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Touch of love and care provided by KMWSC in its area of intervention has changed numerous lives. All of them smile while narrating their tale to where they are today.

Rumi’s Fearless Stand: A 16-Year-Old Who Refused to Let Her Friend Be Sold

A story to inspire every young person growing up in the red-light areas of Kolkata. In the narrow, unpredictable lanes of Sonagachi, where ...

“You Don’t Need Power to Be Brave” — The Inspiring Fight of 14-Year-Old Sumit Kumar in the Lanes of Sonagachi

In the crowded, chaotic lanes of Sonagachi, where survival often demands silence, 14-year-old Sumit Kumar (name changed) chose to raise his voice. Most ...

Bravery Award 2025: How 17-Year-Old Rudra Mondal Became the Voice of Resistance Along the Indo-Bangladesh Border

KMWSC proudly celebrates the courage of a young leader who turned knowledge into action and protected his community In the remote border village ...

KMWSC’s Support Turns Trauma Into Triumph: Celebrating the Bravery of 14-Year-Old Mena Khattun

When 14-year-old Mena Khattun (name changed) received the Bravery Award 2025 from the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights , ...

Sowing Dreams in Sacks: The Story of Rekha Bibi and Her Family

At the Banasri Brickfield, amidst the dust and heat of endless labour, lives a young woman named Rekha Bibi, just 25 years ...

From Brickfields to Blackboards: Miyaraj’s Journey to Education

Twelve-year-old Miyaraj Shekh had always been a boy with bright eyes and an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Born in Itinda village, Basirhat, ...

Case Study: Soma Singh (name changed) – A Beacon of Courage and Compassion

Location: Masjid Bari Street, Kolkata Award: Birangana Award by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights In the heart of ...

Papri Sen Santara – A Courageous Voice Against Abuse

Location: Dearock Village, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal Category: Birangana Award by West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights Papri Sen Santara, ...

Arman Sheikh – A Brave Heart Who Stood Against Danger

Location: Matia, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal Category: Birpurush Award by West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights In the quiet village of ...

Selima Bibi: A Beacon of Hope and Resilience

Location: Baduria village in North 24 Parganas district Award Category: The Abhirup Bhadra Memorial "Thank you Baba Ma award’’ - The Telegraph School ...

Priyanka Pramanik – A Beacon of Courage and Hope

Location: Kaijuri Village, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal Category: "Award for Courage" - The Telegraph School Award In the heart of Kaijuri, a small ...

The Journey of Hope in Kolkata’s Slums

In the bustling city of Kolkata, amidst the sprawling slums of Hastings, a remarkable project titled "I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y" was underway. This project has several ...

Firoza Munda: Augmenting Family Income by Stitching Dreams:

In the heart of Nebukhali village, in the Basirhat Block of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, a determined soul named ...

A ray of hope in Latika’s life

A woman excels in her life at Manmathanagar village under Gosaba block, Sundarban. A woman named Latika Singh, aged about 37 years ...

From Brickfields to Board Exams: A Tale of Hope and Determination

In the heart of the brickfields of West Bengal, amidst the harsh realities of migrant labour, a small group of children dared ...

The Rescue Story of Priya Mukherjee

Priya Mukherjee is from Kumir Danga village (name changed) in Basirhat. When she was 16, studying in Class-XI, she was trapped by ...

Story of Puja Sardar…..

Puja Sardar, (name changed) presently 32, is a Trafficking Survivor. She lives in Bharatpur village (name changed) in Basirhat. After she passed ...

The life changing story of Najma Bibi

The story of Najma Bibi (Name changed): Najma Bibi is a Trafficking Survivor. She lives in Fartapur (name changed) village in Basirhat. She ...

The Story of Brickfield School girl completing her education in KGBV Home and obtaining admission in Class IX

Child name - Kajal Bhuiya Age-14 years Father’s name - Ramatar Bhuiya Mother’s name - Chameli Devi Village - chitrakoli,panchayat-Deebor, Block & Police station-Rajauli, District-Nawada, State-Bihar A ...

A brave step taken by a 12 years old girl

Tanya Mondal is 12 years old child staying in the Muraripukur slum area. She studies in our Multipurpose Activity Centre (MAC), Muraripukur. ...

The change of life through Solar Lamp

(Names have been changed) Rashmi and Shital are two sisters of age 10 and 12 respectively. Both parents work as daily labourers on ...

Awaring Kokila Mallik on the importance of Legal Entitlement

Kokila Mallik is a 32-year-old woman. Her husband’s name was (Late) Dhibar Mallik. Her only son named Bidhan Mallik is 12-year-old. With ...

