Thematic Area of Intervention
1. Awareness building
MDSSS believes that positive social change can be brought in through awareness building in the right manner. As the target group with which MDSSS works is highly deprived, oppressed, illiterate and ignorant, the organization focuses on creating awareness on various social issues, so that the community is able to understand the reason behind their backwardness and learn ways to avail their rights,entitlements and facilities. Areas of intervention
- Right to education
- Abolition of social evils like child marriage, child labor, dowry etc.
- Literacy promotion
- Empowering the girl child
- Enrolment of drop-out children
- Government schemes
- Social discrimination
2. Women empowerment
Our organization focuses on empowerment of women as they are the main pillars of the family.The status of women and girls in Bihar is very low and they are deprived of the basic rights of dignity, nutritious food, education, right to expression etc. Therefore the organization works for the upliftment and empowerment of women in the region. Areas of intervention
- Upliftment of the status of women
- Formation of SHGs
- Initiating income generation activities
- Linking girl chid to education
- Enrolment of drop-out children
- Abolition of social evils like child marriage, dowry, girl child infanticide, etc.
3. Formation and promotion of CBOs
CBOs play a vital role in social development.Therefore, our organization prefers to work and strengthen various CBOs such as mother's groups, adolescent groups, farmer groups, children's parliaments, task forces, SHGs etc. Our organization, with the help of these CBOs has been able to create awareness amongst the masses, has been able to motivate the masses to stand up for their rights and entitlements and has also been able to decrease the level of social evils in the society. Areas of intervention
- Formation of SHGs
- Formation of Children's Parliament
- Formation of Village Child Rights and Education Committees
- Formation of Disaster Risk Reduction Groups
- Formation of Task Forces
- Formation of Farmer Groups
- Formation of adolescent groups
- Formation of Mothers' Groups
- Formation of Community Vigilance Committees
- Formation of Village Youth Groups
- Facilitating cultural forums, libraries, health clubs, committees for education and development and monitoring
4. Livelihood promotion
The organisation has been working in the field of resilient livelihood especially in the disaster prone areas. It has also been working with the SHGS and linking them with Jeevika projects for supportive livelihood for the deprived families. Areas of intervention
- Resilient livelihood alternatives in flood-affected areas
- Income generating activities
- Awareness on how to use loan money effectively for livelihood
- Linkage of SHGs with Jeevika programs.
- Distribution of resilient seeds in flood prone areas.
- Entrepreneurship development programmes
- Income generation programmes for vulnerable women
- Schemes and programmes facilitated by and for the aged and differently abled.
- Linkages with banking institutions
5. Health initiatives
Our organization has been organizing various health camps, immunization camps, health awareness programs and liasoning programs between the community and health workers from time to time, with special focus on children, pregnant women and the aged. Areas of intervention
- Promotion of cleanliness and hygiene through awareness programs.
- Enrolment of pregnant women in anganwadi for immunization and vaccination of both mother and child
- Enrolment of pregnant women in hospitals for safe delivery
- Awareness on use of toilets at home and in schools
- Availability of safe drinking water
- Awareness on preventive measures of diseases
- Health and hygiene education to adolescent girls and boys
- Health camps, health check-ups and medicine distribution l Awareness creation on health related government schemes l Mobile health units' to visit flood prone areas
- Nutrition and healthy food habits
- Awareness and promotion of hygienic lifestyles and disease prevention
- Promotion of health initiatives with linkages to health department l Providing medical facilities to remote villages through medical camps l Main streaming HIV/AIDS issues among general public
- Care and support for malnourished and victims of communicable diseases
- Leprosy Eradication Programs
6. Initiatives related to education
MDSSS has been running Non Formal Education centers for the past many yeas for deprived and needy children of the community.The children are enrolled in these centers and then prepared for formal schooling and enrolled in local schools.The diocese has also been providing books and stationary as and when required. Areas of intervention
- Non-formal education centers
- Survey of dropout children in villages and enrolment in NFE centers and formal schools l Enrolment of victims of child marriage and child labor in NFE centers and schools l Monitoring of school facilities and access to them (toilets, mid day meals, teaching mechanism etc.)
- Awareness on importance of education
- Enrolment of girl child in schools
- Awareness on government schemes related to schools and students.
- Distribution of books and stationary to the needy children.
- Improving the literacy rate
- Support and guidance to school drop-outs and discontinued
- Special packages for education of girl child
- Job security through skill training