Samajik Seva Sadan

On 2nd August 1982 with 28 children of the Juanga (PVTG) Adivasi Village Banjhikusum, Ms. Veronica Dung Dung from Sundargarh District started a non-formal school under a barren Kusum Tree in Dhenkanal District of Odisha. (The name of the village draws its name from barren Kusum trees) She taught them through singing dancing in a joyful atmosphere. This Non-formal School was the beginning of an organization – “Samajik Seva Sadan (SSS)”. On 3rd July 1983, Mr. Emmanuel Pathil joined her and then onwards constantly rendering community development services to the nearby villages. A miracle took place that this barren Kusum tree started fruiting and still it is continuing fruiting. By 1985 we had 8 schools running for 16 Adivasi & Dalit villages. After registration in 1985, SSS extended its Developmental Intervention to far and wide both within and outside Odisha with commitment to the poor and downtrodden human beings within the society.