The main charitable activities of SEW are handled through SEW Charitable Trust with our founder Sri. Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao and Sri. Vallurupalli Raja Rama Mohan Rao as the trustees.

The trust is fully funded and supported by SEW Infrastructure Ltd.

Core Principles of the Trust

• To provide education, establish maintain, run, develop, improve and extend Educational institutions
• To provide boarding and lodging facilities to students and working youth and to render help financially to deserving students
• To establish maintain, run, develop, improve and otherwise assist in setting up of Libraries, Reading Rooms and other facilities including publication of books, journals, pamphlets etc.
• To establish, maintain, run, develop, improve and otherwise assist in setting up of vocational training centers and similar other institutions
• To conduct and carry on classes for propagation of adult education, to take over any existing educational institutions or vocational training centers and to conduct, maintain, run, develop and improve the same subject to the regulations of the Government in this behalf
• To establish Hospitals, Nursing Home. Clinics, Health units, Homes for the aged etc., and provide medical facilities to the public

AREAS OF IMPACT EDUCATION Supporting education for the needy children

Supported institutions such as Anadha Vidyarthi Griha, Vaidehi Seva Samithi, Bhoja Krishna Narayana Desha Seva Trust to contribute to their social service activities in providing education for the poor and the underprivileged children.

School Adoption and Mid-Day Meal Programs

SEW supports the cause of education based empowerment to uplift the socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society by adopting Government Schools lacking in standard infrastructure facilities. This includes:

• Student sponsorship
• Capacity building
• Mid-day meals
• Drinking water and sanitation
• Building school infrastructure
• Maintenance of playgrounds
• Upgrading libraries, laboratories, and computer labs
• Extra-curricular activities such as science exhibitions, health camps etc.

As part of our ‘Empower with Education’ programs we have also supported special needs children that are mentally handicapped, deaf and dumb.

Vocational Training

Established a vocational training institute at Bachupally, Hyderabad, with facilities to provide employment-oriented training to poor people.

During the Financial year 2008-09, about 400 unemployed youth, belonging to the various parts of the country, have been trained in activities such as plumbing, electrical, farm work carpentry, masonry with free boarding and lodging facilities on campus.

Higher Education

Supporting Vignana Jyothi an organization promoting the VNR College of Engineering & Technology (named after our founder Sri. Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao) among numerous other schools and colleges.

MEDICAL CAMPS AND RED CROSS

In addition to supporting the Red Cross Society of India, the SEW Charitable Trust as conducted free medical camps in associations with hospitals such as the Asian Institute of Gastro-Entrology, Hyderabad.

CULTURAL

Supports the development and sustenance of Indian classical music, dance and other cultural activities via South India Cultural Association (SICA).

SPORTS

Promotes activities to identify talent and generate opportunities for the underprivileged children in sports such as gymnastics and cricket by supporting the ‘Sports Coaching Foundation’.