Dalit Solidarity

“Vincent thiag and leenus thiag are husband and wife”

“Donna m. Mullin esq (treasurer director) will review form 990”

“The board of directors contemporaneously document the meetings held or written actions undertaken during the year by the organization.”

“The governing documents of the organization are available upon request.”

“Corona reliefduring the time of pandemic, dalit solidarity distributed food packages to rural communities who have been at the brink of starvation. More than 3000 families in 100 villages were taken care during this time of lockdown. Both masks and sanitizers were also provided to schools and churches to protect them from the spread of the virus. The food relief was a huge blessings for the rural population in the state of tamil nadu. Usaid projectdalit solidarity received an award from asha (american schools and hospitals abroad) to build ten classrooms at st. Patricks academy. This award will help us to expand the facility with computer labs and library. Such provision will help our school to upgrade into higher secondary level. The school is operated and owned by community care trust.”

“Form 990, part iii organizations primary exempt purposeto provide health care services & educational development for the poor families who can not afford it.educational programdalit solidarity provides over 1000 students a year with the opportunity to obtain a quality education through grants supporting the following programs: st patricks academyst. Patricks academy offers a unique and innovative approach to delivering education to underserved students, featuring highly competent and well-trained faculty, aestically designed spacious classrooms that encourage creativity and active engagement, opportunities to incorporate surrounding nature into study, and individualized attention and learning strategies customized for each student. St. Patrick ensures that every child has access to quality education. Currently we have 750 students from forty nearby villages and 50 staff. We are intending to upgrade the school into higher secondary to accommodate the graduates from the 10th grade.our sponsorship program gives hope, love and lifes essentials to one child at a time. Lec home for poor childrendalit solidarity supports the evening and weekend tuition center for the dalit children. Miss julie is the coordinator of the program. More that one hundred fifty students benefit out of this program in learning english, computer and extra curricular activites. These children are the first generation who have come to the schoo. More than 75 students have graduated from the schools. We take care of their tuition, room and board. Mother theresa schoolthis project is carried out by father dave for the education of dalit children. He has been supporting their education with donations from us friends for many years. He has more than 300 children and 15 staff. There is a residence attached to the school to concentrate on the education of the poor children. St. Marys health programst marys health center has been running continously for the last 17 years with the. St. Marys clinic programs offer susidized medical care to local villagers through three rural clinics. These health care centers offer crucial, life-saving care to hundreds of rural patients every month. St. Marys will never refuse treatment to patients. Nursing service is free. Patients pay only what they can for necessary medications. The clinics also offer a free yearly check-up to local schoolchildren and run free medical camps. Running seven days a week and serving more than 400 patients monthly, our clinics provide health education, preventive care and increased quality of life to those suffering the miseries wreaked by proverty, illiteracy and lack of transportation. Sagaya annai hospitalthis is a rural hospital run by the sisters of immaculate heart of mary for two decades. This hospital serves both inpatients and outpatients through health education, awareness, diagnosis, treatment, referral services, and data collection. The sisters make a difference in the lives of the under-served communities. Through the contribution of dr. Batt, sagaya annai hospital became fully remodeled, with additions and upgrades and is a full-fledged hospital. Their mission and objectives are very clear in reaching out to those who are poor and less privileged. We also support a leprosy care center with the donations from dr. Batt. Currently we provide a rural hospital at vanadavasi with an orthopedic operation theater. Drinking water projectsdrinking water which is the basic human necessity and right of the people has become a commercial commodity and poor people suffer very much because of this. The dalits in india do not have access to the common water resources and it is much more difficult for them to have access to safe drinking water. We helped ten villages with borewell facility to have easy access to drinking water. Tuition and scholarshipthis program is money sent to the catholic bishops conference of india to distribute the funds amoung the poor children to cover their tuition and other expens”