About Us

Major areas of work till 1997

1.Relief & Rehabilitation, 2. Welfare, 3. Training and Production, 4 Development— 134 staff were engaged at office and in the field. With 61 Donors (institutional, individual and local Govt subsidies)

Vision:

“Formation of a just and sustainable human society based on the values of love, equality, fraternity and peace”

Mission:

SSC is committed to empowerment of the poor and the marginalized. Specifically, for socially and economically secluded, irrespective of caste, creed, disability, gender and HIV/AIDS. Restoration of their human dignity by partnering with intermediary organizations, government line departments, CBO’s, local communities in extending support and facilitation, advocating for the rights and entitlements of people to achieve visible and sustainable socio, equitable – economic development.

Strategic Objectives:

Development of marginalized communities – that include less privileged children and women, adolescent girls, youth and unorganized labourers, - By transforming the mindset of them to grow Socially, Economically, Culturally and with good Education and Health.

It is possible by

• Empowerment Animation,
• Dialogue (with and for the poor),
• Volunteerism and promoting Giving Communities.

Key Achievements:

• CRS food distribution has nourished thousands of children – many boardings and orphanages supported the BPL families.
• Relief and rehabilitation, the support was given to more than 50000 families
• Medical facilities like setting up of dispensaries, hospitals and training nurses,
• Drinking water facilities, bore wells, wells, water tanks
• Cyclone shelters and cooking utensils, community halls and emergency fund at 125 villages
• Irrigation projects, desalination of agricultural lands incentives to farmers and small loans.
• Income generation initiatives: animal husbandry, aqua culture, skill development etc..

Education support:

• Permanent houses to 25000 families
• DRR(Disaster risk reduction trainings at 145 villages in 9 mandals
• Disability inclusion
• HIV/AIDS awareness and nutrition and medical support
• Women empowerment – awareness and income generation over 100000 beneficiaries. SHGs prior to government and Balavikasa – Fr. M. Joji was vice president of Balavikasa when it was started.
• Child friendly local governance programs: rights
• MACTS – 200 women groups with 2000 membership in 6 mandals Many more….

B .1: Years Down the Decades:(Significant Programmes Undertaken and implemented)

2010 - 2015:

• Maintaining the Street children home – Deepanivas
• Providing Training and animation facilities to grass roots level leaders through animation Centre – every year 1500 people visit .
• Flood relief
• Permeant houses to 900 families
• DRR
• MCTS continuous program
• PMI
• Charity

2016 – 2020:

• o Maintaining the Street children home – Deepanivas – now its with SDB
• o Providing Training and animation facilities to grass roots level leaders through animation Centre – every year 1500 people visit.
• o Renovation of godowns and rooms
• o CSR programs V-guard ( 1.first aid training and setting up of first aid kits in 200 schools, 2. Digital education/ e- learning program at 20 schools and distribution of computers 3. Education support to disabled children- appliances and menstrual hygiene at 20 villages training and distribution of hygiene materials, pads and girl friendly dustbins.4. Health promotion – awareness and health camps at 20 villages and child rights promotion at 20 schools.
• Cyclone relief – karunasagar
• Disability inclusion program CBRF
• DRR
• MCTS continuous program
• PMI
• COVID 19 response
• Charity: education, medicine and housing

2021 – 2022:

• Covid 19 response – for widows’ cash support, nutrition support to the children and sick.
• Providing Training and animation facilities to grass roots level leaders through animation Centre – every year 1500 people visit.
• CFLG child friendly local governance in 16 panchayats (UNICEF & AP Forum)
• Flood recovery –
• MACTS
• Charity

B.2: Growth in the Institutional Capacities:

• Infrastructure- Training facilities
• Office set up
• Human resources
• Policies and manuals
• FCRA and other documents of the society..

A. Challenges and Opportunities for the mission of Social Change in the Geography (2010 – 2022)

• Cyclone /Flood areas – coastal line and riverbeds
• Draught area -climate change / environment
• Poverty –
• Higher education
• Entitlements
• Skill development & job opportunities
• Contamination of water bodies
• Prevalence of Cancer / HIV-Aids
• Disability
• Bad habits
• Gender issues

B. Present Structure and Operational Capacity:

• Has most of the requirements to run a Society
• Need qualified human resources

C. Emerging Issues and Opportunities

• Volunteerism needs to be enhanced – at least one youth from each sub-station
• Climate change and poverty
• Habits
• Environment
• Education of the bpl or poor

D. Innovations Developed or in the Prospect:

• from each sub-station 1 educated youth – to be trained on KSP/Disaster risk/disability. We have to take it up as a future strategy:
• find ways to work close to government / schemes/
• A CAMPAIGN to Sensitize, Contribute for any social cause and Act to Ease the Lives.

E. Lessons Learned

• SSC has done great work – responding to the need of the time.
• Now there are hundreds of societies / trusts / congregations / commissions doing the social work
• Priests present in the meeting can share -----

F. New Scenario:

• Need to articulate / draw