One promise in 2003. 300+ children today.
Sri Jadi Madhava Rao founded Aadarana in Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad, in 2003. Today, that children's home is a campus.
We don't run a facility. We run a home.
I grew up in a Telangana village where most of my friends never finished school. Some had parents who couldn't afford it; others had no parents at all. By the time I was 30, I had watched the same pattern repeat for two decades.
In 2003 I founded Aadarana in Saroor Nagar. We were a home before we were a charity.
Twenty-two years later, 300+ children — 200 boys and 100 girls — live with us. Our 15+ teachers run our free on-campus school. Our first alumna recently defended her master's thesis at Macquarie University, Sydney. Another is a mining engineer in Odisha. They visit, they write, they sponsor the next child.
Every rupee that comes to Aadarana is tracked, audited, and accounted for. We publish our annual report because transparency isn't a feature here — it's the only way a home like this can last another twenty-two years.
Twenty-two years. One thread.
Aadarana is founded
Sri Jadi Madhava Rao founds Aadarana in Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad.
Society registration & 80G
Aadarana is formally registered as a charitable society. First 80G certificate granted; donor base begins to grow.
First alumnus to IIT
Srinivas Durgam, raised at Aadarana since age 9, joins IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. The campus celebrates for a week.
Our own home is built
A two-storied building rises on 650 sq yards of land — Aadarana’s permanent home for the children.
Our own school opens
Amitabha Aadarana Vidyalaya opens on campus — English medium, co-education, recognised by the Government of Telangana. Free for every child in the home.
Class 10 board exams
School expands to Class 10. First batch sits for Telangana state board exams.
7,000+ lives served
Cumulative count of children served crosses 7,000 across our two-decade history. 300+ children in residence this year.
Aadarana Foundation USA
Aadarana Foundation USA is established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit — EIN 37-2202641 — opening tax-deductible giving for US donors.
The next chapter
Plans underway: Class XI–XII, junior and degree college pathways, a skill centre, and a home for the aged.
The Aadarana story, told on film.
A real home, not just shelter.
Since 2003, over 7,000 children. Help us reach the next 7,000 — one sponsorship at a time.