Shoshit Seva Sangh

The Shoshit Seva Sangh is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation based in Patna created to fund charitable projects which deal with:

• relief from poverty and distress;
• education;
• medical relief; and
• the advancement of any other object of general public utility in the interest of social welfare and for the benefit of the public in general.

Its charter states that the Shoshit Seva Sangh aims to assist the underprivileged irrespective of their religion, race, caste, creed or gender, and seeks to establish, support and maintain institutions towards this end.

History

Beginnings

The Shoshit Seva Sangh, chartered on 16 July 2004 as a not-for-profit organisation created to fund the economic, educational, social and cultural uplift of underprivileged sections of society, is based out of Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar. Bihar itself is one of the poorest and most backward states of India,.

Focus on the Mushar community

Among the vast poverty ridden population of Bihar, one of the most exploited and deprived sections is the Mushar community. The Mushars are landless labourers, living in grinding poverty and sub-human condition for centuries in...
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