STAFF STRUCTURE OF SSC AND ITS DEPARTMENTS
Animation Programme :
In the central office there is a Diocesan Programme Officer having enormous experience in the field of animation for about more than 15 years. He is supported by 1 coordinator. Almost all the villages in the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Eluru i.e., more than 600 villages are being covered under this programme (both by the Diocesan Animation Programme as well as the Animation Programme by A.P.S.S.S.). There are more than 25 field animators working different parts of the diocese for the well-being of the poor people and making them literate to fight back the social evils which are oppressing them from their past generations.
Income Generating programmes :
The second major programme is Income Generation Programmes. The main objective of the programme is to give economic sustainability to the rural poor through women associations to practice income-generating activities. Through these activities the livelihood of these rural poor can be made independently and in turn the community feeling and oneness feeling could be practiced by these groups. In the central office there is one coordinator, supported by two coordinators. By now this income-generating programme is extended to more than 80 groups with different trades.
The impact of this programme the people are getting additional income for their family maintenance, agricultural unemployment among our target groups is decreasing; the percent of migration is going down.
CRS Department :
The programme incharge Mr.K.A.Rajeev, supported by 1 Religious Nun and a Trained A.N.M as the S.M.C.S. Coordinators, 1 Education coordinator with M.S.W., 1 M.I.S., Coordinator with B.Sc., 1 Go-down in-charge and 1 driver with nominal educational qualifications are there in the central office to coordinate different programmes supported by C.R.S.
Accounts Department :
The Accounts Departments of the Central Officer of the Social Service Centre in other words the heart of the organisation is headed by the Chief Accountant, a post graduate in commerce and also well versed with the accounts as he has got enormous experience in handling the accounts of the one of the major activities that is taking up by the organisation during the super cyclone 1996 relief and rehabilitation programme in the Konaseema Region.
Computerization of accounts, maintaining the books relating to different projects, preparation of audit statements, accounts, balance sheets etc., and issuing computerized cheques are salient features of this department.
Sponsorship Programme :
The sponsorship programme is the one of the major programmes run by the Diocesan Social Service Centre, Eluru. As many people because of their poverty don't concentrate on the education of their children and hence the children are becoming child labourers and street children. To eradicate this programme the Diocesan Education Committee Headed by the Chairman of the Diocese and supported by the Director of Social Service Centre found sponsorship programme to identify those children to accommodate them in the boarding homes by providing them with the needed educational facilities and looking after other incidental expenses. At present this programme is maintained in 13 boarding homes with 860 sponsored students.
Eradication of Child abour :
Present burning problem in our state of Andhra Pradesh is Child labour. In spite of initiating several programmes for eradication of child labour there are number children working in hotels, mechanic shops, cattle boys at landlords houses and living as beggars in slum areas. Under our jurisdiction in Eluru Town we have identified number of child beggars, rag pickers in slum area. Therefore we have started pre-primary school for age group of 3 to 5 years in Eluru Slum areas. After fifth standard we are sending those children to our boarding homes for providing free education.
Vocational Training Programmes :
In our diocese we have started Vocational training Centre for drop out children to give training on immediate employment skill according to the students interest like electrician, mechanism in Radio and T.V., Four Wheel driving, Printing, cover making, bedside nurses, fitter and carpenter. So far 250 students are trained and 80% students have got employment and earning additional income for their family maintenance.
Relief and Rehabilitation Programmes : The Social Service Centre is immediately initiating relief and rehabilitation programmes for the victims of floods, cyclones, fire accidents etc. During cyclone of 1996 November in konaseema we have constructed 1000 houses for the victims of hurricane cyclone.
Documentation : The wing of documentation in the central office is one of the important wings which plays a key role in preparing the documentation, looks after the entire correspondence, preparation of the projects and progress reports and other publishings. It is being looked after a postgraduate in Public Administration.
Office administrative Maintenance : The maintenance of the files up-to-date in any office is crucial and stands very behind the success of every programme that the organisation takes upon it. It is looked after by an Intermediate girl who also helps the chief accountant in preparing the bills and vouchers of individual projects and preparation of cash book and ledgers. |
