Our Activities
Anweshan – Child development Centre
We are working in rural, urban and semi urban areas of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India and the people are very poor and living in remote without fundamental facility, they need support for their children education. To provide modern and quality education and support OFINS has started a free primary level school in Badu-Mathgram village in 2017 named “Anweshan-A Child Development Centre”. The project was started with 28 students and now it is 72. We know that the Education is a gift for life and we help underprivileged children to reach school and get a quality education. We believe that every child is extraordinary and can scale great heights if provided with the right learning opportunities. With regular and generous contributions from our supporters, we can walk steadily towards achieving these goals. We are committed to ensuring that all children, irrespective of their origin, can go to school, play, interact and learn with other children of their age. We help children with limited means hone their creativity and skills under the guidance of trained teachers and make persistent efforts to enable them to secure a life of dignity for themselves, their families, and the community at large.
Impact
75 students are getting free education
70% Students are form first-learner families
50% of total beneficiary are girls
85% of total students attend online calasses
Objective
To promote primary education of the poor children of the inaccessible area of the state.
To provide modern and quality education and support.
To promote health and hygiene among the poor village children.
Target Age Group
The target groups are the children of 4 to 9 year age group from poor backward families.
Target Area
The project area covers remote village areas inhabited by the poor people without any financial capability to send the children to schools. The number of dropout and school non-going children is very high due to extreme poverty of the area.
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha!
india
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha are very pretty twin siblings. They are 9 years old and read in class IV. Tanisha stands 1st and Kamarujjaman stands 2nd in their class. Tanisha wants to be a doctor and her brother wants to be a policeman. Their father works as a labourer in a factory. He dreams to give his children best care and education, but extreme poverty turns everything bleak and imposible. OFINS stood beside them and provided the children all educational suport that they could hardly afford.
Now, both the children are regular students of ‘Anweshan-Child Development Centre’. Run by OFINS. They are happy now as they enjoying every moment at their shool. There is a smile on their father’s face as he knows in his heart that one day his children will surely touch the height of success in their lives.
Sk. Aminul!
india
“Every child has a special talent which is needed to identify and nurture from the very early days”
Sk. Aminul is a bright student and now he is studing in class 3. He stands first in his calss. He is obviously the first learner from their family and both of his parents are day labourers. Their child’s education has never been a priority to them.Their main fight is with poverty that has never let them think something big for their son.
OFINS has took the initiative to make these people think about their child’s future. They committed themselve to shoulder the burden of these poor childrens’ education through ‘Anweshan’
Aminul’s parents stood overwhelmed with tears in their eyes when their son stood first in the class. Now they want to do anything required for their child’s education. Now on holidays, Aminul missed his school and his friends Now Aminul will grow and stand on his feet.
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha!
india
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha are very pretty twin siblings. They are 9 years old and read in class IV. Tanisha stands 1st and Kamarujjaman stands 2nd in their class. Tanisha wants to be a doctor and her brother wants to be a policeman. Their father works as a labourer in a factory. He dreams to give his children best care and education, but extreme poverty turns everything bleak and imposible. OFINS stood beside them and provided the children all educational suport that they could hardly afford.
Now, both the children are regular students of ‘Anweshan-Child Development Centre’. Run by OFINS. They are happy now as they enjoying every moment at their shool. There is a smile on their father’s face as he knows in his heart that one day his children will surely touch the height of success in their lives.
Sk. Aminul!
india
“Every child has a special talent which is needed to identify and nurture from the very early days”
Sk. Aminul is a bright student and now he is studing in class 3. He stands first in his calss. He is obviously the first learner from their family and both of his parents are day labourers. Their child’s education has never been a priority to them.Their main fight is with poverty that has never let them think something big for their son.
OFINS has took the initiative to make these people think about their child’s future. They committed themselve to shoulder the burden of these poor childrens’ education through ‘Anweshan’
Aminul’s parents stood overwhelmed with tears in their eyes when their son stood first in the class. Now they want to do anything required for their child’s education. Now on holidays, Aminul missed his school and his friends Now Aminul will grow and stand on his feet.
Chirayu-Homeopathy Health Centre
Chirayu is a Homeopathy Health Centre, the concept of this health centre is, here we will provide free of cost treatment with free medicine to the underprivileged people and not only that we want to Established Homeopathy treatment as an alternate way to protect our health which is safe and effective. we aim to provide Homeopathy health service & medicines to the low-income population in rural & urban area with absolutely free of cost and at their doorstep. We promote healthcare awareness among the underprivileged. We organize various health service camps in inaccessible areas to address the needs of the poor.
