About CNI SBSS

The Synodical Board of Social Services (CNI SBSS) is the development and justice board of the Church of North India (CNI). CNI SBSS was formed as a response of the Church to the whole question of poverty and related social justice for the poor and exploited. It works with marginalized communities throughout the geography of CNI, following the Gospel of Christ to liberate the poor and the oppressed from all forms of enslavement.

CNI SBSS through its programme has been working primarily with dalits (SC Schedule Caste), adivasis (ST Schedule Tribe) and women who have been socially and economically excluded for past several centuries and continued to live in poverty. Poverty for them is not only limited to fiscal but also in relation to other basic necessities of life like education, health, sanitation, water, asset ownerships and income, validated by scientific indicators like Human Development Index and Multidimensional Poverty Index. To end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity, the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030. CNI SBSS programs are designed in line with SDGs.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
The 17 SDGs are integrated—they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.

For more information, visit: https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals