Who we are
The trust is managed by a strong team of trustees who come from the same family but have excelled in their own field of social and business life. The legacy of helping the needy, care and kindness showed by the trustees grand mother Mrs Kandammmal and grand father Kandaswamy is the foundation root of this trust. Since it’s inception the trust is engaged in suppressing permanent projects and one such flag ship project supported by the trust is the Contribution towards the construction of Rotary Crematorium @ Palladam Which is scheduled for construction completion by 2019.
In the coming years the trust is looking forward for contributing to many such projects in the rural areas of Palladam near Coimbatore in India. The trust is also willing to work in co-operation with NGOs for implementing social projects related to Rain water harvesting, Plantation of Samplings, Elimination of plastic carry bags etc,.
We welcome individual and corporates to generously contribute to the trust and get involved in doing your best to make the world a better place to live.
PPK Educational and Charitable Trust was founded in the year April 2016 with the clear vision of providing help and support in areas of education and health care for the underprivileged in the rural areas of Palladam and neighbourhood villages.The trust is managed by a strong team of trustees who come from the same family but have excelled in their own field of social and business life. The legacy of helping the needy, care and kindness showed by the trustee’s grand mother Mrs Kandammmal and grand father Kandaswamy is the seed and primary root for the conception of this trust.
We the grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Kandaswamy shall strive hard to reachout to as many lives as possible and make a positive difference to the people and surroundings of our birth place Palladam.
Vision
- In the years to come, PPK trust aims at being able to empower children, youth and women folk of Palladam to be at par with the urban and global standards of requirements for education, employability and entrepreneurship.
- We envision the people of palladam being able to achieve their full physical, intellectual and social potential as individuals by providing them with the knowledge, infrastructure and mentoring through our trust.
- We also plan to develop a volunteer give back program where youth of our locality can volunteer to teach under privileged school children and bring them closer to their dream of a college education and graduation.
- We plan to provide free medical and health care service to the elderly by providing early diagnosis and counselling.
Mission
- We started the PPK trust to honour and perpetuate the philanthropist efforts of our grandparents in the field of Education and Health care.
- We bring about personal and communal changes to the lives of people by identifying problem areas, come up with solutions and execute the same by adopting latest technology and bringing resources together through our wide network of contacts locally and globally.
- Making healthcare available and affordable even to those who can't afford the minimum expenditure for Healthcare is one of the objective of PPK trust.
- With this idea our Trust plans to help and support people in need of quality health care.
P.P.Kandasamy
Mr. Kandasamy was born in the panappalayam village as the 6th son of Mr. Pazhani and Mrs.Maaratha in a family of 7 siblings. Mr. Kandasamy was the first member in the village to venture out and get trained under British engineers of those days. He started out as an Ambulance driver in the Indian Army and has travelled all over india helping Indian soldiers of his times. He was one of the best drivers of his time. He left his service in the army to reunite with his family. He then started the Cycle company ‘Tamil Nadu cycle works’ with only the tool kit, knowledge and his courage he earned while working for the Army. He later started a Taxi company and a power loom during his tenure. He is well known among the textile people of Coimbatore and was the first one to install power loom in Palladam area. He has never shyed away from technology or bringing about advanced changes, not only for himself and his family, but also for the entire village. He was the first to be able to provide cycle renting options to the youth and working population of the village, who relied on bulklack carts for most of their lives. He was the first person to bring Diesel power motors and pumps to the farming practice in his farms. He was always courageous and never feared failiure. Failiure never stopped him from trying new things or tapping into an opportunity. He would take women in labour to hospitals for free, and also bring doctors from hospitals to the homes of the women in labour and help them deliver healthy babies. The services he rendered to his society far beyond their kith and kin cannot be listed in meagre words and so, we the grand children of Mr. Mrs Kandasamy wish to perpetuate their ideas of humanitarian service to as many humans as possible, not just today but far beyond our times as well.
K.Kandammal
Kandammal was born in a small village of Goundampalayam near palladam, Born as the first daughter of Mr. Pongianna and Mrs. Unnamalai ammal. From a very young age, Kandammal was a very bold and courageous girl. She was instrumental in uniting all her family members from her birth in very many activities from farming to family functions. She was always known for giving free cow’s milk to new born babies. Poor families around the town of Panappalayam know her very well for her work of charity. She had provided youth and women of her village opportunity and empowerment by employing them in the latest farming and weaving methods in her farm and power loom.
meet our trustees
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