Proper Training leads to the Best Teachers

Sampa Basak took the 20 days Barefoot Teachers Training. She completed Level I and Level II curriculum entirely. Before undergoing the training ...

Path to Education

Zubaida Javed is an 11-year-old girl, whose parents after coming from Bihar settled in the slums of Park Circus. Her father is ...

Ratna Sarkar got a new life.

Ratna Sarkar, aged 16 years, is the daughter of Nakul Sarkar, resident of Nakuadaha village of ItindaPanitore Gram Panchayat. She is studying ...

11 years old girl facing constant Sexual Abuse

Menu Nandi (name changed), aged 11 years, was raped by her step-father. Menu’s mother is a sex-worker at Sonagachhi. On further enquiry ...

Rescue of Std IX girl from being Trafficked

Purnima Bali (name changed), a student of std XI, is the eldest daughter of a sex worker in Sonagachhi. For the last ...

Awaring the family on Child marriage Act and preventing to let it happen.

One morning in October 2020, two of our CVC members sariful Bibi and Ajmuda Bibi informed our project staff that the father ...

A joint action to stop Child marriage

On January, 26th 2021, TagariGayen, one of our PV members informed our Project staff, Ms. Bithika Mondal that a 27 years old ...

Success Story on preventing Child Marriage

On 15th February 2021, one of the Child Protection Volunteers informed our Project Staff that Swapan Sardar (name changed) of Bahirbena village ...

Prevention of an young girl from getting married till the age of 18

On 28th February 2021, Our Project staff Bithika Mondal was informed by a CVC member that the marriage of a girl, aged ...

Candle light Baby Birth

We have heard about Candle light Birthday, but for the first time we experienced candle light baby birth in a brickfield in ...

Ajeet got a new life

Name Ajeet Kumar Gop Age – 4 years (Pujali BFS ) Son of – Muuna Gop & Taramoni Gope Ajeet is one of our students ...

1 child was re-united with the family

Lalita Midya (name changes), 13 years old girl had gone to spend her school holidays to her aunt’s house. One day, she went ...

Rahamatullah Mollah a resident of Kalikapur village 35 km away from Lakshikantapur block of south 24 parganas has fulfilled his dream by ...

Pritha Nag from KMWSC intervention area rescues her friend being Trafficked .

The 17 year old girl Prithi Nag(Name changed) from Daria Village in Canning I narrated how she helped rescue a neighbour and ...

A life changing story – Sonagachi , Kolkata

Anindita Das ( name changed ) aged 20yrs hails from Konnagar , her mother Rupa Das (name changed) is into full time ...

Finally in the school

Lilabati Bhakta (name changed) is a six year old girl from Lodha commnity. She has 4 members in the family. Lilabati’s father ...

A life changing story of a Girl from the street to office

'A life changing story of a Girl' Maya Shaw, age 20, is a young vibrant girl. She is a part of the Loreto ...

Story of Change- encouraging institutional delivery in Lodha community

Lodha women were never been to government hospital for treatment and delivery before thus they have lost their identity. Most of them ...

Encouraging Institutional Delivery

During the Pujali brickfield health camp on 31st March 2018 in South 24 pargans the BFS teachers noticed Shuru Biruli who was already ...

Back to School

At the tender age of 11, Lausi Kumari was forced to drop out from her school in Nawada District because her family ...

Fight Against Child Marriage

Bahirbena is a small village in Sundarbans, West Bengal where young girls were forced to drop out of school due to many ...

Anti human trafficking On 29th of June 2016

On 29th of June 2016, two minor girls named Kalpana Dey (name changed) aged 14yrs)and Roma Khamaru (name changed) aged 18Yrs, went ...

Anti human trafficking

Tara (name changed) is from a less privileged family. Her father’s drinking habits lead the family to a lot of hardships. In ...

A ray of hope

Kajal is a child domestic worker.She is 19 years old and stays in Ram Chandra Bagchi Lane, Alambazar Ward – 7 along ...

HIDDEN DOMESTIC CHILD LABOUR PROJECT

Caring For The Most Vulnerable Deba is 13 year old boy, residing with his younger brother Biki Mishra (9 years) and his sister ...

Reframing the Path to School

12 year old Sonia Raut longs to go to school.“Who will look after my younger brother and cook at home if I ...

Lotus Child Project

Helping hands made a big difference Sagarika Sardar was left without any educational help when the Chaulgola Lotus Child educational center closed down ...