Profile Of The Trust

The Nest is a registered trust which was established in 2006. It was out of deep and abiding concern for marginalized and exploited families living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) and women in difficult circumstances, among the rural masses in India, that the trust came into existence. The focus was on providing care and support of PLHAs in a holistic manner, there by safeguarding their children from the spread of HIV/AIDS and simultaneously to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS by systematically working with high risk groups such as marginalized women, commercial sex workers and their clients and certain other target groups with the ultimate aim of empowering them.

The trust also has a broader goal to disseminate knowledge, and bring light through education to the rural masses, in order to change the attitude and belief of rural people for betterment in their life and living conditions.
Nest aims to remove social injustice, to relieve distress, to prevent suffering and enable the marginalized sections of the society to rehabilitate themselves and their families.
Nest  organisation has its head office at Chennai and its field office is in Erode. The Programmes of this organisation are wholly supported by donations given by generous people.

Objectives of the Nest Organisation

• To identify and help deserving children especially in rural areas to continue their education through educational scholarships.
• To set up mentoring centers in rural areas to provide coaching to deserving children and also to take up resourceful activities for the children in villages.
  
• To ensure that the drop out rate among the school children in rural areas is reduced.
  
• To provide financial assistance to rural youth to continue their higher education.
  
• To fight against gender disparity, and women’s rights.
  
• To increase the knowledge about STD / HIV / AIDS and prevention to various target groups.
  
• To reduce the prevalence and incidents of STD / HIV / AIDS among the high risk groups.
  
• To generate community support for programmes organized by Nest
  
• To provide educational support for children of sex workers.
  
• To support children infected and affected with HIV / AIDS with medical aid, care and supplementary nutrition.