Jesuit Conference of India, under which the CDO operates, is part of the S.Asian and International network of the Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA). Registered as a not-for-profit organisation in India, JCI has been engaged in pioneering and exemplary work in the areas of education, social development, and empowerment of the marginalised. From its very beginning in 1978, it has been committed towards working with vulnerable communities by providing quality education for the unreached children in rural and remote areas, supporting youth to be future ready, establishing peace and harmony, working for distressed migrants, refugees, rights and entitlements and also responding to disasters and caring the environment.

A safe, secure, healthy and fulfilling life for everyone in harmony with self and nature

To enable individuals, communities and institutions for the transformation and empowerment of the least and excluded through just, equitable, integrated and sustainable affirmative actions