About- Patna Jesuits Social Action

Patna Jesuit Society (PJS) is a charitable organization, registered under society’s registration act 1860. PJS has a large network of educational institutions and social service centers across different districts of Bihar. Patna Jesuit Social Action (PJSA) is a wing of PJS that coordinates the manifold activities of socio-economic and political empowerment of the Dalit communities in Bihar. PJSA is comprised of 9 social service centers organized at three zones. Xavier Institute of Social Research (XISR), Patna provides much needed research and documentation assistance to our grass root centers. These centers are managed by a group of diversely and professionally qualified social scientists, social workers, activists and managers. Thus PJSA was launched to work with the marginalized landless, Dalits, and Tribal’s, with particular emphasis on children’s education and women empowerment.

Our Vision

We envision an egalitarian and self-reliant society founded on human values by developing self-confidence and leadership among the underprivileged sections of our society and ensuring sustainable development through promoting ecological sensitivity.

Our Mission

In solidarity with the struggling masses, we commit ourselves to accompany and empower, the most excluded sections in society by enabling them to affirm and uphold their dignity and rights through a process of sensitization and organization and engage in the care of our common home by spreading ecological sensitivity.

Social Action Centers