ABOUT US

St. Joseph's Home Society, (otherwise referred to as N.S.S.S.), is run by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery, and is part of the registered society of Nirmala Province, located in Panvel, Maharashtra State, India.

In the 17th century, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambery Congregation was founded by Fr. Jean Pierre Medaille in the historic city of Le Puy, France.  After witnessing the horrors of war, Fr. Medaille collected young girls and widows who were moved by the misery surrounding them to assist him in reaching out to suffering humanity. His venture was later officially recognized as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s of Chambery on October 15th, 1650. The initial venture began in France but continues to spread world wide in the present day.

Two centuries later, in 1854, some of the sisters of this Congregation came to India, to a small town called Kamptee in the state of Maharashtra, where our services began.  Presently in India, the society runs a variety of services for poor, marginalized and exploited people without distinction of caste, colour, race or creed.

CURRENT PROJECTS

St. Joseph's Home Society  runs schools, shelters, hospitals, clinics and homes for the elderly. We also conduct social work programs working for and with rural and community development, disabled and handicapped populations, agricultural education, self-help groups, disadvantaged women and children, finance education, and health and disease awareness.  Specifically we have established the following programs at the listed locations;

-Rural development projects in Bhainsakar, (Chattisgarh), Chargaon, (Madhya Pradesh)
-Schools for tribal children, Bhainsakar, (Chattisgarh) Panvel, (Maharashtra)
-Health clinics for the rural poor, Chargaon, (Madhya Pradesh), Bhainsakar, (Chattisgarh)
-A disabled children’s youth program, Chargaon, (Madhya Pradesh)
-Self-help group development programs, Chargaon, (Madhya Pradesh) Bhainsakar, (Chattisgarh)
-Ish Kripa Sadan, a temporary shelter for women and girls in distress, Siolim, (Goa)
-St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, Siolim, (Goa)
-Ray of Hope for the cycle rickshaw pullers, Jabalpur, Ranjhi (Madhya Pradesh)
-Prison ministry, Bilaspur, (Madhya Pradesh), Mapusa, (Goa)
-Hostels for disadvantaged school and college girls, Nagpur, Pune, (Maharashtra)
-A college education assistance and sponsorship program for economically- disadvantaged children, (Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh)
-Children’s welfare and slum/street children’s program, Pune, (Maharashtra)
-School for disadvantaged children and Adult Education, Edamon, (Kerala)