Mission
Lifetime care, with dignity
Shelter, food, medicine, companionship and dignified rituals — provided without fee for as long as our elders need us.
Est. 2000 · 25 Years of Seva
A home where every elder is family.
Manavseva Charitable Trust began with one promise — that no elder should ever feel forgotten. Twenty-five years later, that promise is a daily practice carried out by caretakers, doctors, trustees and a community of donors who believe dignity is non-negotiable.
"Seva is not what we do for others. It is who we become together."
Shri Manharlal Shah
Founder Trustee, Manavseva
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Our Story
From a single room in 2000 to a sanctuary for 120 elders today.
Chronicled across two and a half decades
Jivandhara was founded in April 2000 by a handful of Jain families in Mumbai who noticed that elders — especially widowed mothers and fathers without local kin — were quietly slipping through the cracks of urban life. They rented a four-room flat, brought home five residents, and decided that whatever came next would be funded by community generosity alone.
That promise has held for twenty-five years. Today, Manavseva is a three-floor home with a dedicated medical wing, daily bhojan-seva for 120+ residents, a celebrated tiffin program that serves seniors across Mumbai, and an extended family of more than a thousand donors who treat this as their second home.
We have never sought government grants. Every meal cooked, every medicine dispensed, every birthday celebrated and every last rite performed is funded by hands that choose to give. That choice — repeated daily, quietly, with no expectation — is what makes Manavseva what it is.
We're not an institution. We're a household — one that simply happens to have a lot of grandparents.
Milestones
A quarter century, one elder at a time
- 002000
Founded with 5 residents
Four-room flat in Mumbai, a single caretaker, and a promise to never charge a paisa for care.
- 072007
First medical wing
Doshi Family Trust funds an in-house clinic with weekly doctor visits and 24×7 nursing.
- 122012
Tiffin Seva launched
Daily warm meals delivered to elders living alone across Andheri, Vile Parle and Borivali.
- 182018
Adoption Program
Donors begin sponsoring individual residents — birthdays, medicines, special occasions, all covered.
- 242024
New 4-room hospital wing
Full physiotherapy room, daycare, and 4 examination cabins inaugurated thanks to community fundraising.
- 262026
25 years of seva
120+ residents, 1,000+ donor families, and a digital platform that brings the trust to every household.
Vision
A home, not an institution
A place where elders are addressed by their first names, celebrate birthdays with cake, and watch the monsoon from a familiar window.
Values
Transparent, accountable, kind
Every rupee is tracked, every donor receives 80G receipts, every resident's story is honoured. No exceptions.
Inside the Home
A day at Manavseva
Morning bhajans. A doctor's round. Lunch shared at long wooden tables. An afternoon nap under the fan. Visitors who arrive as strangers and leave as family.
Mornings
A walk in the garden, a cup of chai, a familiar smile.
Afternoons
Shared thalis, shared laughter.
Evenings
Doctor on round, medicine on time.
"If you have ever wondered whether one act of kindness can change a life — visit us on a Sunday. You will leave with the answer."
Smt. Saraswati Jain
Trustee · Resident Welfare
Become part of our family.
Sponsor a resident. Sponsor a meal. Sponsor a medical day. Or simply walk in for tea. Every form of seva is welcomed and remembered.