networking partners

Our Allies

MCDS owes a great deal to the effective networking that it has established over the years.

Montfort Community Development Society(MCDS), is a much sought after Centre for Block Placement and Concurrent Field Work for more than twenty seven years for Block Placement and Concurrent Field Work from various Post Graduates and Researchers from all over India and from abroad.

The idea is to give them an opportunity to come face to face with the hard realities of life which will surely help them in their quest to serve the underprivileged.

The following are some of the colleges that send Interns to MCDS:
  1. Loyola College, Chennai
  2. Stella Maris College, Chennai
  3. Madras Christian College, Chennai
  4. Madras School of Social Work, Chennai
  5. D G Vaishnav College, Chennai
  6. Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Chennai
  7. Mar Gregorious College, Chennai
  8. Vivekananda College, Chennai
  9. St. Joseph’s College, Pilathara, Kannur, Kerala
  10. BCM College, Kerala
  11. Rajagiri College, Kottayam, Kerala
  12. Central University, Kasargod, Kerala
  13. St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Kerala
  14. Loyola College, Trivandrum
  15. Tata Institute of Social Work, Mumbai
  16. Rostrevor College, Adelaide, Australia
  17. University of Waikato, New Zealand
  18. Individuals from Germany, Africa, Singapore, Australia, England, USA etc.
MCDS Organizing Style of 'Interns/Volunteers programme'
  • Day 1 - Orientation and briefing of MCDS through Power point Presentation and personal interviews.
  • Days 2- 4 – Exposure to all the areas of MCDS operation so as to choose the areas of interest for volunteering and research.
  • Subsequent days - In depth experience/Research on the areas that the candidate/volunteer wishes.

Major Networking Partners of MCDS:

  • Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board(TNUHDB)
  • Directorate of Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Chennai - 5
  • Government Regional Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chennai - 83
  • The Police Department
  • National Institute of Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities, Chennai
  • Government and Private Healthcare Providers
  • India Vision Institute (IVI)
  • TTK Hospital
  • Rotary Club of Madras North
  • The Banyan
  • Hamsa Medical Services Private Limited
  • ABRAO Group
  • Alumini of Montfort, Yercaud
  • BW Designs Group
  • Astrotech Steels
  • Institute of the Brothers of St. Gabriel
  • Province of Bengaluru