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Mary Ward International Australia visits KMWSC projects

Saint Ignatius's College Riverview, Australia visits Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre on 1st January 2019 and 3rd January 2019. They visited the Redlight Area Project and the Brick Field School Project(BFSP) area at Basirhat , North 24 Parganas. Ms Kim Prodinger was with her team of 16 and were touched ...

PARTICIPATORY CONSULTATION: IMPLEMENTING – THEORY TO PRACTICE (ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING) – SOUTH AND NORTH 24 PARGANAS

The Participatory Consultation Meet for Anti Human Trafficking was conducted on 13th December 2018 at KMWSC .The Consultation focused on "How to bring theory to practice" through specific intervention strategies to combat against trafficking at the community level. It was also an Honour for us to have Former Justice Nadera ...

Christmas Program – Red Light Area Project

Friends of the Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre organises a Christmas Program for the Children of the Red Light Area Project . 30 Children from the area of Sonagachi were invited at the Loreto Entally School, Kolkata . It was evening of Christmas Carols , games , gifts and above ...

Barefoot Teachers Training Program at Lodha Community

The Second training for the month of November 2018 was arranged at Ganga Sagar in Lodha centre. The training continued for four days.43 teachers from nearby   Government schools and NGOS participated in the training programme.   Our Project Coordinators felicitated the training programme and most of   the participants were untrained teachers ...

Nadine El Achy and Lara Zennetian , Consultants from Misean Cara , Ireland visits KMWSC

KMWSC welcomes Nadine El Achy and Lara Zennetian , Consultants from Misean Cara , Ireland. They were greeted in our Indian Traditional style and had fruitful interaction among the Staffs . Nadine and Lara  have come to monitor and evaluate the progress of the Brick Field Project . Each of ...

Certification of Beautician and Spoken English Course

The Certification was done for the Beautician & Spoken English course. 8 students from the spoken English course & 13 students from the beautician unit had received the certificates on 5th November 2018, after the successful completion of three months training. An examination was conducted & then the certification was ...

Children’s Day Celebration at the Lodha Community

As the nations keep CRC week (Convention on the Rights of the Child)  to celebrate the childhood and their rights across the nations in the month of November . To dedicate a day to the children , KMWSC celebrated Childrens Day in the Lodha Community Learning Center on 17th November ...

The Birpurush – Birangana Awards – West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR)

United Nations Universal Childrens Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on 20th November each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among the children worldwide with an aim to improve the life of every child . West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) celebrated the event ...

Child trafficking is to enroll, obtain, receive, transport, deliver or shelter a child for the purpose of exploitation. There are several cases in which the children are kidnapped and disappear overnight. Child trafficking is done for criminal purpose. Various forms of child trafficking include early marriages, child labor, organ trade, ...

Lodha Community Children receives School Uniforms

On the occasion of Dipawali the children of Lodha learning center were given a set of new school uniform a day before of Dipawali. The children were happy and overjoyed with the new set of clothes for this festive season. This initiative is taken to inculcate the habits of cleanliness ...