Shoshit Seva Sangh is a not-for-profit organization based out of Patna, Bihar. Bihar is the poorest and the most backward state of India. An estimated 50% of the population lives below the poverty line as against the national average of 20% to 25%. Among the vast poverty ridden population of the state the most exploited and deprived is the Musahar community. They are landless labourers living in ghettoes called Mushairies in the outskirts of the villages of Bihar. Mushars have remained trapped in a cycle of poverty for centuries.

The SSS believes that conventional education of high quality coupled with vocational training will help break the vicious cycle of poverty. Mushar children so equipped need not necessarily chase white collar jobs and will not only become self reliant and self employed but also create employment, particularly for other members of their community. If the benefit of quality conventional education coupled with vocational training is made available to Mushar children not in hundreds but in thousands, in a matter of a decade or two it will give new life not only to these children but with their support to many of this unfortunate community. This admittedly is a long haul project but then its impact will be permanent and will change the profile of poverty particularly in the villages of Bihar in due course. What has not happened over centuries can be achieved in a matter of couple of decades if sufficient support is extended to the project of SSS. Not merely charity but the belief that this project will bring about a silent revolution in the Mushar community which has languished in sub-human conditions for centuries has motivated the vision and the mission of Shoshit Seva Sangh.