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 ...
Continue ReadingSince 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 ...
Continue ReadingOn 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 ...
Continue Reading[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 ...
Continue ReadingA visit to remember at BrickfieldsIn the winter KMWSC team was lucky enough to enjoy visits from dedicated groups of volunteers. Ms. Kim Prodinger from Saint Ignatius college, Riverview, Australia along with 2 teachers and 15 students visited Pujali and Akra Brickfields at South 24 Parganas.The children were excited to ...
Continue ReadingLets rise,dance through One Billion Rising Campaign 14th February 2017.....oh what a footfall!!! KMWSC successfully mobilized 4000 people and beyond at Mohorkunj for ONE BILLION RISING 2017. It surpassed our expectation. We would specially like to thank our chief guest Ms. Kamala Bhasin. She needs no introduction. KMWSC team is absolutely ...
Continue ReadingONE BILLION RISING PROGRAMME COVERAGE WITH A DIFFERENCE With bursts of pink balloons in the air, students and survivors, activists and enthusiasts gathered at Mohorkunj on 14th February to sing, dance and celebrate One Billion Rising Campaign.Around 5,000 people participated in the programme organized by Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre-Loreto. We ...
Continue ReadingLets Rise through dance and songs and celebrate the power of One Billion Rising One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre team is gearing up for the campaign on 14th February,2017.This year we are Rising ...
Continue ReadingRadio Salesian 90.8 FM shows the way- Lets all Rise,Disrupt and Connect We are very proud to announce that Kolkata Mary Ward Social Centre One Billion Rising programme promo has been aired on Radio Salesian ie 90.8 FM. We are forwarding you the radio clipping.We hope you’ll take a minute ...
Continue ReadingKolkata Mary Ward Social Centre invites you to the One Billion Rising Programme . Lets rise,disrupt and connect on 14th February, 2017 at Mohorkunj You must be aware about the One Billion Rising (OBR) Campaign.This is a global campaign initiated by Eve Ensler in 2013.She is a playwright, activist and founder of ...
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