KHASI JAINTIA PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY SOCIAL ECONOMIC LIFE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

The Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Assembly Social Life Development Association (SELDA) is an important branch of the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Assembly (formerly the KJP Synod) which is one of the church bodies in the North Eastern Region of India with a total membership of more than 4 lakhs

SELDA has been registered as an NGO since 1974 under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 As a nonprofit non-Government Organization of the KJP Assembly working towards theall round development of the economic and social life of the People residing within the Districts of East and West Khasi Hills Jaintia Hills and Ri-Bhoi of Meghalaya

VISION’21

That everyone irrespective of color creed and gender shall have fullness of life through a holistic approach for Human Development which encompasses promoting the physical spiritual intellectual social and emotional aspects of a person and the evolution of a personality nourished by the grace of God through Jesus Christ

MISSION ’21

Believing that the promotion of Health Education and Moral values are the sinews that shall sustain a healthy and vibrant Society it shall be the aim of SELDA to establish the above in all spheres of activities that it undertaking

The KJP Assembly through the SELDA shall endeavor to empower and capacitate the communities it works with especially the women of the region and to create awareness in the fields of sound healthcare and nutrition; on issues of sustainable livelihoods on the importance of basic education for all; and in the importance of people seeing themselves as equal partners and stakeholders in the process of development

It is also committees towards ushering in the awareness and understanding among the people of the Region and the State of Meghalaya that overall development must lead to just peace (shalom)