Get Involved


There are several ways in which you can get involved with Udavum Karangal. While donating money is the obvious way, you can also get involved by donating your time and volunteering for the local Bay Area Udavum Karangal chapter.

Udavum Karangal Bay Area Chapter has enthusiastic and devoted volunteers who have helped organize several fund raisers in the past.

Sign up here to volunteer and to find out how you can have a lot of fun while helping better the world, one child at a time.

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Check out what some of our volunteers from UK-SFBA had to say about why they volunteer for this organization.

Priya

I volunteer with Udavum Karangal of SF Bay Area because it's a great way to make a difference in the world and at the same time meet some really awesome people. We are a very tightly knit group here and know each other personally which is very different from the way the other organizations function in the Bay Area. So it makes volunteering fun. Also, Udavum Karangal is the only grassroots organization that I know of, it is the only one based in Chennai which is close to my heart and it also has a very low overhead (8 cents on the dollar) which makes me feel like every effort of mine actually makes a real difference in the world.
Vasant

I do what I do simply because someone has to. If everyone kept saying 'someone else will help them (kids, etc) out' then no one does.

The primary motivator that got me going is that my mother does MASSIVE amounts of volunteering work (teaching poor kids, working with kids in the spastic society, with Sankara Eye Foundation, etc) and I've always hugely respected that. And she took me with her to the spastic society in Delhi once... its hard to see these kids & not want to help them.

Primary reason for working for UK:
UK directly has its own facilities (compared to some other organizations which have 2-degrees of separation) - that was important for me ... made me feel closer to the people I was working for.
A volunteer who recently visited the Udavum Karangal premises in India

I had been to UK about 10 days ago. I also got to talk to Vidyaakar for about 45mins. He was extremely personable and humble. He said he spent most of his time with the children (on the "field") and lesser of it on the administration (which he claimed he was not good at). I also got to visit the UK school/orphanage and spent time with one of the kids for about an hour. The campus is beautiful and well maintained. All the kids are so polite and well-mannered. The child I met was just about 8 years old, but the values instilled in him by the people at UK were remarkable. He was running about with the chocolate boxes I had taken for him, wanting to share with all his friends and other younger kids. He said it being the new year they had been to the temple, but on Sunday they would go to the church- so they are being brought up with respect for all faiths. Overall, UK and Vidyaakar sir are trying to provide a nice environment for these children to grow up in.

So come join your hands with Udavum Karangal to make a difference. If you would like to join us send email to info@sfhelpinghands.org.