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am extremely happy to present this Profile of Patna Jesuit
Social Action. This is the first time our men in Social Action
field thought of gathering the fruits of our work among our people in
Bihar. The Profile of Patna Jesuit Social Action is an excellent work
which crystallizes the work of Patna Jesuits in the field of Social Action.
This gives us the vision, the mission, the history of our involvement in
the field of Social Action, the present status and a road map for the
future.
Joy Karayampuram.S.J
Provincial of Patna Jesuits
Provincial Residence, St. Xavier’s School,
Gandhi Maidan Marg W.
Patna, Bihar 800 001, India
Patna Jesuit Social Action Policy
2010
Profile
Patna Jesuit Society (PJS) is a
charitable organization, registered
under society’s registration act 1860.
PJS has a large network of educational
institutions and social service centers
across different districts of Bihar.
Mission
In solidarity with the struggling masses, we
commit ourselves to accompany and empower,
the most excluded sections in society by enabling
them to affirm and uphold their dignity and rights
through a process of sensitization and
organization.
Priority groups
I People whose basic rights and entitlements
are being denied and unmet; who live under
chronic poverty, oppression and livelihood
insecurity, like Dalits, Tribals, Women,
Unorganized youth & Children
I Victims of natural calamities, disasters etc.
NORTH ZONE CENTRES CENTRAL ZONE CENTRES BDVS: AREA SOUTH ZONE CENTRES
READ, Bettiah-zonal Centre Manthan, Patna-zonal Centre REAP, Sasaram-zonal Centre
Jan Shiksha Bhawan, Gaunaha Asha Deep, Muzaffarpur SVS, Aurangabad
Sewa Sadan, Rathanpurwa Prabhat, Madhubani Jeevam Sangam, Gaya
BDVS, Patna
Patna Jesuit Social Action ● 4 ● Profile
Thrust, Strategy and
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● Socio – Economic and Political Empowerment
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● Promotion of Quality Education
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● Promotion and Protection of Human Rights &
Gender Equity
● Expansion of people’s access to entitlements Educational
mainstreaming Research
● Strengthening of good local governance
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● Enhancement of human, social and cultural sections Advocacy
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● Protection of natural resources
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Genesis
The genesis and existence of PJSA to be part
of the struggles of the marginalized people
of the area is directly associated with the
option made by the Patna Jesuit Province
in particular and the Jesuits in General way
back in 1970s. It was a decade of
awareness-liberation of the third world,
especially of the oppressed. This attempt
to be part of the poor in their lives and
struggles has come to be known as social
apostolate. Translating our option for the
poor in the Indian Context, we came to
identify the Dalits, the Tribals, women,
children and unorganized sector workers as
the poor. Keeping this in mind, social action
centres as well as social institutions were
founded to address the issues of these
segments of Indian Population to work for
structural change, structures that bound
the marginalized communities to
exclusion, exploitation.
● Grassroots advocacy
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Networking
Dalit human rights campaign under NCDHR has been
initiated by us in Bihar. PJSA has been part of many networks,
such as ATSEC, Bihar; Bihar Panchayat Nav Nirman Abhiyan,
PUCL etc Also we are networking under a larger umbrella of
70 likeminded organisations in Bihar named- Bihar Social
Forum.
PJS
President
Social PJSA
Research Unit Commission
XISR
Zonal Programme
Coordinators
Unit Programme
Coordinators
E- Mail pjsa.bihar@gmail.com
antothunda@hotmail.com
Website www.patnajesuits.org
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North Zone
South Zone