About Barasat Anweshan
Barasat Anweshan is a registered non-political, non-profit and 80G, 12AA, FCRA, 35AC certified NGO in Kolkata working on the issue of Complete Women & Child Care with a team of dedicated and skilled professionals since 2003. As an NGO, BARASAT ANWESHAN has been implementing numerous programs following a holistic and sustainable development of the disadvantaged and underprivileged people of North & South 24
BARASAT ANWESHAN constitutes SHGs to organize poor and landless people under its Economic Development Program. The SHGs serve as forums where the poor can collectively address the principal structural impediments to their development, receive microfinance and create employment opportunities and generate income
BARASAT ANWESHAN’s Education Program deals with practical and life oriented education system. The program fulfils the organizational goal of poverty reduction through access to education for those traditionally outside formal schooling and provision for developing vocational skills of both girls and boys. The organization also works closely with the adult to remove illiteracy from society.
BARASAT ANWESHAN’s Health and Nutrition Program takes a broad approach to the health needs of the poor by providing basic curative and preventive services. Trained health staffs work to raise awareness among the rural poor of health issues that directly impact their lives and families. It seeks to reduce maternal and child mortality and reduce vulnerability to common diseases.
Barasat Anweshan promotes livelihoods of a large number of the people of West Bengal with innovative approach to development which helps the organization expand continuously and grow through experiential learning.
Since its modest inception in 2003, BARASAT ANWESHAN took pledge to the poor and ultra-poor, especially the women, in their struggle against poverty. The organization recognizes women as the main caretakers of their families who can ensure education and proper health care of their children and the subsequent inter-generational sustainability of their families and households.
BARASAT ANWESHAN’s comprehensive approach combines microfinance with health, education, social development and human rights programs, linking all the programs strategically to combat poverty through livelihood generation and protection. While BARASAT ANWESHAN believes that microfinance is an important tool in breaking the cycle of poverty, the organization also places equal emphasis on training its members in income generating activities.
Barasat Anweshan has also undertaken a number of initiatives under its Social Development and Human Rights Program to promote social justice and protect human rights, particularly that of women. Some of such initiatives are: Begam Rokeya School for Women Education, Socio-economic Empowerment Program and Awareness Program against Trafficking of Children and Women.
Barasat Anweshan, a social development organization, started its operation in small scale in the rural areas of North 24 District of West Bengal. Mr. Shyamal Ray Chowdhury, an Educationalist, and the founder Secretary and CEO of Barasat Anweshan, initiated the development activities by establishing ‘Anweshan Nivedita Boys Home’ for the homeless and destitute children. Today Barasat Anweshan has emerged as an independent, large NGO with the twin objectives of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor women & children
Our Mission
• Alleviation of poverty by making people economically self-reliant.
• Providing the best possible education to all and introduce accessibility where necessary.
• Creating extensive scope for Computer wherever necessary.
• Awakening people against child labor and women and child trafficking.
• Educating people against environmental pollution.
• Educating people against the curse of superstition.
• Promoting Health consciousness.
• Helping Child Laborers back into full time education.
• Provide proper boarding, lodging, education, shelter, medicine & protection of needy- helpless –destitute & street children.
Our Vision
- Offer scholars a congenial atmosphere in and outside the Institutions,
- Facilitate the balanced, comprehensive flowerings of every student
- Provide counseling services in favor of placement, higher education & self-employment etc.
- Help the society by providing human-beings having social obligations and high thinking for human resource development.
Our Objectives:
• Ensuring rights of children.
• Ensuring quality of life for the most vulnerable sections of the society.
• Empowering women through social and economic development.
• Supporting local institutions working for underprivileged children and families by providing technical assistance and capacity building support.
• Sensitizing the local government to issues surrounding the health, education and protection needs of impoverished communities and developing effective relationships between local communities and government agencies at different levels.
• Strengthening poor people, especially the women and children, educationally, economically and socially, making the poor people aware of the value of education, good health and the rich heritage of India by walking with them in their poverty.
Core Values:
A Alleviation of poverty.
N New & innovative solutions for financial problems continuously.
W Works and only works keep us productive.
E Effective & committed team work ensure success.
S Socio-economic upliftment of marginalized poor women.
H Honesty & true in business dealings & financial transactions.
A Accountability, Transparency & professionalism.
N Never refuse to stand beside the marginalized poor.
Our Story
Barasat Anweshan has formed important links with the Government, Partner Organizations and Donor Agencies over the years. These links have made the organization gain a unique position and play a catalytic role in the growth of the society.
Deeply moved by the condition of children of poor families in villages having no parents in some cases or having only mother or father in other cases with very scanty financial means to support and rear them, some service minded youth of the town of Barasat, North24-Parganas in the state of West Bengal decided to form an organization to serve the society in general with a special emphasis to look after such poor helpless &distressed children from poor families. For this purpose Nivedita Home/ Ashram was set up by Barasat Anweshan
To implement and give concrete shape to these objects, land was purchased during the year 2004 and building was constructed. The Orphanage/Ashram was started with only 9 (Nine) boys during the year 2004 Looking to the benevolent work being done by the Ashram, various trusts, business organizations and people in general came forward to help the organization in all respects. This helped Ashram to expand its activities by increasing the number of inmates every year. Today there are many children in the orphanage. All the children are provided with boarding, clothing, toiletry, school books, stationery, sports, medicines etc. free of cost. To facilitate education for these Orphan children, BARASAT ANWESHAN started a Primary School in the year 2004 named RAMKRISHNA SARADA MISSION VIDYALAYA where additionally the children from the locality and surrounding villages are getting education together with the Ashram inmates.
During all these years the Ashram is being run through donations from well wishers only. Till date no government or institutional funding has been received for running this orphanage. This has necessitated the society to undertake other socio-economic development projects, which are self-sustainable and moreover which can yield surpluses to enable other non-business social projects run through the earned surplus.
Most of such programs and projects are implemented with the financial assistance of Government Agencies and other Private institutions, while some are exclusively from its own resources.
The campus holds several small cottages and other residential units scattered over the site providing accommodation to the inmates and guests. The small buildings also include class room, kitchen, dining room, and a guest house. The friends and well wishers of the Ashram from various parts of India visit the place and spend a night or two at the Ashram.
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