Mass Welfare Society

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Mass Welfare Society is a community-based non-government, non-profit making, non-political and secular, Social Development Organization working in slums of Kolkata and adjacent 24 Paraganas (South) for the development and empowerment of urban slum children, women and other distressed population through education, health and social awareness. We started our journey in the year 1983 with the Blessings of Blessed Mother Teresa.

Our mission is to create opportunities, security, resources and services to enable every individual to do and participate in the socio-economic development process irrespective of gender, caste, creed, religion, sex or political affiliation.

Our vision is a world where disadvantaged children, destitute women and downtrodden communities have access to basic amenities and are empowered to improve the quality of their lives

Our core objectives:
• To provide basic services of Education, Health, Training and Awareness so as to ensure holistic and sustainable development.
• To empower the disadvantaged section of society so that they themselves can come out of their social, political, economic and cultural predicament.
• To facilitate the process of addressing the common issues of the community.

Programmes and projects
Education Programme
• Preparatory Schools: Currently Mass Welfare Society is running 10 Non-Formal Education Centres for street & working children, where they are provided with free educational materials and nutritional support and are prepared for mainstreaming and admission into local Government Schools.
• Coaching Centres: Children from the Prep Schools who are admitted into Formal Schools are provided with back-up tuition support and allied educational materials in Coaching Centres so as to minimize school drop-out rates.
• Adult Literacy Centre: A Centre for grown-ups is also operataed at Ahiripukur 2nd lane, Beckbagan. The objective is to make adults literate and also increase their social awareness regarding Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Child Rights, Health & Hygiene, Legal Rights, Environment and other relevant social issues.
Health Care Programme
• Health Check-up Camp: Qualified Doctors check-up the children, height & weight cards and vaccination cards are maintained and free medicines are provided to the children and needy people from the local community.
• Health Clinic: Homoeopath and Allopath Clinics are run 3 times a week specially for poor and needy children, women and widows within the community. Medicines are provided free of cost. Regular Heath Awareness Programmes on preventive health care are also organized from time to time.
• Eye Camp: Free Eye Camps are organized for the children attending our Centres, free medicines are provided to needy people and special & emergency cases are referred to related hospitals.
• Nutritional Support: Cooked Food/Tiffin is provided everyday to all children coming to the Prep Schools & Coaching Centres.
Skill Development Programme
• Vocational Training Centre: Skills training in Embroidery, Tailoring, Doll-Making, Soft Toy-Making and Mehandi Designing is provided to women and adolescent girls to prepare them to be members of the Production Centre and thereby enabling them to become earning members for their families.
• Production Centre: Run by trained women from the Vocational Training Centre who can run a business of their own.
Women’s Empowerment Programme
• SSG: Small Saving Group for distressed women who can take loans for using in their income generating activities (business).
• SHG: Self Help Group to create a suitable atmosphere within the community by making them active earning members of their families.
• Mother’s Meetings: To sensitize the mothers and increase their awareness levels regarding Women’s Rights, Child Rights and other relevant social issues. Free legal aid and financial services are also provided to helpless women and widows.
Capacity Building/Social Awareness Programme
• Various programmes are organized for local educated and unemployed youth from distressed communities, young adolescents-at-risk, community volunteers and organization staff on cross-cutting social issues e.g., Child Rights, Human Rights, Child Abuse, Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS etc. to created an enabling environment through networking and advocacy.
Awareness Programmes on Trafficking & Violence Against Women
• Awareness and sensitization programmes on these issues are conducted from time to time. Information on these issues e.g., reasons for these crimes, existing laws and their promulgation, Government & NGO interventions, anti-trafficking models and dos and don’ts are disemminated among people of the local community.
Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Programme
• Training and workshops are organized by the organization to minimize conflicts in various everyday situations followed by peace building.
Sundarbans Project
• Operation of 2 schools for the village children where currently 50 students are receiving education, nutrition and healthcare services.
• Women’s Empowerment Programme.
• Mangrove Plantation Programme for ensuring effective flood control.
• Programme for widows whose husbands have fallen prey to tiger attacks.
Miscelleneous Programmes for the betterment of society

Samiran Mullick is the General Secretary of Mass Welfare Society.

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