Oju Welfare Association was established in 1979. It is a non-profit making, non-political, non-governmental philanthropic organization based in Nagalagun, Arunachal Pradesh. It works for the empowerment of women and the welfare of children to achieve a holistic socio-economic and environmental development of communities in Arunachal Pradesh.

Achievement of Oju Welfare Association

• Short stay home for 30 destitute women.
• Financial aid to 80 students<
• Maintenance of 200 destitute children
• Educational complex
• Orphanage (Shishu Greh) giving shelter to 22 children
• Ashram school for 150 primary students
• Hostel for 100 students
• Mobile dispensary
• Two hospitals/dispensaries with 10 beds each
• School up to secondary level with 425 students enrolled
• Computer education for school students
• Working women’s hostel
• Vocational training for 30 women
• Loan to six deserving women to buy auto rickshaws as a means of income generation
• Exhibition of craft products
• Setting up of employment cum income generating units benefiting 50 women
• Training on weaving
• Two Crèches
• Condensed course for primary education
• Family counseling center

How do Oju operate?

• Campaigning on development related issues.
• Awareness generation through training, workshops, seminars and advocacy.
• Vocational training and production support
• Rehabilitation services to orphans and destitute women, irrespective of religion, cast, creed and community stands.
• Host proactive-innovative ideas for socio-economic and environmental development
• Institutional and financial support for educational development.

Future plans are:-

• To establish a pre-school training center for orphan children in far flung areas of the state
• Vocational and rehabilitation training center for destitute women in other districts of the state.
• Outreach extension program to preserve the traditional customs and culture of the tribal people in the
  state.
• Community awareness about health and hygiene in far flung areas of the state through a mobile van.
• Seminar and orientation programs for manpower development and education of the society.