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Travel,Team Building session,change impart new vigour in the mind of KMWSC Team

An exclusive exposure visit was organised from 11th August to 13th August at Shantiniketan. It was a great learning experience and a memorable exposure for the entire KMWSC Team. KMWSC Team got an exposure during the visit. The team reached Shantiniketan and boarded the hotel Whispering Woods. Sister Edeline welcomed everyone ...

To teach is to learn twice.

Teaching as a profession has undergone massive change in the last few decades. Adapting to these changes, especially the technology to engage children has been a key challenge for educatorsThe Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (known briefly as RTE) has laid down several essentials for ...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to ohers

Statistical figures show that 1/3 of the world’s blind population live in India. It is estimated that by 2010 the blind population of India would cross 1.5 crores and cataract accounts for 80% of this figures. As part of our community out reach programs, KMWSC conducted free screening eye camps in ...

ITS TIME FOR KMWSC ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017

Year 2016-2017 was yet another “achievement year” for us when we continued marching ahead with greater momentum to bring the socially excluded children and marginalized children under the ambit of KMWSC programmes on health, Education, and Protection and skill development programmes. In the last three years we have enhanced and expanded ...

We all were born to make an impact. Lets make a difference

World Day against Trafficking in Persons is an official United Nations observance held on July 30.It was established in 2013 by the UN General Assembly.The observance focuses on raising awareness of human trafficking and the importance of stopping it. World Day against Trafficking in Persons aims to raise awareness of the ...

Stronger Women. Stronger Societies.

KMWSC ensures sustainability through its emphasis on empowering women to achieve social and economic self-sufficiency. Through the innovative tailoring training provided, women create their own support networks and acquire links to needed legal, social, psychological and financial resources.The Tailoring Training programme is designed to help women build viable, market-driven businesses ...

Lets make the world a safer place for children at risk

KMWSC under "Sensitization on Anti-Human Trafficking Project" conducted a one day Block level Convergence meeting at Canning 1 Block. Stake-holders like NGOs, Police, Panchayat, CBOs were present in this meeting. The consultation aimed to sensitize the officials on Child Rights & Child protection.The consultation, was attended by representatives of various government ...

Nawada Intervention

The dedicated Brick-field Education Programme team completed their second phase of Nawada Intervention. A dedicated team of three from Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre spent a few days in various blocks in Nawada to mainstream the children in various schools and Kasturba Gandhi Home in Nawada. The team braved the torrential ...

Lets stop reading statistics and start changing them

Human trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world, we need to focus and educate more on Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnerships in order for us to put an end to trafficking and offer assistance, justice, and restoration to those who have been victimized.The Anti Human Trafficking Conference scheduled ...

Optimism is the Foundation of Courage at Gosaba

A day of foundation day celebration was organized in solar Enlighten and community Empowerment project on 23rd of June 2017 at Janargheri-1. Around 70 parents and 40 students participated in the celebration. The celebration was started with prayer song and prayer dance by the children followed by welcome speech and ...