Social Services
" In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive."( Acts 20:35)
Social service was introduced as the fourth apostolate of the institute by the General’s decision with the consent of the Consultors in 1983. Some of the major establishments under this apostolate are: St. Ann’s Social Service Society at Guntur, St.Ann’s Women’s Intensive Training Institute at Chowdavaram (1993) , St. Ann’s Seva Sadan at Medchal (1994), St. Ann’s Seva Sadan at Gopavaram(1995) to take care of physically and mentally handicapped children, and St. Anne’s Social Service Centre at Vinukonda(1996)
Also, for the empowerment and ensuring human rights , the society has adopted 300 villages grouped under 11 social service centres namely Chowdavaram, Narasaraopet, Vinukonda,Kodad, Piduguralla Medchal, Jadcherla, Nandyal , Phirangipuram , Guntur and Pedakurapadu.
HIV/AIDS and Community Care Centres at Kodad and Karimnagar are placed at the service of the most affected and infected people around the districts in 2006.
The apostolate is also actively involved in running of orphanages for children, old age homes to care for the elderly and rehabilitation centres for mentally and physically handicapped.
SASSA – St. Anne’s Social Service Society also takes up many other initiatives for providing all kinds of relief to affected sections of community. Sisters are involved in Micro Finance programmes for rural women through Mahila Mandals, provide training to women on entrepreneurial skills and also provide relief funds. Outreach programmes like surveys, screening camps, medical camps, awareness programs on mental retardation as well as child , blood donation camps and HIV awareness rallies are also regularly organised.
The social service apostolate also works towards raising environmental consciousness and protecting the environment through pollution awareness programs and tree plantations.
Some of our prominent institutes involved in social service activities:
Name of the Instituition | Location | Diocese | Year of Establishment | Number of Beneficiaries |
St. Joseph’s Orphanage | R C Nagar, Anantapur | Kurnool | 1980 | 1068 |
St. Anne’s Social Service Centre | Kodad | Nalgonda | 1985 | 34000 |
Nirmala Vidyalaya Hostel | Kalwakurthy | Nalgonda | 1986 | 1675 |
St. Ann’s Social Service Centre | Markapur | Nellore | 1987 | 1046 |
St. Anne’s Residential Hostel | Markapur | Nellore | 1988 | 2768 |
St. Anne’s Social Service Centre | Vatlur | Eluru | 1988 | 17000 |
St. Ann’s Social Service Society | Chowdavaram | Guntur | 1993 | 56000 |
St. Anne’s Social Service Centre | Medchal | Hyderabad (Archidiocese) | 1994 | 3400 |
St. Anne’s Manovikas Kendra | Guntur | Guntur | 1994 | 440 |
St. Ann’s Social Service Centre | Gopavaram | Kurnool | 1995 | 60000 |
St. Ann’s Social Service Centre | Vinukonda | Guntur | 1996 | 58000 |
St. Anne’s Social Service Society | Jadcherla | Nalgonda | 1997 | 5256 |
St. Ann’s Manovikas Special School | Gopavaram | Kurnool | 1997 | 443 |
Social Service Centre | Katukapalli | Khammam | 1998 | 6922 |
St. Joseph’s Orphanage | Katukapalli | Khammam | 1998 | 1000 |
St. Anne’s Social Service Centre | Siripuram | Guntur | 1999 | 31000 |
Nirmala Vidyalaya Boys Hostel | Kalwakurthy | Nalgonda | 1999 | 1200 |
St. Ann’s Social Service Centre | Piduguralla | Guntur | 2000 | 6538 |
St.Anne’s Social Service Centre | Patibanda | Guntur | 2001 | 15350 |
St. Ann’s Manovikas Integrated School | Phirangipuram | Guntur | 2003 | 86 |
St. Joseph’s Dispensary | Katukapalli | Khammam | 2003 | 30340 |
St. Anne’s Community Based Rehabilitation Centre | Guntur | Guntur | 2003 | 3065 |
HIV/AIDS Programmes | Mutlur | Guntur | 2005 | 3000 |
Fathima Hostel | Dachepalli | Guntur | 2005 | 100 |
Nirmala Orphanage | Vatlur | Eluru | 2006 | 100 |
Primary Health Workers ( P H W) AIDS Related Services | Gorantla | Guntur | 2006 | 1000 |
PPTCT | Karimnagar | Warangal | 2006 | 3028 |
Drop In Centre | Karimnagar | Warangal | 2006 | 1000 |
Balahitha Child Labour Residential School | Chowdavaram | Guntur | 2007 | 150 |
Prashanth Bhavan Community Care Centre | Karimnagar | Warangal | 2007 | 655 |
Special school for deaf and dumb | Vinukonda | Guntur | 2010 | 86 |
St Ann’s Hostel for special children | Vinukonda | Guntur | 2011 | 72 |
Orphanage Home | Hayath Nagar | Hyderabad | 2016 | 66 |
Orphanage Services | Chiguru | Guntur | 2018 | 45 |
School for differently abled children | Dachepalli | Guntur | 2019 | 25 |