Alateen Foundation is a benevolent charitable foundation  founded by J. Srinivasan (aka ‘JS’) and his wife, Noeline Srinivasan. 

After decades of helping in de-addiction training & coaching of Alcoholics & Drug Addicts, JS was keen to help educate the poorest of the poor children in alcoholic & drug afflicted families. All of this JS does with his own funds, efforts, skills and talent. The key to this Mission are the far flung, selfless  volunteers who scout, enrol and monitor the selected children.

Alateen, as the name goes signifies the children (teens) of families afflicted by alcoholism and addiction. Often these hapless & helpless children are left to the vagaries of the underworld as they are ‘abandoned’ in a sense by the Alcoholic or Addict.

The single parent left behind cope with unimaginable hardships, trials and tribulations. Such spouses are called “Co-Alcoholics” as they too are mentally & emotionally devastated by the disease of alcoholism, even though they themselves do not consume drugs or alcohol. That is why the disease if alcoholism is called a “Family Disease“.

All this results in the children in such families losing out to their fate. Result? Eternal and ever spiralling poverty & lives of crime.

These are not just children of the poorest of the poor economically, but are emotionally and intellectually stunted, often beyond repair. Yet they are some of the most intelligent ones around at the ‘baby’ ages of 1-8 yrs.