The Damien Social Development Institute

Damien Social Development Institute (DSDI) is a charitable and social welfare unit of PAVITRA HRUDAYA SANGHA in India of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts.

Damien Social Development Institute (DSDI) of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts remembers the legacies of and draws inspiration from St. Damien of Molokai and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta in order to carry out its ministries.

It re-pledges and recommits itself to the service of humanity in the margins, especially to the poor and marginalized, and to educating the children of the poor and marginalized in urban slums, urban and rural villages in urban leprosy colonies with a mission to build a more “just and humane society”. It also works for the empowerment of women and children in rural villages.

OUR VISION

We long for a just, humane, equitable and peaceful society in which each individual and each community is empowered and made self-reliant and where human dignity, equal rights and equal opportunities are enjoyed by all.

OUR MISSION

Striving towards an equitable and just society, we support and strengthen sustainable Community Driven Development among the most fragile sectors of the population through:

• Capacitating communities, with special emphasis on medical care of leprosy patients and their rehabilitation, women empowerment and youth mobilization, to help themselves
  through sustainable community development initiatives and programs.
• Sharing knowledge and building capabilities, offering technical support and training to rural
  and urban youth in sustainable community driven development.
• Empowering the most vulnerable children of vulnerable sections of society through both formal and non-formal education.

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