Snehatheeram is a voluntary agency formed by the Trivandrum-Quilon Diocese of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church with the main objective of taking care of the victims of HIV/AIDS.

Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, as per tradition, has been founded by Saint Thomas, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, in the year AD 52. The Church has its head quarters at SCS campus,Tiruvalla, Kerala, India.