35 million people in Tamil Nadu live on around £1 a day




Occupational therapists work with our SCAD staff

We are fortunate enough to have two Belgium OT (Occupational Therapist) students completing 3 month internships at SCAD working with differently-abled...

Murray and Janet visit SCAD

Murray & Janet Frankland, founders of Salt of the Earth, visit the ‘model village’ Sevalkulam, in the Ottapidaram block to view the new fish culture...

SCAD 1st Newsletter

On the 31st of January we released SCAD's first newsletter - read it here 




Our latest video — Kitchen gardens

In Tamil Nadu there is a big problem with women being anemic and children being malnourished. Also the price of food in the area is increasing beyond the means...

Salt of the Earth tour of SCAD and Kerala

The first Salt of the Earth Supporters two week visit to India went very well ably led by Eddie and Anne Walker. A week seeing the great work that SCAD...

SCAD Press Release 17.01.01

Get involved with SCAD in 2012 - it’s now even easier Tamil Nadu charity Social Change and Development (SCAD) is strengthening its links with overseas...




Introducing Kate Hartley – SCAD’s latest volunteer

My name is Kate Hartley, I am 24 years old and I live in the South East of England. At the age of 18 I went travelling on my gap year to India, New Zealand,...

We support organic alternatives

At SCAD we are concerned with any initiative which will help us to protect the environment locally. One of the best projects that we have is the Soil Fertility...

Real Empowerment

At SCAD we are interested in empowerment that takes place when people challenge existing norms and culture to improve their well being and create their...




The rise of women

SCAD have been working with Women Self Help Groups for over 25 years; they are the backbone of our organisation. Initially the men in the villages were...