Overview
The Goodwill Social Work Centre, a professional social work organization deeply committed to the development of children, youth and women was founded by a professionally trained Social Worker in November 1981. It is located in the temple city of Madurai, India with the prime objective of performing a wide spectrum of roles in the development of children, youth and women and undertaking a comprehensive action through professional approach with a preventive, curative and rehabilitative perspective. It aims at utilizing positively the scientific methods of Social Work for problem identification, problem solving and problem prevention for the multifaceted development of children, youth and women who are at a disadvantage.


The Situation
The Goodwill Social Work Centre from its inception 25 years ago always strove to aid as many people as it could. With the development of information technology, Professor Daniel realized the potential to further solidify the expansive set of services the Centre offered the Indian community. However, the cost of such technology was prohibitively expensive for the Centre to afford. The Centre also needed a higher level of presence in order to achieve its fundraising goals.

With the recent tsunami disaster, the centre’s needs were magnified by the exponential increase in requests for assistance. Professor Daniel turned to The Malian Foundation for assistance.


The Solution
Through the Malian’s Foundations Empowering Communities Program Goodwill Social Work Centre has improved its operations and management structure. The Management Collection provided a variety of pre-made forms to sign up new volunteers and creative new ideas through the Management Series. The Technologies Collection provided software that allowed volunteers to access necessary information without internet access and office productivity software allowing the distribution of flyers to affected areas.

Using services provided by Consulting Program, the Centre possesses an online presence and representation of the organization’s tsunami efforts within Australia.


For More Information
To discuss the Goodwill Social Work Centre please contact Professor Christopher Daniel, Honorary Executive Director of the Centre. He can be reached via telephone number +91 (0452) 253 1175 or postal mail by addressing letters to Goodwill Social Work Centre, No: 5 South Street Extension, Singarayar Colony, Madurai 625002 India.

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