AT SAILAM
WE CARE THOSE
ELDERS WHO ARE
SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND
HAVE LITTLE RESOURCE
FOR EXISTENCE
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HAPPY KITCHEN
During COVID 19 lockdown, Vama Trust started serving mid day meal to poor elders in and around Sivasailam. Serving food to elders continued post covid situation and currently 48 members regularly benefit by way of getting their lunch.
Lunch for elders is prepared and served every day at Sailam (the Day Care Centre for elders). Some of the Vama’s beneficiaries prepare food at Happy Kitchen and serve the same to elders. Happy Kitchen is becoming the ground for showing elders talent. Several beneficiaries praised the taste of the food.
Weekly and monthly schedule is prepared and followed to cook variety and hygiene healthy food for elders.
VAMA VAN (CAFÉ)
Apart from serving food at Sailam, a Mahendra TREO van carrying food to various places where Vama’s elderly beneficiaries are there and are immobile.
I have seen the quality of the free food that floats around our village through Vama Van, I think it’s mediocre but prepared hygienically and with love.
For Vama team, that is the impetus to do better, give better.
Vama also plans to establish Vama Café, an extension of its food counter at various places. Each elderly person will get coupons, and each coupon allows them to redeem a hot meal at VAMA CAFÉ which visits to a place close to their residence. Vama Café – plans to serve other regions taste with the south Indian touch to make society aware with different taste of different states. Also serves rice with an assortment of side dishes, with residents getting a choice of Dosa/ Chappati/ variety rice, etc.
Happy Kitchen and Vama Van (Café) serve an estimated 3500 free meals every month. The team also cater free lunches for the elders every Saturday and on special occasion – Deepawali, Christmas, Ramzan, Newyear and Pongal, etc. Vama Team believes in serving more than just meals, they crate a space for them to talk, laugh and eat a meal together – ingredients that are often not abundant when you are isolated.
SATURDAY SANGAMAM
Above 500 people receive help from Saturday Sangmam with an additional 800 households hoping to get on the list as well
Vama’s Senior Citizen Centre’s first engagement programme – Saturday Milan (Sangamam) @ Sailam started on 23/7/22 and Recently 150th week was celebrated on 20th September 2025.
Objectives of the program are (i) to remove isolation (ii) to engage with same age group; (iii) sharing experiences and (iv) making new friends and hosting lunch regularly.
During Saturday events, Vama Trust provides enough facilities to senior citizens for recreational activities for both the old and young and quenching elders’ knowledge thirst by arranging tours to places of cultural, historical and religious importance.
These gatherings act as both the draw and glue that get the elderly to socialize and remind each other that they are not done. Yet another community led effort but with a twist to take care of their own. That’s what Saturday Sangamam is about.
Vama Trust endeavours through this program to enable elders to discover and rediscover their passion and live happily. On all these 150 Saturdays, Vama enabled the elders by bringing connections between generations – social and emotional – and thereby inculcating values among the youngsters and creating opportunities for senior citizens which enabled them to connect with the community.
