[1][2] Mahatma Gandhi National Foundation (MGNF) is a mission of collective action to provide better future to the most vulnerable sections of Kerala Society - women, children, disabled persons the aged and other disadvantaged groups - by providing educational training, protecting their health and environment, improving their living condition and strengthening their family and community.
The paradigms of MGNF revolves around five crucial elements, research and development on science and technology for the dissemination of eco-friendly rural technology to the poor, human resource development, attitudinal change and self-management, and economic empowerment to the poor.
"Development can be self-sustaining only if it brings about a change in the entire socio-economic matrix governing the lives of the poor" says Shri.
The Foundation is organising a national level lecture series to be held annually in different metropolitan cities of India.
It provides opportunity to hundreds of youths and adolescents to channelise their voluntary human resources towards national integration.