From the President's Desk:
"Mahatma Jyotiroa Phule was a renowned social worker, who inspired us. It was during my childhood in schools, that I read about Mahatma Phule and his noble work. Amidst so much social pressure, he was the first person to open his well for drinking water to all the backward class people.
I thought that this person is the greatest person amongst all the social reformers of India, because he started social reforming from his own house, he also taught his wife first and then started spreading the importance of women education.
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This work of Mahatma Phule inspired me all through my life and when I started working as a social worker, and started this NGO, we thought our institute should work under Mahatma Phule’s inspiration, hence we gave the name of Mahatma Phule to our institute."
Pramod Zinjade,
President and Chief Functionary,
MPSSM, Karmala,
Dist Solapur
Inspiration
MPSSM has been initiated by Mr. Pramod Zinjade, the present President of the organization some twenty eight years ago Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal (MPSSM) was established in 1982 by the initiative of local youth group of Pothare Village of Karmala taluka. MPSSM has worked so far in 17 districts and 24 blocks of Maharashtra since its inception. Over the period of time, the organization has grown up and presently main thrust is being on Area Development Programmes in which all the deprived sections of society are benefited. Initially emphasis of MPSSM was on organizing Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) Labourers for their lawful rights. We are currently working in 15 districts of Maharashtra covering issues like National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Livelihood Activities, Water , Sanitation and Hygiene Programme , Village Libraries, Stopping Seasonal Migrant children and enable to go in the schools in their native villages, education of migrant children, sustainable pre-primary education, advocacy with government, prohibition of child labour activities, RTI, Women Empowerment, Agriculture Development, Capacity building for NGO’s, CBO’s and PRI’s etc.