One of the beautiful names of the Creator is Al-Hadi (The Guide), and Hidaya (Guidance) is one of the most important themes of the Holy Qur’an. Hidaya means “To lead and to guide.” From it also comes the word Hadiyyah, which means, “present or gift.” Hidaya, or Guidance, is the gift of the Creator to His creation.
According to Imam Raghib Al-Isphani, the famous lexicographer of the Holy Qur’an, Hidaya means “showing the way or leading to the goal in a gentle and kind way.” It means both explanation and direction; and it also means helping and supporting a person to reach to his goal.
Mary Anne Charity Trust is a non-governmental service organization, which was started in the year 1996. It was registered under the Indian Trust Act. MACT was started with a Vision to serve the poor and vulnerable communities. The organisations’ work began with an old age home and over the years the organisation has grown as a development organisation.
The growth from a charitable organisation to a development organisation occurred when MACT undertook a baseline line survey around the villages of Rajalipatti villages to understand their socio – economic status. The findings of the survey revealed that the children had no access to education; many of the children had dropped out from school because of low economic status, in addition to it the health status of the communities, especially the children was poor. They were exposed to various form of violation of rights, hence MACT felt the need to intervene to work for the rights of the children.
Thus MACT’s has now grown into a child focussed development organisation. MACT has also made an impact as an organisation that advocates for human rights especially in the area of environment and health.
"withhold not good from them to whom it is due , when it is in the power of thine hand to do it"
PROVERBS 3:27
Founder: Mrs.D.HEPZI SUTHA BAI, B.Com.
A social worker from her college days onwards, founded this organisation with the sole object of helping the downtrodden.
CHIEF FUNCTIONARY
Mrs. M. Mary Vijaya, M.Com., M.Ed., a voluntarily retired post graduate teacher who put 22 years of teaching service in a Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Virudhunagar is the Chief functionary of our organization. With her untiring works, she is managing our school, computer centre, poor women’s self help groups and other activities. For her social service in and around Virudhunagar, she got STAR ACHIEVER AWARD and a GOLD MEDAL from the NATIONAL INTEGRITY CULTURAL ACADEMY and the STATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIGILANCE ORGANISATION in a function at Chennai.
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