“Making use of unused and underused social resources to develop a self-reliant society”
The Story
Vivekananda Sevakendra-O-Sishu Uddyan (VSSU) was created in 1983 to
empower remote riverside villages and vulnerable rural communities in
the district of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India. VSSU works with
people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty (37.2% of the
district population lives below the poverty line), illiteracy, disease
and other handicaps. With multifaceted development interventions, VSSU
strives to bring about positive changes in the quality of life of the
poor people. VSSU firmly believes and is actively involved in building
the social, economic and human capacity of the poor.
