Development Association for Integrated Activity

At Development Association for Integrated Activity( DAIA), We work among the marginalised in and around Tuticorin and Kovilpatti districts of Tamil Na Read moredu, India. We are currently running village development programs reaching out to 560 rural poor, empowering them with small business-like goat rearing, tiffin centres, tailoring business, etc... We also train the young women in skill development such as tailoring and the boys in driving., We run medical camps for HIV/AIDS patients every month, giving them medicines and nutrition pack. We run elder care programs supporting the abandoned elderly to live independently. we support them with grocery packs, nutrition pack, medical assistance and advocacy. We run tuition centres, bringing quality after school education to around 235 underprivileged kids. We run awareness programs continuously in health, hygiene and sanitation, adult literacy and financial literacy programs.

DAIA's vision is to create a just society where all people, especially the marginalized, live with dignity and have equal opportunities. Its mission is to empower rural communities through integrated development programs.

Key milestones include establishing over 1,500 self-help groups, opening 50 tuition centers for underprivileged children, and creating an elder care home that has served over 500 seniors.