Centres : Activities

a) AADI – Attappadi Adivasi Development Initiatives

• Tribal empowerment training programmes
• Legal Action, legal support and guidance
• Community organization
• Remedial education, education guidance

b) Loyola Extension Services (LES)

• Counseling centre, service for children (CHILDLINE), community organization, training for counselors, social workers training, taining for capacity building, consultancy services, women’s empowerment cell, panchayat empowerment, research, documentation, feasibility studies, literacy programme, adoption centre.

c) Loyola Social work Projects – Poovar

• The centre works among the fisher folk through remedial education, tuition programmes, fishermen co-operative, crèche, nursery, mahila samajams and neighbourhood groups.

d) Navadarshan Center

• Among the coastal students; leadership camps, study supports
• Capacity enhancement and personality development training
• ‘Padayatra’ – cultural awakening programmes

e) Samskriti

• Working with dalit movements
• Organizing dalit capacity building programmes
• Maintenance of indigenous culture
• Documentation, research, publication and training

f) Snehabhavan

• Special school for mentally challenged
• Women empowerment programmes
• Community – based rehabilitation programme for mentally and physically challenged

g) Sneharam

• Fisher folk development programmes
• Remedial education
• Nursery school

h) Tribal Unity for Development Initiatives (TUDI)

• Tribal folk school, tribal folk art performing group, tribal festival, consultancy service on tribal culture, education & social work, tribal museum and library, special school for paniya tribal, tribal co-operatives, co-operative farming, folk medicinal practices, traibal education accompaniment, networking and advocacy programme, research, documentation, publication and proponent of bio–farming and vermicompost.

i) Xavier Outreach

• Among the fisher people ; academic support to students, remedial education, information centre and career guidance