Social Service
Jhansi Catholic Seva Samaj came into existence in the year 1985 and was registered in the same year under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It was at that time when the people of UP were facing severe drought. In such a situation, the prime task of the organization was to relieve the people of the havocs of drought and consequent hunger and thirst. Thus JCSS took the initiative to help people of the affected areas by undertaking various development projects related to agriculture and irrigation. Over the years, JCSS has also taken up and implemented many projects related to education, health care, Self Help Groups and socio-economic development programmes. The basic purpose behind these activities is to work for the uplift of rural masses and to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and the marginalized, especially of women who are deprived of their self-dignity, confidence, self-respect and handicap in many ways and struggling to come to the main stream of the society. JCSS serve the people of Bundelkand for last 33 years with dignity of social action forum of the Catholic Diocese of Jhansi. One of the main objectives of JCSS is empowering village women. JCSS intervene in different ways such as health care program, preventive health care, Self Help Groups for women etc. to empower them. Through these programs, JCSS aim at enhancing their self-confidence, power of decision-making, self-respect, self-reliance and ultimately uniting them together at the grass-root level to fight for their rights and dignity. When they are united, they will be able to help one another to fight for another’s cause. Thus they keep each step forward with inner strength and self-confidence. JCSS is functioning as the official relief and development agency of the Catholic Diocese of Jhansi.
Vision: A just society where human values are nurtured; dignity and quality of person and life is upheld.
Mission: To capacitate, develop and bring up the poor and oppressed such as women, people living below poverty line, person with disability and excluded community to raise their voice and demand their rights and entitlements to be a part of the society where decisions are taken collectively and resources are distributed equally.
Goal: To capacitate and develop the target people through empowerment and action to dream plan and work to bring self reliance.
Objectives of JCSS:
To empower the marginalized people economically. To increase literacy rate and to improve quality education through innovative methods. To develop skills and capable human resource. To promote leadership. To organize the unorganized youth for mainstreaming them. To facilitate holistic health care in rural areas. To empower women to be agents of social change. To strengthen community based organizations (CBOs). To generate awareness among the people for the need of ecological balance. To bring about reconciliation through dialogue for a peaceful society/to be promoters of peace through dialogue and reconciliation. To strengthen GO-NGOs networking and collaboration. To identify, rehabilitate and repatriate children at risk.
Jhansi Catholic Seva Samaj Website: www.jcssjhansi.org