Established in 1992, the Foundation was initially started to provide an effective treatment programme for alcoholics and drug-addicts. An year later, it opened a rehabilitation centre for HIV positive people, the first of its kind in the country. Both are 50-bed residential units, just a kilometre from each other. While the centre for substance abuse charges fees, the AIDS centre is absolutely free. Food, shelter and medicines are also provided free of cost since most of the patients who come here are poor and with no where to go.
Patients are, however, encouraged to take up work like candle-making or greeting cards.
Completing the picture of a true home are pets, deserted by their owners, but loved and cared for at Freedom Foundation. A blind Doberman, a grandfather cat, rabbits, lambs and caneries, are among the permanent residents here. The organisation, also works in the community, educating villagers about AIDS and the spread of this disease. He is also member of the National AIDS committee.