Shanti Niketan is an educational component of El Shaddai Charitable Trust. It was opened as a non-formal school in the year 2001. We currently educate more than 250 children withing 7 different grades. It is an active learning centre for physical, mental, emotional and moral growth of children.
 
Our Mission:
To work together towards excellence by creating a stimulating and exciting environment for learning, encouraging independence and personal responsibility and building good citizenship within a Christian framework
 

SCAN is an acronym for STOP CHILD ABUSE NOW. It is a project of El-Shaddai Charitable Trust.
 
SCAN-India is a non-governmental organisation, which works with children who have been abused mentally, physically and emotionally. SCAN-India works with different stakeholders at all levels such as local community, state, national and international governments and non-governmental organisations, under a nation wide multi-agency child protection unit.
 

SHELTERS:
The Shelter is a place where any child can walk in, at any time of the day or night. Here, children will always find food, shelter and protection and facilities for personal hygiene.
 
We help them get back to their homes where possible. If they are abandoned or orphans, we plan a rehabilitation programme. We place those under 12 years of age in one of our Homes or in other children's Homes in the state. If they are over 12, we give them basic education through the Shelter and then provide vocational training.
 

Many cities in the developing countries like India face problems due to large scale migrations of populations from villages. These people come to the cities in search of work hoping for a better lifestyle. However, in the cities, they find themselves ghettoed in slums. Unable to maintain their own culture nor adapt to the city's culture, they lose their culture and this is the worst thing that can happen to a community.

India is a fast-developing nation, but with a population of over a billion, this progress is lop-sided. While one face of India is a vibrant economy, poverty is a major social problem. Faced with few options in their own homes, many migrate to urban areas in search of work and better living, but living in slums, they end up without basic necessities, dwelling in unhealthy conditions. About 40% of families have to satisfy their hunger with one meal a day.