Tropical Health Foundation of India is a non-profit, charitable, voluntary organization functioning at Kunnamkulam Municipality in Thrissur District. THFI was founded by Dr. K. Jacob Roy and late Maj. A.V. Thomas in 1986. Initially it focused on activities related to "Community Health and Nutrition". Later through the "Family helper Programme" funded by Lutheran World Relief, a physiotherapist and an assistant went from house to house to identify the disabled and do necessary intervention.

In 1992 a staff from THFI was sent with the financial support of Indo-German Social service society for training as Multipurpose Rehabilitation Technician Training in Handicapped International, a French Organization in Pondicherry. In the meantime a camp for the Leprosy Amputees was organized in collaboration with Ankakarunya Kendra, Bangalore. Subsequently Handicap International and ADD (UK) came forward to help us to set up a workshop in 1992. Supplying artificial limbs and Orthotic appliances has since then been a major thrust area of our programmes. The workshop made a humble beginning with 64 cases during that year has now crossed 13000 cases by 2012. Grant obtained from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of India under the assistance to Disabled persons (ADIP) scheme was a stepping stone in achieving self reliance of the poor disabled by supplying assistive devices like limbs, calipers, crutches, wheel chairs, Try cycle etc.at free of cost to persons below poverty line. Camps are regularly conducted in different parts of the state to identify the beneficiaries under the scheme.

A Special School for the Mentally Challenged was set up in 1990 and got the recognition from the department of public Instruction, Government of Kerala in 1999. The Centre for cerebral Palsy was started in 1997 as part of THFI with the view to help and rehabilitate increasing number of children affected by Cerebral Palsy. They are coming to THFI everyday for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and special education. It has now been renamed as a 'Neuro Development Centre'. We are also involved in running "SPARSH" a SHG to promote vocational training of the special children and their families with the help of Rotary club of Kunnamkulam and West perth. We have started "Prerana", a project to promote early detection and early intervention of children with disability in two block panchayaths; Chavakkad and Chowannoor. The project was funded by CBM, we also received the support of CAF India for training of health workers.