PARIMALA MAR GREGORIOS MEMORIAL CHARITABLETRUST

THALACODE, MULANTHURUTHY, ERNAKULAM - 682 314, KERALA, INDIA

In 1976, St. Mary’s Boys’ Home at Thalacode came under ‘Parimala Mar Gregorios Memorial Charitable Trust’ headed by Metropolitan Paulos Mar Gregorios. This was started in 1963 by Late Very Rev O. C. Kuriakose Corepiscopa founder - headmaster of St. Mary’s Higher secondary school Who was movedby the suffering of the society, especially children.

The multifaceted programmes of the Trust bring radical changes in the life of the inmates of the Home. A life from neglect to recognition. Committed services of the Trust during the past 24 years have pavedthe way for pathbreaking changesamong the beneficiaries of the Boy’s Home and the society at large.

Prime areas of Activities

The Boy’s Home takes care of children providing food, shelter, clothing and education and above all mould them in becoming useful citizens of tomorrow. The educational and vocational training institute of the Trust includes Mar Gregorios ITC with NCVT affiliated trades, Mar Gregorios Computer Centre and Womens Welfare Society.
All these institutions offer help to destitute boys and poor women irrespective of caste or creed.

At Boy’s Home, the Trust lays emphasis on the overall development of children.

The Trust has now assumed more productive dimensions with Boy’s Home, ITC, Production Centre -Paulos Mar Gregorios Techno Link, women’s welfare society, Computer Centre and a Chapel.

Fruits of our efforts

Some of the children who have come out from the portels of the Boy’s Home are well placed Engineers, Doctors and leaders in various walks of life in India and abroad. Many of them visit the Boys’ Home and help in our needs - a magnanimous response for the care enjoyed.
Mar Gregorios ITC offers training in the following courses - Electrician, Computer, Fitter, Draughtsman Civil, Draughtsman Mechanical, Plumber and Autocad. It has shaped more than 2500 technicians who have become breadwinners of their families since 1979.

For promoting women’s welfare, the Women’s welfare Society was formed to have working arrangements with M/s. Keltron, M/s Guardian Controls, M/s. GBM and M/s. Vigil for assembling their products.

Now a new venture, Paulos Mar Grgorios Techno Link is doing assembling of Connectors for M/s. Framatome Connectors OEN Ltd. 

Aims and objects of P.M.G.M.C. Trust

To provide food, shelter and clothing, as well as other necessities of life for orphans and destitute children selected from all communities, irrespective of caste or creed, to provide them with facilities for Education, to bring them up in the love of God to become useful citizens and help to place them in proper occupations to the extent possible for the Trust.

To establish and conduct Educational, Technical and Training Institutions for orphans and needy children irrespective of caste or creed.

To establish and run various kinds of charitable institutions, to found endowments in the nameof the Trust etc; for the support and assistance of all kinds of needy children and adults.

For the spiritual advancement of the inmates of orphanages establish Chapels, Prayer Halls, Community Halls, fellowship Houses etc;
 

 

To raise funds by way of contributions, donations or aid from members of the Trust, from the magnanimous general public, from charitable institutions, Public Institutions, Government, Christian and other Religious societies and from whatever source available in India or abroad provided that the contributions will not in any way bind the hands of the Trust in its normal functioning.

Summary of Activities of P.M.G.M.C. Trust

Parimala Mar Gregorios Memorial Charitable Trust, Thalacode is administering St. Mary’s Boy’s Home, MarGregorios ITC and Paulos Mar Gregorios Techno Link. One hundred and ten poor children in various age groups are staying in Boys Home. We provide them all basic necessities of life such as food, education, and clothing. These children are selected irrespective of caste or creed. The contribution from M/s Roy International Providential Foundation, California and the grant in aid from state Government are the main source of income of St. Mary’s Boy’s Home.

St. Mary’s Boy’s Home was the pet project of Late Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios Metropolitan. Many children from our Boys Home have become Doctors, Engineers, and Government employees. Some of them often visit here to spend some time with the children.

Mar Gregorios ITC offers educational facilities for about three hundred children. This training institute was started mainly for the higher education in Boys Home.Only nominal fees is charged for the dayscholars and the boys home children is given training free of cost. 

Paulos Mar Gregorios Techno Link was started, to support St. Mary’s Boys’ Home Financially. Assembling work of connectors for M/s. Framatone Connectors OEN India Ltd. is done here on subcontract basis. It offfers job oppertunities for the rural women who have passed SSLC. Now 35 women in nearby places are employed here.

Board of Management

H. G. Geevarghese Mar Coorilos -President

Cherian Eapen-Vice President

Rev. Fr. K. T. Philip -Director & Correspondent

Rev. Fr. T. P. Elias-Treasurer

Members

Rev. Fr. P. S. Yohannan, Mr. C. V. Jacob, Mr. Joy P. Jacob, 

Mr. George Kuriakose, Dr. Jacob Roy, Mr. K. C. Wilson.