El Shaddai Charitable Trust

Organization Description: 

The El Shaddai Charitable Trust is a registered, non-profit Charity working in Goa and other States in India, implementing the Child Rights Act 2003/05 for orphans, street children and children coming from economically desperate conditions; cared and provided with food, clothing, shelter and education, for a better future. We have residential Homes, Non formal school, Community Centres, Day Care & Night Shelters, slum schools plus Cottages for the seniors who are attending University, Colleges, Technical Institutions and Professional Training Centres in Goa. In addition, we have Outreach Projects in Maharastra, Karnataka & Kerala. We have a free food & clothes distribution programme in the slums. El Shaddai as an organization exists to open Homes and Shelters for the abandoned Street Children and for children coming from economically poor or broken families providing them with the basic necessities of life, so developing their personalities leading to a brighter future. To establish support systems for the weaker sections viz. women & children of our society. To conduct awareness & educational programmes including medical camps among the slum dwellers. Our vision is to ?Bringing childhood to children who have never had it". El Shaddai received the National Award for Child Welfare to give state recognition to voluntary activities in the field of child welfare and development. The government of India has also instituted Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award to honour for individuals for outstanding contribution towards child development, protection & Welfare, 2007-2008 at the hands of Smt. Sonia Gandhi. Matthew Kurian, the co-founder of El Shaddai Charitable Trust, Goa received the Excellence Award for National Social Activity 2012 from the Global Achievers Foundation in the month of April 2012. He was honored for his Outstanding Individual Achievements and Distinguished Services to the Nation during the occasion of National Seminar on Individual Contribution for Social & Economic Growth on the 20th April 2012 at New Delhi. The 7th of April 2012 is another added milestone in the journey of El Shaddai Charitable Trust, Goa. El Shaddai Charitable Trust has again made a remarkable landmark in the history of its humanitarian line of work by winning the Â?Spirit of Humanity Awards 2012Â? in the Child Nutrition Category from the AmeriCares India Foundation. El Shaddai Charitable Trust was shortlisted as one of the final five nominees in the whole of India and emerged as the winner of this prestigious award. El Shaddai is the first charity in entire Goa to receive such a distinguished honour, both from the governmental and non-governmental sectors. At El Shaddai Charitable Trust, we take your trust very seriously. We know how valuable your confidence is...without your support our vision Â?Bringing childhood to children who have never had itÂ? can't be accomplished. Â?We are Accredited by Credibility Alliance under Desirable Norms.Â? Credibility Alliance is committed to a set of Values that have evolved over time. Credibility Alliance is one of the Leading Accreditation Agencies in India.

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El Shaddai House
Bardez Mapusa Goa, 403507
India
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Mission Statement: 

El Shaddai as an organization exists to open Homes and Shelters for the abandoned Street Children and for children coming from economically poor or broken families providing them with the basic necessities of life, so developing their personalities leading to a brighter future. To establish support systems for the weaker sections viz. women & children of our society. To conduct awareness & educational programmes including medical camps among the slum dwellers.

Organizational Statement of Faith: 

To be a community of faithful people unto God, committed to His purpose in developing people and planting Churches

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9/IV/Vol.1
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Are more than one-third of the participants in your organization/programs low income (below 150% of the poverty level)?: 
Yes
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