SOCIAL MINISTRY

The province bearing in mind the vision and mission of our congregation takes keen interest and uses its strength to proclaim God’s kingdom to the poor and marginalized through various social activities.

HIV/AIDS PROJECT AT KHAMBOLEJ

The awareness that the rate of people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS is on an increase we have implemented a pilot project at Khambolej by the financial support of CRS India. The main objectives of this project is to provide care and support to the people living with HIV/AIDS and the affected families and promotion of Home Case and Community Based Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS.

    • Community sensitization programs.
      Promotion of Home Based Care through home visits, providing nutritional diet to the infected, counseling and providing need based medical assistance.


  • Women Empowerment

    Over the years the major focus of our work has been empowering local women from within the communities we intervene. Women are most vulnerable and marginalized in society due to their low status.

    Thus the process of empowerment adopted has aimed at the socio-economic and political development of women through people's participation where people themselves take onus for bringing about a change in their lives.



    Self help Groups(SHGs)

    Self Help Groups' has today become the key word to enhance the process of women empowerment which though has an economic base, it also simultaneously aims at social, political emancipation of women. Various ongoing trainings are conducted for these SHGs to improve and strengthen their capacities so that through their strength of knowledge and numbers they can serve their own communities.


    We have initiated a new venture at Matar mission to give shape for commencing a vocational study Centre for livelihood for Youth in Anand and Kheda Districts. This centre is began in our own existing structure at matar.



    Win Home:

    Win home is a home away from home for the women living troubled lives to experience warmth, safety and security. It provides an opportunity to break free from their torturous lives and relive their life with dignity.

    It offers a chance to put behind their fears of living with dowry greedy in - laws or alcoholic husbands. Win home gives these women a choice to change and improve their lives for the future.

    Win home houses women irrespective of religion and state they come from and helps them to get rehabilitated either by getting reunited to their families or helping them to find a suitable job as per their skills and education.


    Platform Ministry

    Being sensitive to the surroundings and recalling the gospel values our sisters felt the need to help the children who spend their time aimlessly by roaming about on the platform and streets of Mumbai.

    Our sisters have taken keen interest in this ministry which according to the signs of the time. They regularly make visit to railway platform Vasai to Virar.

    Sisters take time to talk to them, to give a listening ear and motivate them to live differently. Occasionally they organize program with the view of bonding the relationship.