About Chai316 in Chai316, #12, Esther Defence Avenue, Bangalore

Name: Chai316
Address: Chai316, #12, Esther Defence Avenue, Bangalore, India - 560077, Bangalore, 560077, India
Rating: 5

Chai means life in Hebrew and 3:16 refers John 3:16 which talks about eternal life. There are 808 million young people below the age of 35 in India. Sadly Bangalore has been the suicide capital for quite sometime. One of the main reasons is because of the educational and parental pressures. Most of the time the value of the child in our culture is based on their academic report, hence these days a lot them are not able to keep up to the expectations of their families, resulting in suicidal tendencies. We hardly have any counseling centers but every corner has a tuition center. This shows that education is valued more than life itself.

Chai316 is a non-commercial, 400 seater facility, where only Chai is served and the price of the Chai is decided by the students. Volunteers from different spheres of the society come here to serve as waiters and waitresses. Our goal here is – 80% listening and 20% talking, if needed. As we listen to the problems of the students, our goal is to value them, and love them, the way Jesus loves us.
We operate from Monday to Saturday, from 11:15 AM to 7:00 PM.
On Saturday's evenings we have a time of Worship Celebration.
One Friday a month, it turns into a concert hall, part of it is to enhance new talents.
We are closed on Sundays.

We have 9 rooms that can accommodate 18 full time staff and 7 rooms that can accommodate 30 people who come on short-terms trips. The best part of the café is the toilets.

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