·          Education and Communication programme:

The programme named 'Environmental education and communication programme for children' (1996-1998) was undertaken with help of a foreign sponsor. The objectives of the programme included 1.To educate children about environmental issues and provide opportunity for them to participate in environmental communication programmes 2. To sensitizing children to environment related child rights and the need to protect and promote their rights. 3.To prepare them to share environmental information with others on a child-to-child and child-to-community basis. The programme components comprise a. environmental education b. media intervention c. child health promotion d. Play and play environment e. Participatory training and f. Field study and exposure visits

• Micro Enterprise Development programme for Poor Urban Women (1997 - present). To  empower dysfunctional families, in particular female headed (widow, separated, divorced)  through income generation activities for gainful employment of women
  
  
• Educational sponsorship
  The centre has been organizing educational sponsorship for children in dysfunctional families in and around Madurai city. Since 1991 more than 550 school aged children (Girls and Boys) have been provided with financial and material assistance. While a majority of children have received direct financial aid from the centre, some children have been referred to local service organizations and nonprofit organizations for financial sponsorship towards their schooling.
  
  Home and School placement for children
  
  As part of the family support services, the centre has been providing home and school placement services to children in dysfunctional families. During the period 1991-2002, nearly 350 children (Girls and Boys) have been provided with the above services. A sizeable number of children from female headed families and offending families indulging in 'fights', arguments, drunkenness and aggressiveness, and children of the mentally ill parents are referred to local Homes for children and orphans, where they are given institutional and semi-institutional care. School placement services are provided for children and the Centre offers assistance in securing admission for them in schools and vocational training centres.

• Non formal employment Training for youth in dysfunctional families
  
  

  
  The Centre set up a two-wheeler mechanism Unit for Boys and a Tailoring Unit for girls in 2000. Since 2000 more than 300 male and female youth have successfully completed their training. With a view to extending these services to  more villages, the Centre has established three  ‘ Tailoring and Dress making and Designing  Training units for young women  and one Computer training unit for  male and female  children and youth in three villages in our project area.These programmes are sponsored by the Jan Shikshan Sansthan, at  Madurai, Ministry of Human Resource Development,Government of India. Our centre is accredited by the above governmental organization for organising ‘Non formal employment training for rural  and urban youth and women.
  
  

  

  
  

• Advocacy
  
  An equally important activity that the Centre is performing is Case advocacy, which is part of the family support services being offered by the Centre. This is being used to plead and fight for services and resources for women (widow, separated and divorced) in dysfunctional families and children belonging to the socially oppressed communities (Dalits), who the local service systems would otherwise reject. Free legal aid is being rendered to female-headed families to enable them to obtain resources and services. Advocacy on the protection of children from abuse and neglect and the need to promote children's rights is being offered to parents.