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We kindly ask you to fill in this form. When you finish, you will receive an application number. Please send it to us on WhatsApp at [PHONE].

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The form takes about ten minutes. If you get stuck on a question, WhatsApp us and say which one.

You can send photos of your documents on WhatsApp too, and we will attach them to your application for you.

Apply for assistance

Tell us what you need and we will look at it with care and respect.

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Or read the answers below first. The form itself is at the bottom of them.

Applying does not mean it is approved. Every application is checked: we may call you, speak to the hospital, school or supplier, and visit your home. Help is given only after that check, and only as far as the trust's funds allow at the time. Some genuine applications cannot be helped for that reason alone. We will tell you either way, so please do not borrow money or make promises to anyone expecting this.
  • Phone photos are fineTake it in good light with the whole document in the frame. A clear, sharp copy is checked and approved faster; a blurred one slows everything down.
  • Tamil & Malayalam welcomePapers in Tamil or Malayalam are accepted.
  • Kept privateStored on our own server, seen only by our team.
  • No certificate? Apply anywayNever pay anyone for a document on our account.

Before you apply

The questions people ask us most, answered here so you do not have to ask first. Open any of them, or go straight to the form.

Who can apply
  • Anyone in India who needs one of the kinds of help listed below, whatever their religion, caste, language or state.
  • You may apply for somebody else: a patient, a friend, a sister, a parent. Tell us in your own words who you are to them.
  • We come and see before we pay. If you live far from Coimbatore that takes longer, and we may work through your hospital or college instead of visiting.
What we can do, and what we cannot
  • We pay the school, the hospital or the shop directly, against their bill. We do not hand over cash. This protects you and it keeps our accounts clean.
  • Food and ration far from Coimbatore is the one exception. Where there is no shop we can pay and nobody from our team near enough to buy it, we may transfer the money to the applicant's own bank account instead. We ask for the bill or the photographs afterwards, and the account has to be in the name of the person who applied.
  • We usually pay part of a bill, not all of it. Tell us the whole amount and also the smaller sum that would genuinely help, because the smaller one is often the one we can do.
  • We can buy a thing instead of giving money: a wheelchair, a sewing machine, tools, a cart, school books. Ask for the thing you need.
  • We cannot take on a cost that repeats for the rest of a life. If your treatment needs a payment every month for years, apply anyway and say so, and we will tell you plainly what we can and cannot carry.
  • The work is old, the fund is small. The people behind Alorah have been at this on the ground for more than fifteen years, and the trust itself was registered in 2026, so what it can pay out in a month is still modest. If what you need runs into lakhs, please keep asking other people and other trusts at the same time. We would rather say that now than have you wait on us alone.
What to send us

Different for each kind of help, so here is the whole list. You only need the ones for your own kind. A photograph taken on your phone is enough, and a PDF is fine too.

If a paper marked Required is missing, WhatsApp us and tell us which one. Never pay anybody for a document on our account.

What happens after you send it
  1. You get an application number on this screen. Write it down, and send it to us on WhatsApp.
  2. Our team reads it and rings you on the number you gave, usually within a few days.
  3. We check it. We may telephone the hospital, the school or the shop, and someone from our team may come to your home.
  4. We decide, and we tell you either way. If we cannot help, we will say so rather than leave you waiting.

If your date is close, say so in your own words, and mention it when you send us your application number on WhatsApp. A form cannot shout, and somebody with a deadline this week should not be waiting in the same queue as somebody whose fee is due next term.

About you

Tell us who you are and how we can reach you.

10 digits. A neighbour's or relative's phone is perfectly fine.
Many families share one phone. Telling us avoids confusion later.
If you are not sure, any neighbour or the post office will know it.
Everyone who eats from the same kitchen, including yourself.
Your best estimate is enough here, and we do not ask for a certificate to prove it. Everything the household earns together. Our team goes through this with you when we come to verify. If there is no income at all right now, write 0.
Stand at your house and tap this, and your phone gives us the spot so our team can find it when they come to meet you. If you are not at home now, send us a location on WhatsApp instead, or paste a Google Maps link below. We never publish this, and it is only ever seen by our team.
The link you get from Google Maps or from sharing your location on WhatsApp.

Your ID and your situation

Any one government ID is enough. We do not require Aadhaar, and we do not require an income certificate.

Any one of these is enough, and "none" is a perfectly good answer. Please do not go to a government office and pay anyone to get a certificate for us. If you have nothing, someone from our team will simply come and meet you.

What you need help with

Choose the closest match. If nothing fits exactly, pick the nearest one and explain below; we will sort it out.

Your best estimate. We will check it against the bill.

Other help you have. It helps us, and the people who give, to know what else is in place.

Documents to attach

A photo taken on your phone is all we need; PDFs are fine too, up to 10 MB each. If a paper marked Required is missing, WhatsApp us and tell us which one.

Choose the type of assistance above and this section will list exactly which documents to attach. They are different for a school fee, a hospital bill and a ration request, so we ask only for the ones that apply to you.

Please take the photo carefully: a blurred document is the most common reason an application is delayed.
  • Lay the document flat in good daylight. Avoid shadows and camera flash glare.
  • Get the whole document in the frame: all four corners, nothing cut off.
  • Check that the name, address, and any numbers (ID number, account number, bill number) can be read clearly before you send it.
  • The details should match across your documents: the name on your ID, your bank passbook and the bill should be the same person, spelled the same way. If something genuinely does not match (a changed name, a spelling error on a card), do not worry. Just tell us in the box above and we will sort it out.
  • If you already have a scanned copy, send that. A flat, sharp scan is the quickest for us to check, so it gets approved faster. But please do not pay anyone to scan for you. A careful photo taken in daylight does the same job, and we would rather that money stayed in your pocket.

If we go ahead, what would you be comfortable with?

    Your declaration

    Please read this and tick the box. Typing your name below stands as your signature.

    What we do with what you tell us, and the law that governs it
    • What we collect: your name and telephone number, where you live, who is in your household, the ID you name, what you need and why, the documents you attach, and bank details only if your application is approved and only to pay.
    • Why: to check what you have told us, to decide, to pay a school, hospital or supplier on your behalf, and to keep the accounts a registered trust must keep.
    • Who sees it: our team. Nobody else. We do not sell it, we do not share it for advertising, and we never publish your name, your face or your documents. If we ever want to tell your story, we ask you separately, after a decision, and you may say no with nothing changing.
    • How long: for as long as the trust must keep its records. Where the law does not require it, we erase it when it is no longer needed.
    • Your rights: ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask us to erase it, or withdraw your consent. Telephone us or write to alorahfoundation@gmail.com and we will answer within 15 days.
    • If we get it wrong: tell the Managing Trustee first, using the number and address at the foot of this page. Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 you may also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
    • Applying for somebody else: if you are filling this in for a patient, a student or a parent, please make sure they know and agree.

    Your rights over your information, in plain words and in four languages, with the official text of the Act.

      We will call you after we receive it.

      Received

      We have your application

      Thank you for trusting us. Please write this number down, and send it to us on WhatsApp. That is how we find your application.

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      Our team will look at it and call you on the number you gave. If anything is missing, we will help you get it.

      Please remember: this is not approval yet. We will check what you have told us, and help depends on the trust having funds at the time. We will let you know either way. Please do not borrow money or promise anyone payment while you wait.