St. Theresa's college has taken up a special program towards Child Labour Eradication collaborating with the district government in the National Child Labour Program ( NCLP ). The college runs three schools in three adopted slums of Eluru-Namely
- YSR Colony - Ponangi
- Yenadigudem
- Chenchula Colony
About 100 children of the tribal nomadic people are being educated in three schools. Since 2004 it is indeed a ray of hope to the society.