Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) - savings and credit activities:

There are a total of 234 women SHGs are functioning in 7 union of Dindigul District with a total number of 2808 women members. They are involving in savings and credit activities in the SHGs and with the savings amounts, the members are getting internal petty loans and doing petty business / trades for earning adequate income as well as to meet out their homely needs, education of their children etc;

Health awareness and Education programmes

DMSSS s focusing and concentrating on the good health status of the women and creating awareness on preventive, promotive and curative measures in all the operational areas of DMSSS through its health staff team regularly.

Systems and Functions of Panchayatraj

About 70% of women have gained adequate knowledge on the systems and functions of Panchayatraj and 70 women have volunteers to contest in the forthcoming panchayat election.

FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRE (FCC)

Family Counselling Centre is a Central Government programme which was started in 15.06.1993. It is aided by the central and State Social Welfare Board. This Centre is functioning and practicing its duties in Dindigul district for several years in our DMSSS.

KOLPING INDIA PROGRAMME – DINDIGUL REGION

Every member has to attain self-sufficiency in spiritual and economic status

MOTHER THERESA COMPUTER CENTRE (MTCC):

In view of creating adequate employment opportunities as prime objective to the economically backward dropouts and unemployed adolescent girls who are living in and around Dindigul town, MTCC has been functioning within the premises of DMSSS from 2012 onwards.

INDO GERMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN (IGHC)

This home has been functioning from 1997 onwards in N.Panjampatti village, located at a distance of 10kms away Dindigul district headquarters. The home is giving free shelters, food, education etc; to the children of orphans, semi-orphans and children from poverty stricken families at the age groups of 6 to 18 years old children under the direct control of DMSSS., Dindigul.

INTERLIFE ONLUS

Interlife offers families living in extremely poor conditions a simple and innovative way to improve concretely their lives.

SKILL TRAINING ON GARMENT MAKING AND DOOR FOOT MAT MAKING

Enabling to attain economic stability and thereby to improve the quality of life of widows and destitute women of Dindigul District

Promotion and Revival of organic farming practices

DMSSS has initiated and promoted on the Revival of traditional value based organic farming practices in target villages in Dindigul district.

Development cum maintenance of watersheds

DMSSS has given adequate awareness education through various trainings on the need cum importance of deepening cum desilting of the existing watersheds viz. irrigation tank, ponds, supply channels etc; aiming at harvesting and storing of rain water during the rainy seasons for agricultural cum drinking purposes. The bunds of the watersheds have been raised and strengthened in the operational villages of DMSSS.

Livestock Development Programme

In order to get additional income to be earned, DMSSS has imparted adequate knowledge through trainings on “Scientific based method of goat rearing, poultry rearing, milch animal rearing etc;

Organic based cultivation of millets

In order to maintain food security, women farmers were given knowledge cum inputs through trainings, field exposure etc; on Organic based method of cultivation of millets and all of them are involving on the same in their dry lands and cultivating Kodo Millet, Pearl Millet, Barnyard Millet, etc;.

FOOD SECURITY OF MARGINAL FARMERS OF DINDIGUL

Promoting Integrated Agriculture, Livestock and Green cover for ensuring food, nutrition and livelihood security of the marginal farmers and farm labourers.