Local community services allow the development of personal relationships that aim at promoting self-help, empowerment and prevention while, at the same time, being careful not to create an ethos of dependency.

· Home visits to the elderly, the sick, the handicapped and leprosy sufferers
· Prison visits and support for prisoners’ families
· Support in accessing reasonably-priced housing
· Help in dealing with administration issues
· Support for persons excluded because of alcoholism and drug addiction