Be a Volunteer
Volunteers are the heart of Karunai Ullangal Trust. Every rescue, every meal and every reunion happens because someone gave a few hours of their week.
Why volunteer? Because nobody should spend their last years on a pavement — and because an hour of your time can be the hour someone is found.
Our volunteers are auto drivers, students, homemakers, nurses, IT professionals and retired teachers. Some ride with the rescue team at dawn. Some cook. Some sit with an elderly resident and listen. All of it counts, and all of it is needed.
You will never be sent out alone. New volunteers shadow an experienced team member, learn how to approach someone safely, and take on more as they grow comfortable.
Ways You Can Help
Join a Rescue Drive
Ride with a rescue team, help lift and settle a person into the ambulance, and stay with them through the first hours of care.
Food Distribution
Pack and serve hot meals on the street routes we cover every week across Chennai and nearby districts.
Hospital & Shelter Visits
Sit with rescued elders during treatment, help with paperwork, or simply spend an afternoon talking with our residents.
Awareness Camps
Help run street and college awareness camps so more people know how to report someone abandoned on the roadside.
Event Support
Festivals, medical camps, tree plantation drives and summer camps — help with logistics, registration and crowd care.
Skills-Based Help
Doctors, nurses, counsellors, physiotherapists, designers, writers and social media volunteers give a few hours a month remotely or on site.
Before You Join
- A few hours you can commit to regularly — a weekend morning is enough.
- Patience and respect: many of those we rescue are elderly or mentally unwell.
- Comfortable clothes and closed shoes for field work.
- No experience required — you are always paired with an experienced team member.
- Students above 18 are welcome; certificates are provided on request.
- A driving licence helps if you can support van or ambulance runs.
The Team You Join
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Fill this in and our volunteer coordinator will call you with the next drive near you. Prefer to talk first? Contact us.