Who We Are
A US nonprofit delivering humanitarian programmes across Asia — serving communities wherever we find unmet need.
36 Years. Across Asia. One Mission.
Mission to the Nations was founded in 1990 by Paparao Yeluchuri on a simple premise: extreme poverty yields to consistent, dignified care — healthcare, education, and opportunity delivered without discrimination, to communities the world had forgotten.
Over thirty-six years, what began as a single school and a community clinic grew into a multi-programme humanitarian organisation. We deliver eight core programmes wherever the need exists: health clinics and mobile medicine, community health outreach, children's education and welfare, child protection and rescue, nutrition and food security, livelihoods and enterprise for women, clean energy and environment, and girls' sanitation in schools.
Mission to the Nations operates as one mission across two registered entities. MTN, our US 501(c)(3) public charity, was incorporated in 2019 to mobilise global donor support. Our sister organisation in Asia, locally registered, has delivered field programmes since 1990. Donor support raised through MTN funds the proven, audited programmes our sister organisation runs on the ground.
Every dollar is tracked, reported, and receipted. Institutional and international donors can find full legal and compliance documentation on our financials page.
At a Glance
- Field Operations
- Since 1990 · 36 years
- MTN
- 501(c)(3) · Incorporated 2019
- Scope
- South and South East Asia
- US Registration
- 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Nonprofit
- Programmes
- Health Clinics · Children · Community Health · HIV Prevention · Women's Empowerment · Rural Development · Girl's Sanitation
- UN SDG Goals
- Aligned with 12 of 17 SDGs — SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16
- Annual Reach
- 100,000+ people served · 54,750+ through health clinics · 8,000+ children · 500+ women trained
- Lifetime
- 1.5M+ patients treated · 75,000+ children through education · 2,500+ women empowered
- Partners
- Children's Hope International · AIAE Luxembourg · Luxembourg Foreign Ministry
- Contact
- See contact page for offices and enquiries
From Seventeen Children to Eight Thousand
We started with one school and seventeen children. Today 8,000+ children are in active care across Asia — and over 75,000 children have passed through our education programmes since 1990, many of whom would otherwise have had no access to schooling at all.
For $100/month you can sponsor a child's full care and education — shelter, school, meals, and healthcare. US donors receive full tax deductibility.
Eight Areas of Impact
What Guides Our Work
Dignity
Every person deserves to be treated with respect and care, regardless of circumstance or background.
Accountability
We maintain radical transparency in our finances, programs, and outcomes.
Community
We work alongside communities — local leadership drives lasting, sustainable change.
Sustainability
Every program is designed to build capacity that outlasts our direct involvement.
Every Program Starts With a Problem We Can Solve
The communities we serve face documented, measurable crises. MTN's programs address each one directly — with interventions proven over 36 years.
🏥 Healthcare
Hundreds of millions lack adequate healthcare access — remote, rural, and marginalised communities left behind by every formal system
95,000+ healthcare interactions annually — 54,750+ through our health clinics, plus hundreds of mobile camps serving thousands more
Stateless and excluded populations are legally denied public hospitals by their own governments
MTN mobile camps are often the only medical care these communities ever receive
In the poorest rural regions, a single hospital may serve hundreds of thousands of people across mountains and roadless terrain
Maternal health and mobile clinics reach communities no formal system reaches
👧 Child Welfare & Education
Tens of millions of children are out of school or missing basic education; millions more face child labour
8,000+ children in active programmes today — 75,000+ children served with education since 1990
Stateless and minority children are denied school enrolment by government systems that refuse to recognise them
MTN programmes provide school access where formal systems legally or practically exclude children
Rural secondary school completion rates in the poorest regions remain below 40%
MTN rural school programmes target the communities where dropout begins earliest
🛡️ Child Protection & Rescue
Millions of children across Asia are trafficked, abandoned, or living on the streets with no safety net
MTN's 4-stage pipeline — Prevention, Rescue, Rehabilitation, Reintegration — moves children from danger to stability
Street children face exploitation, violence, and substance abuse with no institutional support
MTN street outreach teams identify and bring children into care before exploitation takes hold
Children rescued from trafficking or abuse need long-term structured support to reintegrate safely
MTN's reintegration programme returns children to safe family environments or transitions them to independent living
🥗 Nutrition & Food Security
Hundreds of thousands of street children have no reliable daily meal
MTN feeding stations serve 100+ children per day per station — including pregnant and lactating mothers
Rural communities lack stable protein and income sources — one drought breaks the food supply entirely
MTN fish ponds, poultry circles, and cattle programmes create self-sustaining food systems at the village level
Undernutrition in early childhood causes irreversible cognitive and physical damage
MTN school meal programmes and feeding stations provide daily nutrition for 8,000+ enrolled children
👩 Livelihoods & Enterprise
The majority of rural women have no independent income of their own
MTN's 9-month programme graduates women with a sewing machine, skills, and a small business
Illiteracy among women in marginalised caste and minority communities remains critically high
MTN pairs literacy training with vocational skills — education and livelihood together
Economic desperation drives trafficking risk for women in remote communities
MTN micro-enterprise programmes reduce the vulnerability that traffickers exploit
☀️ Clean Energy & Environment
Hundreds of millions lack safe drinking water; waterborne disease is a leading cause of child death
MTN has drilled 900+ clean water wells since 1990 — each serves an entire village permanently
Rural schools and clinics operate without reliable power — education and healthcare stop at sundown
MTN solar installations provide clean, reliable electricity to schools, clinics, and community centres
Cooking on open biomass fires causes severe indoor air pollution and deforestation in rural communities
MTN biogas systems convert organic waste into clean cooking fuel — reducing health risk and fuel cost permanently
🚻 Girl's Education & Sanitation
Millions of girls drop out of school annually when they begin menstruating — no private toilets, no support
100+ schools reached · 30,000+ girls · toilet blocks, WASH education, and menstrual hygiene support
In low-and-middle-income regions, roughly 1 in 3 girls miss school during menstruation
MTN is expanding WASH and sanitation programmes — the same problem, the same proven solution
In many rural school communities, under 40% of schools have functional girl-friendly toilets
MTN school sanitation follows a documented, GPS-verified model replicated wherever the need exists
Our Digital Brochure
A complete overview of our programs, impact data, legal registrations, and ways to give — viewable on any device and downloadable as PDF.
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