Our mission
About REAL Trust
Three decades of quiet, steady service.
Rural Education and Liberation Trust was established in 1996 to work for the liberation and wellbeing of rural communities. Today it runs a home for elders and a physiotherapy clinic in Dharapuram.
Registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 · Reg. No. 576 of 1996
Our story
Built for the communities around us.
REAL Trust was established and registered in 1996. Its name reflects its founding purpose: to work for rural education and liberation, with a particular concern for people whose needs are overlooked.
Over time, the trust's work came to focus on older people in rural Tiruppur and the surrounding districts. Our old age home provides a safe, dignified place to live, and our physiotherapy clinic extends care to older people in the community — more than 50 sessions a month.
The trust is supported by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and by donors who understand that rural care must be practical. We are proud of the home we have built, and conscious of how much more there is to do.
1996
Registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 · Reg. No. 576 of 1996
Our vision
A rural society where older people can live with security, health and dignity — close to their communities and never forgotten.
What guides us
Values we try to practise, not just publish.
These principles shape how we care for people, spend money and work with families and partners.
Rootedness
We stay close to the communities we serve and understand their realities.
01Care
Attention to health, nutrition and comfort is the core of our work.
02Dignity
Residents are individuals with histories, preferences and rights.
03Steadiness
Our work is daily and long-term; we do not disappear when a project ends.
04Milestones
A story told in years.
Not everything that matters can be measured. But these moments mark the road that brought us here.
- 1996
REAL Trust is registered
The trust is established under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (Reg. No. 576 of 1996).
- A growing home
Care for 25+ elders
The old age home becomes a stable base for elders from Dharapuram and nearby villages.
- Today
Home and clinic
The trust runs a residential home and a physiotherapy clinic serving 50+ older people each month across four districts.
How we are supported
Practical partnerships.
Our work is supported by public programmes, local donors and the professionals who give their time to the home and clinic.
- Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- AVYAY-IPSrC programme
- Physiotherapists and visiting doctors
- Local donors and volunteers
Stand with us
Help rural elders age with dignity.
Your gift supports food, medicines, physiotherapy and the everyday costs of running a home. It helps us keep care within reach for families who need it most.