Joy Home for Children is Registered Charity which offers a home for Orphan Children in Hyderabad, India.


British Registered - Charity No 1131247
Indian Registered - JRS Charitable Trust – Reg 174/2004

Joy Home for Children is located in a village called Madhapur, Nalgonda District which is about 40 km's South East from Central Hyderabad, India and was founded in 2004.

'Joy Home provides a safe and secure environment for orphaned children'.

Currently there are up to 20 children in our orphanage. For educational reasons, the children are divided into 2 groups. The older orphan children live at our Secunderabad Home and the younger children remain at Joy Home Orphanage. These children have been brought into the Orphanage either by the charity or members of the public over a period of 5 years. Each child has been registered with the local authorities and is listed as in the care of ‘Joy Home for Children’. These children are not for adoption and will remain part of the Joy Home family.

From 2004 till 2008, Joy Home for Children was privately funded by founder Dr. Nirmala Jyothi, her husband Dr. K. Karunakara Rao and their family and friends. joy home for children, orphanage in India As the number of orphaned children increased and with spiralling costs, it became essential to generate extra funding to provide the long term security for the children.

In March 2009, Joy Home website was launched followed by British Registration in August 2009. Now Joy Home for Children Orphanage is now offering everyone the opportunity to make a real difference.

We have 3 acres of land with plenty of space for development. Once developed, the land will provide an income as well as fresh fruit and vegetables for the home.

From our needs list you can choose what you would like to fund for the orphan children in India. You can make a donation online and we will tell you exactly where your money has been spent as well as providing regular updates via our website. As a small charity, it is so much easier to relate back to those that help. 

Joy Home for Children Orphanage is non profit making; all donations received (after bank fees) are spent on the orphan children in India. There are no UK salaries, no administration costs and no marketing budget. We do not spend donations on TV advertising or magazine campaigns. We are in search for corporate sponsorship to cover running expenses. Currently, our website is the only marketing tool which is created in-house for free.

We rely on you as a website vistor to let others know about Joy Home for Children Orphanage.

'100% of donations for the Children - No Wages - No Admin - No Marketing'

Charity News and Updates

  • Donations for November 2011
    UK Donations = a record £1795.00!!
    This includes £805.44 from Parochial Church, Wombourne to fund Electric Supply.
    £277.96 from Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton & £250.00 from Technip UK Ltd.
    Singapore Donations Total = £19.22.

  • August 2011 - Annual Returns Submitted to Charity Commission. The UK expense for running the charity from 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011 totals £38.57. Out of this £32.52 was bank charges and £6.05 was for Google Ads. Funds raised for this period total £9,927.78.


  • Joy Home launch Out Reach Support Programme for children effected by HIV and Aids. Charity for Children Children Website - May 2010


  • Joy Home Orphanage wins Optimist Charity Awards 2009/2010 - January 2010


  • Joy Home Orphanage receives British Registration Status by Charity Commission.
    Registration Number 1131247 - August 2009


  • Joy Home Orphanage hit by storm force winds destroying the roof - May 2009.
    Click here for photos.


  • Charity Web site lauched - March 2009.

Thank you to Beau Dodson and Joseph Dillon from Illinois (USA) for funding the purchase of all 15 bunk beds.... photos to follow soon......