Donations and aid for improved quality of life.
Holistic rehabilitation for spinal cord injuries.
Self-sustaining community for those with severe impairments.
About Us

Empowering Lives, Restoring Hope

Soulfree, founded on August 23, 2013, in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, is a Public Charitable Trust co-founded by Mrs. Vijayalakshmi and Dr. Preethi Srinivasan. Soulfree aims to prevent suicides among individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) by improving their quality of life.
Service

From Support to Independence

Soulfree’s mission is to improve the quality-of-life of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury (PwSCI) facing a lifetime of paralysis by initially providing support, rehabilitating them, and eventually enabling them to be economically independent.
Soulfree seeks your contribution in this journey of Support to Independence.
Further, Soulfree is keen to emerge as a Centre of Excellence and Research in the holistic Rehabilitation of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury (PwSCI) and is keen to collaborate globally with like-minded individuals and institutions.
Your Generosity, Their Hope

Join The Cause To Empower

Soulfree invites like-minded individuals, institutions, and corporates to be the power of change by contributing to any or all of the below programs.
For the benefit of potential donors, an overview of Soulfree’s support to beneficiaries along with estimated cost details have been provided below. Please note that the estimated cost is broadly indicative as of March 2025. Donors, depending on their capacity can sponsor either fully or partly towards a program of their choice.

Testimonials

When persons with PwSCI come to Soulfree, they are called Residents, with support they become Caterpillars and after rehabilitation they metamorphose into Butterflies.

KASTURI RAMBABU (TELENGANA)

This quiet and soft-natured man had reached Soulfree all the way from Telangana as he was so inspired by watching YouTube videos of our founder. He had sustained a spinal-cord injury in a road traffic accident, but desperately wanted to walk, work and take care of his family. He did not want to be dependent anymore. After rehab, he is extremely happy, confident and able to walk with crutches. He feels strongly that he will be able to return home and resume his business of running a grocery shop successfully.

SIVAGAMI R (TIRUVANNAMALAI)

She came to Soulfree as a broken individual with no wish to live. Initially, she was depressed, very quiet and unwilling to make eye contact. However, with regular counselling and interactions with our founder, she blossomed and courageously decided that she would walk on her own and become financially self-sufficient so that she could live life on her own terms and not be dependent on her family or anybody else. At time of discharge she was able to walk with a single stick, had learnt tailoring and other skills and was confident to become financially self-reliant.

SRINIVASAN E (KRISHNAGIRI)

Srinivasan was working in Mumbai when he met with an accident at the age of 24 years. He had a loving wife who was 21 years old with a six-month-old daughter to take care of. He was devastated at having become a quadriplegic. His young wife, while still breastfeeding their child, was left alone to care for him. Soon he developed severe bed sores all over his body to the extent that he would have not survived had he not come to the Soulfree INSPIRE Centre. Using VAC therapy and with love, care and personal attention, he has healed tremendously well and is seen zooming around in his motorised wheelchair these days.

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