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    Thanal Charitable Organization

    Verified · checked 13 September 2026

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    Headquarters
    Kavaratti, Lakshadweep
    Founded
    2009
    Registration type
    Registered society
    Registered
    2009
    Registration number
    557/2009
    NGO Darpan ID
    LD/2016/0105277
    FCRA
    253030001
    Reach
    1 state

    What they do

    Thanal Charitable Organization, publicly known as Thanal Lakshadweep, is a society registered on 16 December 2009 under the Societies Registration Act 1860 (registration number 557/2009) and based in Kavaratti. It runs two NGO-owned hemodialysis centres on Amini and Androth islands, provides home-based palliative and cancer care through the Lakshadweep Institute of Palliative Medicine set up in 2013, and operates a Jan Aushadhi Kendra generic-medicine outlet and a Jan Arogya Kendra health centre in Kavaratti. It is a government-recognised medical institution authorised to dispense oral morphine to terminally ill patients, and it ran CHILDLINE child-helpline services on the islands from 2016 to 2023. Its NGO Darpan filing also lists aged care, women's empowerment and vocational training among its registered activities.

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    Where they work

    Lakshadweep: Kavaratti, Amini, Androth

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