Payyavoor Community Development Project (PCDP) was founded by Sr. Annamma Thonnamkuzhiyil a registered nurse who got trained in Germany. She returned to India after her education in Nursing with revived enthusiasm to undertake and promote activities for Rural Development with special focus on women development and established the organization. The organization entered into the social service field with community health as an entry point activity in the year of 1972 and then widened its scope of humanitarian services. The organization formally got registered in the year 1986 vide Registration Number S-459/86. Sr. Annamma Thonnamkuzhiyil is the current president of the organization.