Access to Quality Health Care
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Dalit Solidarity provides quality health care for over 1500 patients each month. We also operate a First Responder Program to provide first aid in the villages. Our Village Health Program (“VHP”) provides community health care for over 36 villages in the Villupuram District. |
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Opportunities for Quality Education
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Most of the adults in our villages have no more than a sixth grade education. We are working hard to ensure that all Dalit children finish high school, and have the opportunity for further studies.
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Economic Development
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Dalit Solidarity strives to empower the poorest members of Indian society, particularly the women and especially the widows, by providing them with new economic opportunities. |
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Milestones
During the past year, we reached the following milestones:
- We are now educating over 300 students each year in elementary school, high school, college and graduate school.
- Our medical facilities treat over 1500 patients each month, and we opened three new satellite clinics.
- 70% of our community college graduates found employment within six months after graduation.
- We have trained over 150 volunteers to act as First Responders and provide first aid in their villages.
- We have built over 50 homes for tsunami victims and widows.
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New Initiatives
In addition to these achievements, we have begun several exciting new initiatives in the past year.
- Dalit Leadership Academy - We are now providing a year of intensive training in academics, communications and leadership skills to help students succeed in secondary school.
- CHP – A community health care program that provides comprehensive health care for the rural villages of the Villupuram District. The program emphasizes preventative health care and utilizes a new software program that provides patients with a probable diagnosis and recommended treatment. Over 13,000 villagers have been registered for the program.
- Sprouts – A new program designed to improve the lives of Indian widows. Over 200 widows joined the program within the first year.
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