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Chennai is the 4th largest city of India. It was known as Madras during the British era and is well-known by the exceptional and distinctive Madras curry still named like that nowadays. The city prides itself of sprawling beaches, a magnificent Marina, amazing Temples and progressive Universities, Cultural centers and more. The flip side is that a quarter of Chennai’s population lives in the slums. Relating to the Census of India, the description of a slum is "a compact area of at least 300 in population or about 60-70 households of poorly built, congested tenements in an unhygienic setting mostly with poor infrastructure and missing proper sanitation and drinking water services." More than 30% of the shanties in these slums have no drainage systems. These inhabitants are exposed to waterborne medical conditions like Malaria due to the lack of civic amenities. The residents of slums are forever gripped in the fear of knocking down of their homes due to urban development activities. The slums are generally huts built with materials like plastic or tin sheets in a random manner without suitable access, congested and overcrowded. The lack of educational, health and recreational facilities in the slums make their lives poorer, plunging them into trouble like unemployment, crime, and drug and alcohol abuse. The women and children are the worst affected and they are mostly deprived of the essential necessities of life. There have been continuous efforts and developmental work by the government and voluntary service by Non-profit organizations and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) to meet the increasing needs of the ever mounting slum populace. These efforts directed by various welfare schemes are aimed at making awareness about hygiene, and to educate them about their civil rights and on how to improve on their lives. Here are a few NGOs that are concerned in helping the slum populations to relieve poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. ANEW (anewindia.org) This is an society for Non-Traditional Employment for Women. ANEW is a non-profit charitable organization headquartered at Chennai. It was established with a mission to increase the socio-economic status of young, underprivileged women by empowering them with self confidence and optimum skills to enable them to become self-supporting and contribute to family and society. ANEW is devoted to helping young women experience access to realistic job skills and good paying full time jobs. Normally, employment choices for women from underprivileged families in India are limited to "traditional" jobs in agriculture and low-skilled handicraft employment. In many cases these women are exploited or underemployed. Over the last few years ANEW has supplied women of the underprivileged section of society with the training essential to become home nurses, computer operators, car drivers and Auto rickshaw drivers. Karunakarya (Karunakarya.org) has been doing praiseworthy work helping slum dwellers of Chennai (formerly Madras) to integrate into society. Karunakarya motivates and helps children to secure admission to state run schools, presents various after school services and seeks to equip young people in getting professional training. Karunakarya supports the poorest of the poor in slums and villages with medical aid and relief. They also offer awareness programs for slum-dwellers where they be trained about their civil liberties and develop problem solving skills. Their strategies are aimed to enrich and empower the poorest in society so they can take accountability for discovering solutions to the evils in their own communities. We salute these NGO’s for their thoughtful and valuable contribution to the future of generations to come. It is said that once the cycle of poverty is shattered it never again returns
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