Unverified non-profit organisation

Palli Unnayan Samiti Baruipur (PUS) is the Social Service Society of Catholic Diocese of Baruipur. It is a non-profitable and charitable social work organisation operating since its inception in 1978 in the district of South 24 Parganas, 4 blocks of North 24 Parganas and 2 Police stations under Kolkata Metropolitan.

The objective of PUS is to promote first and foremost the development of people, irrespective of caste and creed, giving special attention to the more depressed rural sector and to women in particular. Initially, a relief and charity approach was adopted to rehabilitate the women and children in their accepted respectable social status. Later on the philosophy and working approach has gradually shifted its stand from charity to sustainable development. The objective of the organisation has been to bring about change in people’s attitude and enhance their capacity for meaningful participation in their development. PUS believes in the empowerment of the poor, marginalised and downtrodden people, especially the women folk, children. It is possible to guide the communities to initiate their own development process, actualise democratic concepts viz. human rights, dignity of person and social justice, especially among the poor and the marginalised specially women, children and youth. The main focus has been to expose the people to a process of changing attitudes, acquiring knowledge through trainings and orientation so that they are made aware about their felt needs and their potentiality. The process of empowerment includes encouraging the people, especially the women folk and children, to form groups and interlinking them with various support agencies, conducting capacity building exercises and guiding them to plunge into different developmental activities. Flood, cyclone, high tide and erosion of the River Embankment are very common in the coastal part of the district of South 24 Parganas. So Palli Unnayan Samiti Baruipur also renders its service with food, cloth, drinking water, family survival kits, shelter, medicine etc. to the victimised families as Relief and Rehabilitation.

Vision:
To build up a Just society where love, Peace and equality are Discovered, Lived and Nurtured.

Mission:
• To uphold the Human Dignity of the Poor and Marginalised through the process of Empowerment.
• To carry out the objectives of Palli Unnayan Samiti Baruipur.
• To promote first and foremost the development of human beings irrespective of caste and creed, giving special attention to the more depressed rural sector and to women in particular.
• To give people faith in themselves, hope to improve their condition, understanding of their duty and responsibility towards others, especially towards their own village community and their neighbourhood.
• To help the community realise that they alone can bring a lasting change in their own conditions and to motivate them to do so.
• To develop and train these human talents and resources which are latent in every community, always aiming at an integral development of human, which includes peace, justice , equality and joy.
• To engage in sponsor and promote, socio-economic development activities, especially those which encourage self-help, hard work, develop skills and competence, lead to increased production and better the economic status of the rural communities, priority being given to those projects which benefit people directly.
• To undertake relief, rehabilitation and welfare work for the benefit of those in needs, in particular for the victims of natural and other calamities.
• To further the above stated objects, PUS adopts the following means
• To receive gifts of all kinds donated by organisations or individuals in India and abroad through bona-fide social, charitable, medical and educational organisation and individuals.
• To distribute either directly or through sub-centres those gifts to the poor and needy, irrespective of caste and creed.
• To promote social, economic, civic, medical, educational, cultural and charitable activities.
• To collect funds, organise meetings, conference, seminars etc. For achieving or furthering the aims of the society.
• To collaborate with government as well as private agencies in genuine development and relief activities.

Website

http://www.pusb.org.in

Year established

1978

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

1 million - 100 million

Participant in relevant networks

 Association of Bengal Collaborators for Development (ABCD), Kolkata  Caritas India, Delhi  JVS Varanasi  Katholisches Franenwerk in Osterreich (KFB/ DKA), Austria  Fondazione L’Albero della Vita onlus (FADV), Italy  Mrs. Rosa Vromant, Belgium  Misereor  Liliane Fonds, The Netherlands  Manos Unidas, Spain  Calcutta Sponsorship Aid, Belgium