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Welcome To Dalit Solidarity

Dear Friends,

This is Ben Chinnappan, the President and Executive Director of Dalit Solidarity, a nonprofit charity with tax-exempt status. I pray that you and your family are doing well during this pandemic. I thank and appreciate you for being a beacon of hope and source of blessing through your generosity and support. May God bless our country, your family and all your loved ones.

Please consider us in supporting Dalit Solidarity to continue our vision and mission. With your continued support we will strive towards a brighter and stronger 2021 for all of our children and widows. Your support will enable us to continue our mission.

Fr. Ben

India's COVID Crisis - Donate

I send you greetings of love and peace, and hope that you and your family are doing well during this unprecedented pandemic. Like most of you, I am heartbroken at the heavy death tolls in the US, India and elsewhere, and strive to maintain a positive attitude during this difficult time. Currently, all of India is on lockdown. This pandemic is already being felt most among the vulnerable communities of Indian society, the very people Dalit Solidarity exists to serve.

Dalit Lives Matter! Make Your Impact

Our vision of an Indian society where everyone must enjoy equal rights and all must be treated with dignity and respect has led us to the creation of Dalit Solidarity. For almost two decades, we have been actively serving a population often forgotten and oppressed. They are Dalits, one sixth of the Indian population out of 1.3 billion. They are invisible and insignificant under the India’s hidden apartheid of discrimination. While caste-based discrimination continues to grow and equality is just a dream, our continued work in the vital area of education, healthcare and development have ignited peoples’ hope for a better future. Dalits have been the victims of social oppression, economic injustice and institutional violence for centuries. This is quite a long way but a good road map to succeed their empowerment and emancipation.

DALIT SOLIDARITY

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About Us

Dalit Solidarity, a non-profit charity was established as a 501(3)© Tax-Exempt organization with EIN 25-1865082 in 2000 in the US to promote equality and justice for Dalits who have been marginalised for centuries under caste oppression. We are incorporated as a charity in Pennsylvania and registered both in Illinois & California as charities. We are members both in San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and in BBB as an accredited charity. We have won a 2020 Top-Rated Award from @GreatNonprofits. We earned a GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency 2020. Dalit Solidarity has earned a/an 85/100 rating on Charity Navigator

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Dalits have lost their rights to education, property ownership and protection. This led them to a life of abject poverty, absolute illiteracy and total powerlessness. They are treated less than human.
This is where we come to give them hope and create an awareness of their plight and rights. We have come up with some concrete measures to provide them with the tools they need to make better lives for themselves and their families. Today, many Dalits have access to affordable education, quality health care and opportunities for development.

Empowerment

Creating an awareness of one's plight and lobbying for fundamental rights is critical in the process of empowerment. Coordinating both national and international agencies through highlighting the injustice and oppression that the Dalits have been enduring for centuries. Although untouchability is banned, its practice is very active. Caste prejudice and radicalization is becoming stronger day by day as the fundamentalists have taken control of the situation. We are all the more obligated to work for for the empowerment of dalits who lack power and strength.