AIM for Seva’s journey began with the goal of enabling children from
impoverished rural and tribal areas to have the same advantages as
children of means. This gave rise to the Chatralayam (free student hostel)
model. Our Chatralayams are secure residential facilities that provide
students with the opportunity to attend school without interruptions – free
of cost. Students stay in the Chatralayam, attend the nearby school, and
benefit from a holistic system that offers all-round development (this
includes tuition, books, uniforms, fortified food, yoga, sports and
extracurricular activities)

Most of the students in the Chatralayam are first-generation school-goers,
and come from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Each Chatralayam comprises of students from several neighbouring
villages and tribal regions,