Vicente Ferrer: A Progenitor of Suppressed / Poor Peoples Modern Reformer

N. Kanakarathnam

Abstract: Father Vicente Ferrer and Sister Anne Ferrer founded Rural Development Trust (RDT) in the year 1969 at Ananthapuram, which is a chronic drought prone district in terms of lowest rain falling area in India. The RDT has extended its programmes and interventions to all 63 revenue mandals which helped the Poor, Backward, SC/ST and persons with disabilities (PWD) in this district. Now the trust has expanded its programmes to neighboring Kurnool district.

Keywords: Vicente Ferrer