St. Vincent De Paul (SVP)

St. Vincent De Paul Sabha was established on 20th of August, 1933 at Holy Cross church with the participation of 12 brothers. At present it consists of 25 members.

We have 20 adopted families who are very poor and in need of financial help for their basic needs. We help them by assisting their children by providing uniforms, books and school fees according to our financial strength. We also help them during festive season’s i. e.; Easter and Christmas. We distribute coconuts, rice and vegetables. Some of the members of the adopted families are Cancer and AIDS patients. Adopted families vary from time to time; when a certain family becomes financially stable we pick some other poor family. New families are selected after proper investigation and on the recommendation of the ward Gurkar and Parish Priest. Our financial aid is the secret contribution of the Sabha members during the weekly meetings. We also visit houses of the parishioners who give their contribution through cash or old clothes. We get annual aid from the Parish Priest out of the Frad Saib fund supervised by the finance committee. Major aid for providing vegetables comes from the wholesale merchants. We visit hospitals, old-age homes and prison. We also visit the adopted families in obligatory.