Vaan Muhil Trust, registered as a non – profit making, Non-Governmental Organization based in Tirunelveli South Tamil Nadu has been working for the welfare and the rights of children, rural women, working adolescent girls, rural youth, unorganized workers and migrant labourers in over 100 villages in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Virdhu Nagar districts for the last 20 years. The organization has been collaborating with Departments of Social Welfare, Education and Labour, Childline, District Child Protection Units, Child Welfare Committees and other Child Protection structures in these districts and particularly working on child protection issues. Vaan Muhil has been, in collaboration with the District Legal Services Authorities in at least nine districts, including the above mentioned southern districts, organizing workshops and seminars on specific issues at district level.

Education, health, livelihoods, local governance, child rights, dalit and Adivasi rights, women empowerment, bonded labour, child labour, human trafficking and migration are some of the key thematic areas for our grassroots interventions in the working villages. Vaan Muhil has also been collaborating with a few educational institutions in Southern Tamil Nadu and conducting trainings, workshops and consultations on specific thematic focus and creating awareness among students. Public education programs, formation of community support groups, running community resource centres, strengthening of workers collectives, campaigning, legal interventions, networking and collaboration are the key strategies that we adopt to materialize our objectives.