Our Journey
Our Team
Our Directors


Our Vision
United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability, and healthy lives.


Our Mission
United Way of Chennai commits to mobilizing the caring power of communities through sustainable and impactful interventions.
We work with compassion and integrity towards inclusive and equitable solutions in education, health, livelihood and environment.
Our History
United Way Chennai is part of the global United Way network that is operating in more than 46 countries and in 7 states across India.


A decade of change and impact – we’re grateful for the immense support from our donors and partners. We invite you to take a walk down memory lane with us by scrolling below.
Our Journey
2010
The Beginning of the Journey


2011-12
Establishing our CSR & Volunteering verticals




34 CEOs ran for nearly 2 km at IIT Chennai, raising 45 Lakhs for causes supported by United Way Chennai
2013-14
Striking collaborative partnerships



Speakers included Mr. PN Vijay along with Mr. Nandkumar Surti and Mr. Sankaran Naren. Raised Rs. 30 Lakhs with 11 corporate sponsors


To commemorate Madras’ 375th birthday, students from different schools exhibited their ideas about their perspective of Chennai. In the following year, we partnered with TOI to organize UWC’s first public performance with Ms. Shobana


Included international participants from Uganda, Dubai, Algeria, and Ethiopia. A number of physically challenged persons were seen running, including India’s first blade runner, Major Devender Pal Singh.
2015
Pitching in to turn it around


The largest day of volunteering in the state with more than 10,000 volunteers participating in clean up campaigns, spreading awareness on cleanliness and hygiene.


We partnered with 8 corporates and 18 NGOs for the Flood relief program. Corporate volunteers distributed 24,000+ packets of food, 25,000+ liters of water, 3 lakh+ soya milk packs, 1000+ packets of Oats, 3000+ mats and blankets, 4000+ kgs of rice, Essentials like medicines, candles, Odomos mosquito repellent cream, sanitary napkins, and Items for rehabilitation – clothes, provisions, utensils, etc. We helped 4,00,000 affected people.


Constructed a girl-friendly toilet block fitted with incinerators for sanitary napkins as well as two group hand wash stations and a ground-level reservoir. Made provisions for water filtration & re-use and conducted awareness sessions on menstrual hygiene.
2016-17
Creating a Culture of Giving



Enables underprivileged children aged 0 to 6 to become ready for mainstream schooling through pre-school education, immunization, and nutrition in Anganwadis. UWC partnered with the HT Parekh Foundation, ICDS & UNICEF to pilot the program in 10 Anganwadis in tribal areas.


2000+ Volunteers from various colleges and corporates across the city taught 10,000 children in Govt. & Panchayat Union schools about the need & importance of safe handwashing habits. As part of United Way Worldwide’s Day of Action Competition 2017, UWC won the Greatest Scale as well as Best Photo Award.


Courtroom trials are intimidating and to ensure that children have a non-threatening experience during trials, United Way Chennai in partnership with UNICEF & IIT Kanpur, conceptualized and created a child-friendly courtroom in the Madras High Court.
2018-19
Growing in leaps and bounds across verticals


Benefitted the differently-abled by creating opportunities for a better quality of life through scholarships & micro-entrepreneurship. Tackling the water crisis through source augmentation and ensuring safe/affordable drinking water for poor communities.


Through our relief efforts, such as distributing 300+ NFI kits, building 50+ transient shelters, cleaning up almost 100 wells, restoring school and community plants, we benefitted more than 4 million people.


Saranya M


S Sri Lakshmi


Sujithra Varghese


MA ALAGAPPAN
MA ALAGAPPAN


AMARNATH REDDY
AMARNATH REDDY


ANURADHA OZA
ANURADHA OZA


KAVITHA DUTT
KAVITHA DUTT


MADHAVAN NAMBIAR
MADHAVAN NAMBIAR


MAHALINGAM SETURAMAN
MAHALINGAM SETURAMAN


PRAKASH KATAMA
PRAKASH KATAMA


PRAMOD KUMAR
PRAMOD KUMAR


SABINA NARAYAN
SABINA NARAYAN


SATYA PRABHAKAR
SATYA PRABHAKAR

