Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora
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Mission Statement
To restore the dignity of socially outcast people by helping them to enhance their livelihood capabilities and helping them empower themselves to contribute back to the society constructively.
About This Cause
Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora (MSS), is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1949 by the internationally renowned social worker and human rights activist, the late Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte. MSS has been relentlessly working towards the betterment of stigmatized and marginalized people with disabilities such as those afflicted with Leprosy, hearing and speech impaired, visually and orthopedically challenged and socially backward tribal populace. MSS has been running a plethora of activities in six core areas of human development in Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Yavatmal, the most backward districts of eastern Maharashtra. Through its integrated approach that combines medical treatment with sustained psycho-socio-economic rehabilitation, MSS has qualitatively enhanced the living standards of over 2.7 Million disadvantaged people till now. The work of MSS has been recognized and honoured on national and international platforms by distinguished institutions like Government of India, United Nations, Ramon Magsaysay Foundation and Templeton Foundation. MSS also provides permanent shelter to over 2500 people with disabilities who work with dignity to earn their livelihoods created by imparting them vocational training at various projects of MSS. Now these people who are empowered enough to build capacities for others, step out and help other communities in distress such as tribal farmers and unemployed youth in surrounding areas. Thus MSS is all set to become a Health and Education Capital for most of marginalized communities over next 10 years. MSS aspires to make each of its differently-abled inmates self-reliant by imparting value based training thus enabling them to live their life with dignity. With a policy of ‘Not saying ‘No’ to a needy person’, MSS since its inception has always embraced every ill-fated soul who had been ostracized by the society and had lost all hope including that of survival. After finding succour in MSS and regaining hope, these lost souls lead a dignified life good enough to set examples for the society as a whole. Following are the principal activities of MSS: 1. Healthcare and Rehabilitation: Comprehensive healthcare delivery programs for physical, psychological socioeconomic empowerment of leprosy afflicted people with severe deformities; 2. Education: Vocational training centres for people with disabilities and unemployed rural youth; Formal education for rural and tribal populace, special schools for hearing and speech impaired and the visually challenged; 3. Livelihood promotion for disabled: Livelihood promotion activities through treatment, skill building and market linkage initiatives for people with leprosy and other disabilities, tribal and economically weaker sections of society; 4. Sustainable Agriculture Programs and Extension Activities: Knowledge delivery through direct farm action programs, development of tools for initiatives in agricultural R&D and policy advocacy for promoting enabling conditions for agricultural extension activities; 5. Appropriate technologies for Rural Development: Development of social laboratories for promoting a host of sustainable and replicable technologies advocating environmental sustainability; 6. Youth Empowerment: Conducting national level camps for generating awareness about pressing social issues and giving constructive action plans to youth for promoting communal harmony and national integration.