About
டெலவர் தமிழ்ச் சங்கம்
Delaware Tamil Sangam is a non-political, and non-partisan organization exclusively for charitable, cultural and educational purposes. It was started as Delaware Tamil Friends for like-minded Tamils to socialize and has grown into a strong organization of what it is now.
Delaware Tamil Sangam (DTS) serves the geographical tri-state area around Delaware includes the North of Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania region and Delaware.
The Primary Mission of DTS is to promote, cultivate Tamil language and culture by organizing social and cultural events celebrating major Tamil festivals, teaching the Tamil language to kids.
Vision
- We believe in servant leadership. We are here to serve you, not the other way around.
- We believe in open door policy and in a fair and transparent governance of the organization
- We believe in engaging young people through appropriate clubs, almuni-connect and other leadership opportunities.
- We believe in giving back to the local communities through various charitable and community engagement efforts
- We value local talent over bringing high-cost artistes/talent from overseas for our events
- We value close collaboration with other local and regional non-profit organizations for Women empowerment, Arts, Literature, Sports, and Entrepreneurship.
- We believe we can do better with creating new revenue sources, engage the businesses and entrepreneurship and create better value for them
Mission
- We will create an emergency help/support system, guidance mechanism for new members in the tristate area
- We will work with the department of education and obtain the bi-literacy approval for our schools
- We can do our organization’s events with a much lower entry fee.
- We will fortify and expand the revenue sources by providing value to our sponsors and benefactors
- Regular newsletters to promote business/local Tamil events, kids work and also to generate revenue
- We will make sure all our schools are compliant with the state regulations with regard to teacher/volunteer clearances within 1 year (end of 2020)
- We will work to obtain recognition for Pongal as Tamil Ethnic festival by the State governments
- Create learning opportunities for adults on multiple community needs:
- Financial Planning
- Wills and Trusts
- Life Insurance
- College Planning
Our Sponsors
"We cover over 1000 + Tamil families around Delaware area and 200 + families in Baltimore MD area. We very actively promote Tamil culture, conduct sports and other community awareness and development events."