Description: The Weaker Section Welfare Association (WESWA Trust) of Viralimalai, Tamil Nadu, South India: its objectives, methods and activities.
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T he Weaker Section Welfare Association (WESWA) was founded in 1995 by a spirited team of social workers hailing from Viralimalai, Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu, India. Their activities in the rehabilitation of the weaker section came into legal existence in 1995 as a service-oriented trust with registration No. 311/95.
Since its inception the WESWA Trust has been actively engaged in eradicating child labour and commercial sex from the Viralimalai area.
Primarily an agricultural area, Pudukkottai District has been rapidly denuded of its natural vegetation, resulting in the entire locality becoming parched most of the year. These poor climatic conditions have eroded the economy of the area and reduced its people to penury.