Discipleship Centre

NGO Details :

Name : DISCIPLESHIP CENTRE

Chief Functionary : Arumugam Murugesan

Chairman : Vijay Willams

Secretary : Alexander

Treasurer : Sellaraj John

Umbrella/Parent Organization : AARUTHAL FOUNDATION

First Registration Details :

Unique Id of VO/NGO : DL/2010/0032413

Registered With : Registrar of Societies

Type of NGO : Society

Registration No : S/7022

City of Registration : Delhi

State of Registration : Delhi

Date of Registration : 06-02-1974

FCRA Details :

FCRA Registration no. : 231650032

Sector/ Key Issues :

Key Issues : Agriculture, Children, Differently Abled, Disaster Management, Dalit Upliftment, Drinking Water, Education & Literacy, Environment & Forests, Health & Family Welfare, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Human Rights, Legal Awareness & Aid, Labour & Employment, Micro Finance (SHGs), Minority Issues, Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, Nutrition, Panchayati Raj, Right to Information & Advocacy, Rural Development & Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation, Vocational Training, Water Resources, Women’s Development & Empowerment

Operational Area-States :

Andaman and Nicobar Island, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Details of Achievements :

Major Activities/Achievements : Discipleship Centre extends a helping hand to facilitate sustainable and holistic transformation, in the lives of people who are in need, to enable them to achieve maximum potential through Care, Compassion and Concern. DC has responded to disasters in the country with immediate relief. DC facilitated in rehabilitating poor through need based interventions. DC targets the most underprivileged and needy with special focus on the needs of women, children and the disabled. DC’s integrated community programs strives for sustainable development to empower the poor and the vulnerable through community participation and resource mobilization. At present development programs are being carried out in the areas of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, and the Tsunami hit coastal belts of India. The emphasis is on the capacity building of communities through leadership development. The community-based committees are nurtured and empowered. The Disaster Risk Reduction programs of DC tackle the problems of flood prone villages in different states of India dual process of capacity building and physical interventions. In the drought prone areas of Rajasthan, DC has revived the traditional methods of water harvesting like ponds, check dams and underground cisterns. Planting of drought resistant fruit trees, fodder banks and improved agricultural methods are leading towards the goal of poverty alleviation. There is effective net working with government agencies, institutions and other NGOs. Education is a vital component of all DC’s development program. The non-formal literacy programs are committed to the wholistic development of children. The focus is on general equity. Women’s empowerment has been a major achievement of DC. Economic independence is ensured through SHGs, micro enterprises with effective bank linkages. DC is working in the midst of the urban poor, living in the slums of Delhi. For the last three decades the Centre for the Visually Impaired has been working towards the rehabilitation of the visually challenged. The IT training program has equipped several visually impaired to find profitable employment.The talking library has literature specially study material available in easily accessible formats.

Contact Details :

Address : Discipleship Centre, C-20, Community Centre, 1st Floor (Behind Janak Cinema), Janakpur, New Delhi – 110 058 [codepeople-post-map]

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Telephone : 011-25571401 : 011-25571402

Mobile No : 08800475700

E-mail : disciple@del2.vsnl.net.in

Website Url : http://www.discipleshipcentre.org.in

Fax : 011-25571402