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Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora (MSS) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation in Central India founded on 19th August 1949 by internationally-renowned social workers and human rights activists, Murlidhar Devidas Amte (popularly known as Baba) and his soulmate Sadhana Murlidhar Amte (popularly known as Sadhanatai) along with their peers.
MSS has been relentlessly working towards the betterment of stigmatised and marginalised people such as those afflicted with leprosy, visually challenged, orthopedically challenged, hearing & speech impaired, and socially and economically backwards rural and tribal populace.
MSS spans across 3 prominent project locations, namely Anandwan, Somnath Prakalp located in Chandrapur and Lok Biradari Prakalp, Hemalkasa in Gadchiroli, the most backward districts of Maharashtra State. We advocate a location-specific and decentralised developmental approach, which grows organically from the soil and involves the people at every stage of conception, planning and execution. Over 2000 differently-abled people reside and work with dignity to earn their livelihoods through creative programs.
OUR core belief is to give marginalised individuals the CHANCITY : a “Chance” and not mere “Charity”; enabling them to engage in economically productive activities, and regaining the lost DIGNITY.
The exclusivity of our organisation lies in people who have grown their talents and expertise ardently. Some of the key proficiencies include management, accountancy, architecture, engineering and agriculture. The key to self-management lies in the non-bureaucratic, self-governing culture that pervades MSS. People work with a motivation born out of belongingness to a shared community.
Our endeavour has touched the lives of over 3 million disadvantaged people through an integrated approach. We specialise in combining medical treatment with sustained psycho-socio-economic restoration.
Over the past 7 decades, MSS grew by leaps and bounds and became a globally acclaimed institution in social work. We are the largest community of leprosy-afflicted and people with other disabilities in India and, perhaps, Worldwide!
