Ad Hoc Social Welfare Council

Our office is located in Khudus, which is a village in the Malshiras taluka of Solapur district. We are at address 114/114. It is quite a long way from the big cities like Mumbai or Pune. The Ad Hoc Social Welfare Council is just a few of us who grew up in this area and wanted to stay and help out. Life in Solapur moves at its own pace, mostly dictated by the farming cycles. We don’t have a big office with a lot of technology. It is mostly just us sitting on a porch or in a small room, talking about what needs to be fixed in the village. We handle a lot of different social issues, but we do it in a very informal way. We don't have a board of directors or a set of corporate rules. We just know everyone in Khudus and they know us. Sometimes it is hard to get people to listen or to find the resources we need, but we keep trying anyway. We don't have anyone to do our advertising or make us look important. We are just local folks who care about our neighbors and our families. It is a very simple life and the work we do is just as simple. We just want to see our community do a little better as the years go by. It’s mostly just chatting with people and trying to solve small problems before they get too big.