SANTHWANAM activities begin when a compassionate individual decide to voluntarily contribute the possible subscription to a member or executive member of SANTHWANAM who collects subscription from a a group of members and takes it to the monthly executive committee meeting along with a set of help requests received from reliable sources i.e. newspapers, visual media, recognized govt. bodies, etc.

 

New members join SANTHWANAM on hearing about its activities through his friends or colleagues.  In other words, SANTHWANAM is the most excellent example of how friendship can be fruitful to the society.  This is underlined by the increase in members from 9 to 900 in  a span of five years.

 

The executive committee consists of 19 members, 6 of  them are office bearers.  The committee is headed by the President.  Moreover, there is an advisory body consisting of five people.  The powers of the executive members are similar to that of an ordinary member.  So the purpose of such a body is to carry out the activities of SANTHWANAM in its fullest sense.

 

Monthly executive committee meetings are usually held on the 1^st Thursday of each month.  The total monthly contribution is evenly divided and distributed among the deserving diseased individuals after careful analysis by the executive committee.  All other matters of interest to SANTHWANAM are also discussed in detail during the executive committee meetings and appropriate decisions are taken.  These decisions are then passed on to the members by the executive members.

 

The annual activities of SANTHWANAM are evaluated at the General Body meeting which is usually held by mid of January each year.  It is usually attended by all the members.

 

New executive committee is elected at the General Body meeting.  Usually members who take keen interest on the activities of SANTHWANAM are elected to work as executive members.  Dignitaries from different walks of life attend the General Body meeting and give lectures and guidelines to the new committee on their activities for the coming year.

 

As a part of the General Body meeting an annual magazine called 'Smaranika' is published and distributed to all the members together with detailed financial report.  ‘Smaranika’ reveals complete activities of SANTHWANAM of the previous year.  Well known cultural and political figures, back home at Kerala, send their felicitations and blessings to the members through 'Smaranika'.