Dalit Solidarity

“Vincent thiag and leenus thiag are husband and wife.”

“John wesley (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.”

“Form 990, part iii organizations primary exempt purpose:to provide health care services & educational development for 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 paricks academy serves the most marginalized and disadvantaged families in the surrounding communities. These families, particularly the dalits, face significant barriers to education. Through a quality and affordable education, we have helped thousand of people to break the cycle of poverty, and in doing so, to validate the notion that every person has the capacity to achieve if given the right opporunities. Since its inception, st patricks has maintained full enrollment and historically has provided free education to 20% of students, and significantly reduced tuition to 80%. We have kept our doors open to any child regardless of their ability to pay or not. Currently we have 690 students and 30 staff. 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. Health care programunder the health care programs, dalit solidarity provides basic health care services to rural communities in india. Most of these villages have no access to immediate emergency care or at an affordable rate. We have continued st. Marys health center for the last 18 years with the help of our medical staff; 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. Our clinics provide health education, preventive care and increased quality of life to those suffering the miseries wreaked by poverty, illiteracy and lack of transportation. We support leprosy care for forty families toward rehabilitation. Pastoral project dalit solidarity is supporting marginalized communities through various pastoral projects both in india, mynmar and sri lanka. During the covid pandemic, we supported many dioceses and religious communities with relief activities. We offered safe drinking water in rural villages by digging borewells in times of drought. We offered hope to widows through microfinance to become bread winners of their families. Tuition and schlorshipsdalit solidarity has started to work with children who are on the margins of our indian society. We reached out to tribal children who are normally out of school as they go with their parents hunting or selling their products. We have identified more than 70 irular children and twenty gypsy chidren and motivated them to education. After motivation, we equipped them with all necessary school supplies and uniforms. And we succeeded in getting them into public schools. We also repaired their homes and provided an environment for weekend education with lunches. St. Little flower schoolthis is a rural school with more than 350 children from more than ten villages. With the help of deacon jim, the school was upgraded to high school by constructing two floors with ten classrooms. Computer, physics and chemistry labs were provided for higher education of children. All classrooms were equipped with benches and desks to have a proper environment for learning. Water and toilet provisions were also made available in the campus. Women empowermentdalit solidarity established thalirgal in 2003 with the intention of eliminating rural poverty through the economic empowerment of rural women, mostly widows, and creating a sustainable livelihood. Today they move forward thru selp help group activities with reference to health, education and social-economic status. It has been providing financial support t”