Institute For Self-management is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that facilitates peoples’ movements towards social & gender justice. Established in 1983, our initial interventions were grass-root level group formation, facilitating underprivileged community to get government's welfare schemes, promoting saving habits, awareness generation, and capacity building of leaders of a group. Having closely worked with marginalized communities, we realized that they lacked opportunities for development and were under the grasp of various social evils such as child marriage, child labor, occupational hazards, caste disparities and so on. As a sustainable solution and to spearhead their development, we focus on three important areas: women development, children's education, and organizing the unorganized working laborers in Madurai, Dindigul and Theni Districts of Tamil Nadu.
An integrated approach to build a equitable and empowered society
OUR VISION
Help promotion of strong Peoples’ Movement towards prevailing of social justice and gender justice by working with unorganized workers, tribal, dalit communities, women and children and play a catalytic role.
OUR MISSION
ISM strives to socially, economically and politically empower Dalit and Tribal communities through education and by creating their organization to achieve equality, security, justice and dignity.
We empower women from most marginalized communities to have better standard of living as well as to take an effective part in community development. To begin with, we make them recognize their basic rights through awareness campaigns. We rescued many bonded women labours, women suffering from domestic violence, and enhanced their lives through capacity building, and skill development training. We form SHG groups for them and provide linkages to bank to avail credit facilities. Many women acquired loan and started their business. As an additional effort, we also help women get social entitlements, and register assets in their name.
Education being a fundamental foundation in altering their lives, we provide access for them to education. In addition to that, we have Evening Supplementary Education Centre to facilitate their educational needs and create systematic improvement in their academic performance. Through our initiatives, we also ensure that children don't fall prey to child marriages, child trafficking, and bonded labour practice.
Laborers from disadvantaged communities are unorganized which affect their social, economical and political status. So we organize them into different trade union groups, co-operatives, and federations; help them avail social entitlements, and social security measure. Through this approach we promote their standard of living and encourage them to make best of the schemes they receive from the government.
Awareness generation is an integral part of ISM's developmental programmes. Through awareness we sensitize target communities and stakeholders on important social issues, such as, child marriage, child trafficking, bonded labor practice, occupational hazards, domestic violence, gender inequality, and caste discrimination etc. This approach helps community recognize their basic rights. We also encourage them to give much importance to children's education, women development, and mobilizing resources for their growth.
It is the small change that makes the biggest impact.
Women empowered to represent government
Women encouraged to participate in local governance (PRI)
Children supported through evening supplementary education centre
Workers registered under trade union
Women empowered to involve in political and governance activities
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Account Number: 1093101086906
Bank: Canara Bank
Branch: Ganaolivupuram Branch
IFSC Code: CNRB0001093
All donations are eligible for tax savings under 80G.
VOLUNTEER WITH US
Volunteer with us for making a difference in somebody's life and also it is a good opportunity for you to give back to the society. For more information, mail us at ismmdu@yahoo.co.in
55, Bhrathidhsan Salai, Travellers Bunglow Road, Madurai - 625016, Tamil Nadu, India
ismmdu@yahoo.co.in
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