About us
A charitable trust registered in Thrissur, working since 2020
Formed by four founders with a corpus of ₹11,500 and a deed that commits the trust to seventeen distinct areas of social, educational and charitable work.
Our founding
Formed to provide assistance, not to administer it
On 5 August 2020, four founders — Adv. P.U. Ali, Sayyid Fazal Aidaroozi, Muhammed M.S., Sathar P.K. — executed a trust deed before the Sub Registrar at Thrissur. Their stated reason was plain: society needed an organisation able to provide assistance and cooperation in social, cultural, educational and charitable work, and nobody was going to form it for them.
The trust began with a working capital of ₹11,500 and no property of its own. What it had instead was a council of 23 trustees drawn from across Thrissur district — teachers, doctors, engineers, advocates and businesspeople — and a deed detailing exactly what the money was for.
That deed remains the trust's working document. The 7 areas of work described on this site are not a mission statement written after the fact; each one maps to lettered clauses in the registered objectives.
Registration details
- Registered name
- Santhwanam City Charitable Trust
- Registration number
- R-151/IV/20
- Date of execution
- 5 August 2020
- Registered with
- Sub Registrar Office, Thrissur
- Governing statute
- Indian Trusts Act, 1882
- Initial corpus
- ₹11,500
- Jurisdiction
- Thrissur, Kerala, India
Aims and objectives
What the deed commits us to
Summarised in plain language from clauses A to Q of the registered trust deed.
Education & Scholarships
Clauses B, D, J
- Contributions and fee support for students who would otherwise drop out.
- Scholarships for education, training and research.
- Establishing and running schools, colleges, polytechnics, libraries and technical institutions.
- Spiritual and general education classes for students from minority communities.
Healthcare & Medical Camps
Clauses E, F
- Free medical camps held in underserved neighbourhoods.
- Establishing and assisting hospitals, dispensaries, clinics and nursing homes.
- Support for sanatoriums and allied health institutions.
- Halls and facilities for health camps and public health education.
Elder Care & Rehabilitation
Clauses E, H
- Rehabilitation and residential care for abandoned and neglected elderly people.
- Support for the destitute and those without family to fall back on.
- Orphanage support and care for dependent children.
Disaster Relief & Water Security
Clause M
- Relief and preventive work during floods, storms, cyclones and epidemics.
- Construction of public wells and repair of existing wells and ponds.
- Measures to keep drinking water accessible through drought months.
Skills & Livelihood Training
Clauses B, G
- Handicraft and small-industry training for physically and mentally disabled people.
- Vocational training for unemployed and out-of-school men, women and children.
- Help to set up small-scale industries and become self-supporting.
Family Welfare & Housing
Clause L
- Assistance towards the marriage needs of young women from poor families.
- Help with building houses for families without shelter.
- Care of the deceased and support for the dependents they leave behind.
Community Awareness
Clauses C, F, K
- Awareness drives against alcoholism, drug use and other social harms.
- Education on the responsible use of social media.
- Work to protect national unity, communal harmony and public safety.
- Seminars, public meetings and lectures on social issues.
Governance
Who is accountable
All activities are governed by the Board of Trustees. Office bearers are elected from the Trust Council for a term of 3 years.
Chief Trustee
A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar
Chairman
Dr. Muhammed Kasim
Vice-Chairman
Abdul Kareem
Vice-Chairman
V.A. Hassan
General Secretary
Usman Saqafi
Secretary
Sathar P.K.
Secretary
Jaffar A.A.
Treasurer
Moosa Haji
Advisors
- Sayyid Ibrahimul Khaleel Thangal
- Sayyid Fazal Aidaruzi
- Moideenkutty Musliyar P.V.
- P.K. Bavadamiri
The Trust Council comprises 23 trustees in total. Names and roles are published here; personal details recorded in the deed are not.
How the trust is run
- All activities of the trust are governed by the Board of Trustees.
- Income and expenditure accounts are placed before the Trust Council every year for approval.
- Bank accounts are held jointly by the Chairman, General Secretary and Treasurer, and operated by any two signatories.
- No trustee may take any financial benefit, directly or indirectly, from the trust or its institutions.
Affiliations
Who we work alongside
The deed provides for office bearers of these organisations to serve on the Trust Council.
Kerala Muslim Jamaath
All Kerala Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama — Thrissur District Committee
Samastha Kerala Sunni Yuvajana Sangham (SYS) — Thrissur District
Kerala State Sunni Students Federation (SSF) — Thrissur District