- Mentors and shares job opportunities from direct employees on a daily basis through Facebook groups and Whatsapp groups absolutely free of cost.
- Has assisted more than 400 candidates in seeking better opportunities till now without any recruitment charges.
Aahar
Aahar focus on providing food and food supplies support to the needy
Led by veterans from hotel and catering industry
- Distributes weekly food packages in government medical college premises for patients and bystanders in different districts within Kerala state in India.
- Distributes monthly food supplies to old age homes
- Distributes monthly food supplies to child care centres
- Distributes food packages to destitute support centers.
- Distributes water and Laban drinks to laborers at work in peak summer months in the Middle East.
Aarogya
Aarogya aims at providing all health care-related support to communities
Led by experienced event management team leaders
- Conducted 8 medical camps in rural communities.
- Provides support to support home near RCC in running free hostel facility to patients and their bystanders of Regional Cancer center, Trivandrum.
- Supplies medicines and service to 3 palliative care centres.
- Conducted 17 awareness campaigns related to physical health issues in communities and schools.
Shakti
Shakti leads all women empowerment related projects
Led by established women entrepreneurs
- Provides free legal assistance to below poverty domestic abuse, sexually harassed victims.
- Handled 34 cases till date.
- Supports female education by providing financial aids.
- Supported 121 children with scholarships.
- Provided free counselling support to 68 female communities.
- Assisted 38 female individuals from the lower-income segment in setting up their own home-based or small scale industries.
Conducted 97 group talk show sessions with female underprivileged groups to understand their issues and find solutions for the same.
Saro Reading Club
SARO reading club aims to set up libraries in government, rural and self-supporting community schools
Led by teachers and experts from the literary field
- Assisted in setting up 4 libraries in governmental, rural or self-supporting community schools.
- Initiated reading habit in children by conducting 41 recitation, storytelling and likewise competition among children of aided schools and gave financial aids to winning students.
- Provided additional teaching support to 12 schools lacking teachers free of cost.
- Collected more than 850 books from cities and distributed it to school libraries in rural areas.
- Conducted programming based vocational training workshops for college students from financial backward communities named UPADI free of cost.
Mindspa
Mindspa aims to provide quality mental health support to communities and individuals
Led by certified Psychologist and Psychotherapist
- Launched an online counselling portal that can be accessed from any part of the world in 2018.
- Conducted 234 mental health awareness talk shows through radio channels, podcasts and television media channels.
- Regular publication of mental health-related articles in newspapers, online media and magazines.
- Conducted 145 live talk shows in communities both online and offline to interact with public issues and impart easy solutions for the same.
- Continued support through WhatsApp groups, individual chats and facebook communities on mental health.
- Regular publication of Most asked Q & A on mental health-related topics by experts on both online and offline media based on public need.
Disha
DISHA aims at providing career related support to the unprivileged
DISHA is led by HR consultants
- Mentors’ lower income candidates in resume preparing, presenting themselves for interviews and in seeking better opportunities.
- The overseas chapters of DISHA provides legal support to employees stranded in other countries through visa related issues and corporate cases.
- Mentors and shares job opportunities from direct employees on a daily basis through Facebook groups and Whatsapp groups absolutely free of cost.
- Has assisted more than 400 candidates in seeking better opportunities till now without any recruitment charges.
Our journey doesn’t end here. We pledge in initiating the concept of well-being to the best of our abilities.
Our Projects
IACP
IACP aims to provide representation, support, and a sense of community for Counselling Psychologists. We are an independent representative body aiming to promote the professional interests of Counselling Psychologists and develop the profession of Counselling Psychology.
Mindspa
Mindspa is an online counselling platform . We help our clients to face life’s challenges through convenient, discreet and affordable access to licensed therapists. Mindspa makes professional counselling available anytime, anywhere, through a computer or smartphone.
COD
Svaastika's Children of Determination initiative is led by Certified Special Educators & Professional Psychologists across the globe. Svaastika Children of Determination Counselling Portal aims to support and promote the welfare of children with special needs and their families.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Aswin Mohan
Team Leader
Admin
Aswathy Devi R
Team Leader
Public Relations
Aiswarya Thomas
Team Leader
Finance
Megha ML
Team Leader
Communications (External)
Anju Parvathy V
Team Leader
E-Governance
PROFESSIONAL PANEL
Malini Ramakrishnan
Special Educator
Team Leader - COD
Sindhu Nandakumar
Consulting Psychotherapist
Team Leader - Mindspa
Susan Reji Kurien
Behavioral Health Counselor
Teamleader - IACP
Varsha Vekaria
Recruitment Specialist
Team Leader - Disha
Dhanya Rajaretnam
Civil/ Criminal Lawyer,
District & Sessions Court, Trivandrum, Vanchiyoor
Legal Advisory panel