matruchaya

Homes for destitute, battered, physically challenged, and old age women

The word ‘Matruchaya’ means loving shadow of mothers for their children. Women come to Maher with various issues, including different kinds of emotional psychological, social and financial problems. Maher welcomes them and supports them in every possible way to help them through their problems.

Maher has touched the lives of more than 4637 women in the last 26 years. Some of the women have chosen to get professionally trained and are working as nurses, social workers and house mothers. Some of them enrolled for further studies. Many of these women come from difficult situations and some have faced violence; they are widows, destitute, elderly, mentally challenged, and unwanted pregnant women/girls. We started Maher with only one home for destitute women; gradually the numbers have increased and at the same time we extended our service to the mentally challenged women.

Homes under the Matruchaya project

Mamtadham

A home for the battered and destitute women

Vatslyadham

A real home for souls abandoned by kith and kin

Sukhsandhya

Sheltering women destitute aged women

Priyata

A home for mentally challenged women

Aashai

A hope for unwed mothers

Snehasadan

Old age home for women at Ratnagiri

Vishwadeep

Sheltering mentally disturbed women and their children at Miraj, Sangli District

Navsandhya

A home for elderly women at Satara

Maher Crane

A home for destitute women at Satara

Jeevanjali

A home for mentally ill women at Ranchi

Shantiniketan

A home for mentally ill women at Bijupara

Sarvodaya

A home for mentally ill women

Anchal

A home for mentally ill women at Kolkata

Santoshi

A home for mentally challenged women at Tirupati

Mamtanivas

A home for mentally challenged women at Raxaul

Anugraha

A home for mentally challenged women at Loni BK. Karnataka

Jeevan deep

Sheltering HIV-affected women at Ratnagiri