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Christian contribution
Educational Institutions Colleges and Vocational Training Schools (Total: 292)(Catholic Church 182, Church of South India-28, The Lutheran Churche-24, The Church of North India-34, The Methodist Church 17, The Mar Thoma Church 6, The Seventh-day Adventist Church 1) Junior Colleges (Total: 170) (Catholic Church 168, The Seventh-Day Adventist Church 2) Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools (Total: 3,614) (The Catholic Church 3,074, The Church of South India 203, The Lutheran Church 92, The Church of North India 193, The Mar Thoma Church 29, The Seventh-day Adventist Church 15, The Salvation Army 8) Pre-Primary and Primary Schools and Village Schools (Total: 11,801) (The Catholic Church 8,733, The Church of South India 1,896, The Luteran Church 484, The Church of North Church 198, The Mar Thoma Church 135, The Salvation Army 102) Technical Training, Industrial and Agricultural Schools (Total: 1,127) (The Catholic Church 1053, The Church of South India 65, The Lutheran Church 2, The Church of North India 26, The Mar Thoma Church 7) Teacher Training Schools (Total: 15) (The Church of South India 12, The Lutheran Church 3) Training College (Total:1) (The Lutheran Church 1) Day and Boarding Schools (Total:108) (The Methodist Church 108) Lower Schools (Total: 150) (The Seventh-Day Adventist Church 150) SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS Hostels (Total: 3,403). (The Catholic Church 2719, The Church of South India 338, The Church of North India 158, The Luteran Church 110, The Methodist Church 50, The Salvation Army 18, The Mar Thoma Church 10) Orphanages (Total: 1,645) (The Catholic Church 1,320, The Church of South India 282, The Luthean Church 33, The Mar Thoma Church 10) Dispensaries (Total: 1,875). (The Catholic Church 1716, The Church of South India 109, The Church of North India 11, The Lutheran Church 19, The Salvation Army 20) Primary, Community and Rural Health Centres (Total: 49) (The Lutheran Church 15, The Seventh-day Adventist Church 34) Hospitals (Total: 883). (The Catholic Church 679, The Church of South India 67, The Church of North India 54, The Lutheran Church 29, The Methodist Church 8, The Salvation Army 16, The Mar Thoma Church 18 The Seventh-day Adventist Church 12) Homes for the Aged and the Destitute (Total: 321). (The Catholic Church 309, The Lutheran Church 8, The Mar Thoma Church 4) Leprosaria (Total: 276) (The Catholic Church 276) Rehabilitation Centres Leprosy (Total: 240) (The Catholic Church 154, The Church of South India 41, The church of North India 11, The Lutheran Church 3, The Methodist Church 10, The Salvation Army 13, The Mar Thoma Church 8) Natural Family Planning Centres (Total: 58) (The Catholic Church 58) Social Welfare Centres (Total: 279) (The Catholic Church 276, The Mar Thoma Church 3) Creches (Total: 136) (The Church of South India 136) Adult Education Centres (Total: 4) (The Lutheran Church 4) Schools for the Blind (Total: 3) (The Lutheran Church 3) Social Service Centres (Total: 25) (The Methodist Church 25) Psychiatric Centre (Total: 1) (The Methodist Church 1) Childrens and Womens Homes (Total: 41) (The Salvation Army 41) ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Employment Bureaus (Total: 36) (The Catholic Church 36) Farm Colonies (Total: 3) (The Salvation Army 3) Cooperative Societies and Banks (Total: 228) (The Catholic Church 228). |