The Katagiri Centre A children village in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Supported by friends of Mr. and Mrs. Katagiri, Japan

We are still rural, but now have roots in a number of cities by necessity of caring for children at risk and in need.

We are still focused on Leprosy – even though it appears that the story of leprosy has changed, it has not at too many levels, and for too many already deformed and aged affected persons.

We are still new hope to many people, orphan children, widows who are HIV positive, aged who are affected by leprosy and too old to beg to survive, Tribal women for the supply of safe delivery kits.

We keep an open door policy to the mentally challenged children, and the aged visually disabled – we remain one of the few with such care in western Orissa – free.

You can trust us to ensure that the funds used are centered on the most needy to achieve the maximum outcome from all gifts and donations.

In the cities where we work we offer ‘street’ children on railway station platforms without parents – off platform into care

We are a ‘hands on organisation’ – working with people at grassroots level in practical terms to resolve their needs and give assistance. Theory is not our policy, reality of the need of today is. We see the urgent of today and we know the important work to be done for a better tomorrow too. Low on administration, no AC offices and motor cars. We work on less talk and more action policy of an organization.