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To teach is to learn twice-Barefoot teachers training

Barefoot Teachers' Training is one of the longest running and popular training programme, run by Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre. This is an enriching training for all budding and enthusiast teachers. Early Childhood Education has now been recognized as the most important need in the current scenario world over. With the ...

Make change happen through Auto Campaign

An auto campaign under skill development programme was organized at Motijheel, Ananda Palit, Baishali, Dhapa, Tilkhana, Chattubabu Lane, Padmapukur, Chrishtopher Road, 3 no rail bridge, Bibibagan, Gobindakhattik Road, Panchanan Tala, Ghoshpara, Baishali area in Kolkata. People from the community was made aware about the bakery training. Approximately 70 candidates registered ...

Creativity is contagious. Lets pass it on

A summer art workshop was organized at our education centre in Chaulgola under Lotus child project. A bunch of 40 children participated in the workshop. Their enthusiasm was worth witnessing. They learned to make paper flower and candle stand. It was a day full of energy and learning for the children The ...

Next to Excellence comes the appreciation of it.

Happiness is....bag full of goodies.....candies.....chocolates...love.....warm words of appreciation. The Bakery team of KMWSC is touched, honoured and more than happy to share this delightful news that their hard work and efforts have paid off. The best wishes and words of encouragement from the teachers, in the English room, who ...

Child protection Training begins with a message

A 3 day training under Anti Human Trafficking project was held with 20 adolescent girls from Canning I Block to train them on Child Protection Issues and Child Tracking System under the guidance of Dr. Ashis Kr Das (Resource Person). The training will facilitate young girls to train their peers ...

An inspiring story

The incessant hard work and efforts of our field associates in our various projects have yielded some remarkable results. Samir and his younger brother stay with their grand parents at Gosaba. They were found out by our field associates of Solar Enlightenment project during home visit. Their mother has come ...

Its Exam Time at Brickfield

Dear Friends, Brick Field School (BFS) project is for the children of migrant Brick Field (BF) workers who mostly comes from Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and few of the workers are also from the West Bengal. The migrant workers spend 7-8 months every year working in the brick kilns of Bengal. During ...

Day out with Lodha children

Since 2011 KMWSC has supported the non-formal school for children of the extremely poor and marginalised Lodha ‘tribal’ community on Sagar Island located at the mouth of the River Hooghly. The Education Centre,running with 3 local teachers trained by KMWSC in a ‘community hall’,aims to place Lodha children, and other poor ...

Summer Art Workshop

On 21st April'2017, a Summer Art Workshop was organised at Sonapota under Lotus Child Project. KMWSC aims is to entertain, connect, and inspire creativity and a sense of community through different creative learning experiences.The end goal was to broaden children's thought horizon and to make them think creatively. Workshops ...

A visit with a difference

[gallery ids="1027,1028,1029,1030,1031,1032,1033,1034"] Our very special guests from Toronto spent a few days with us at KMWSC. We felt privileged to have hosted a bunch of jaunty and enthusiastic students led by two teachers who were briefed about our various projects. They spent some time with our little learners in one of ...