

DACA
ANTHEM
( RUN BY: MADURAI JESUIT DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE WELFARE TRUST )
Service Since 1994
Reg.No. 126/BK4/1994


VIDIVELLI GIRLS HOME
Pope Francis in his address to the delegates from the international Catholic Conference of Guiding (ICCG) in Rome on June, 2015 said ‘education is the indispensable means for enabling girls to grow into active and responsible women, proud and happy in their everyday life’. The World Bank on July 12, 2018 during the celebration of Malala Day said ‘failing to let girls finish their education could cost the world as much as $30 trillion lost in earnings and productivity annually, yet more than 130 million girls are out of school globally’. It is very clear and vivid that girls’ education either directly or indirectly affects the growth of an individual and a society as well. Knowing the importance of education in the lives of socially marginalized and economically poor communities in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Ambedkar Cultural Academy (DACA) provides opportunities for dalit girls through various programmes such as Vidivelli Home, Evening study centers (85 centers), JWL program and Summer Camp, etc to pursue their dreams.
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Vidivelli Home which is one of the educational packages of DACA has been creating for the past 20 years an excellent milieu for dalit girls who are mostly first generation learners to grow in every aspects of their life.
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