We all knows that today’s costly treatment and medicine are the key barrier of quality health service for poor and here is the scope of Homeopathy treatment that can give them a relief.
Impact
Over 4000 villagers benefited
Free medicine & Consultancy
Over 10 doctors involved
Multiple health centre
Objective
To provide Homeopathy health service & medicines to the low income population in rural area with absolutely free of cost. To provide alternate medicine and treatment option which effective is free of cost or low cost.
To provide free healthcare service in inaccessible area.
Target Age Group
Underprivileged & poor people who are belongs to below poverty level and who are financially incapable to avail costly medicine.
Target Area
Barasat Block I & Barasat Block II, Gaighata Block & others parts of North 24 Parganas
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Agnik-Academy of Sports
Since its establishment OFINS is running this academy without any fund support from any sources not from Govt. side or public sector. Few individual supports are our only motivation. Running a Sports academy demands huge cost as a result we are facing trouble very often but we have never stopped. This academy is the hope for many rural boys and girls. Currently over 100 students including boys and girls are getting football coaching from certified coach. Our Yoga Centre is benefiting over 30 students by specialist trainer. Over 20 Athletic students are getting regular training from professional Coach. Agnik Academy of Sports also enlisted under District Sports Authority, State West Bengal. The academy students participate in all sports event organized by District Sports Authority.
Impact
100+ students getting Football Coaching
30 students getting Yoga Training
20+ Athletic Students
30% Girls Participants
Objective
To enhance development outcomes in education, health, gender equality, employment and economic development.
To encourage youth in sports to develop good health, social interaction and healthy competition.
To building local talent to change community behaviors is crucial in making a program impactful, sustainable and cost effective
To sharpen those youth’s talent by giving a proper training-Physical training as well as mental training so that they can able to create their career in sports in the undergrowth country like India.
To Providing an alternative career opportunity
Target Age Group
For Football & Athletic Age group is 6 years to 16 Years, for Yoga Age Group for competitive and open for all for wellness.
Target Area
Barasat Block I & Barasat Block II, others parts of North 24 Parganas
Agnik Academy of Sports-Football Training Centre
Traditionally, football at the grassroots level in India has been largely neglected and untapped. The budding young footballers need access to proper training and infrastructure in order to hone their skills and be able to ultimately realize their potential, which they miss out on due to monetary reasons and/or absence of proper facilities. By providing access to quality training and facility to everyone, it becomes easier to identify the right talent from a wider pool, and to give the deserving youngsters the required training which would help them develop into successful footballers. Much to the relief of youngsters who are averse to theoretical education and rote learning, football offers an alternative career to them. Over 100 students including boys and girls of our academy are getting quality training from trained and certified trainer. We are focused on grassroots development to produce a potential football player. Last year our academy students represented state West Bengal in U15 level. And many more are playing U15 level in big football clubs in West Bengal
Promoting Girls Football in India
To empower women and to promote football at the grassroots level, OFINS organized first- ever Inter School Football Tournament at Badu, Barasat, North 24 Parganas. Many government and private schools participate in this tournament.
With the rapidly growing popularity of football in India and its women’s national team being ranked 57 in the world, such a tournament will be instrumental in promoting girls talent in football right from the elementary school level. Apart from being the first of its kind tournament, the event will also promote and encourages gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. Our academy encourage and aware girls and their parents to participate in Football. Our 30% students are girls right now.
Sports Academy’s Girls Division Received Appreciation:
Our Girls football training division which is going since last 2 years has received a great appreciation from North 24 Parganas District Police & Barasat Thana Club Samannay Committee for the upliftment of rural women in sports. As OFINS is also working on women upliftment and empowerment in rural area for many years, we are thankful for getting this honor.
Agnik Academy of Sports-Athletic Division
Athletics is considered to be mother of all games and is in fact the way of living and not just a sport. Athletics not only builds you physically but it helps in body coordination and gives you mental stiffness. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking. But due to lack of accessibility and proper training rural boys and girls are not trained or even participated in competitive athletic events. They participate in schools athletic competition but only 1% of them move forward. Lack of awareness and proper platform is also a reason behind this. OFINS initiated to provide that plat from to rural boys and girls and trained them by professional trainer and promote them into district and state level competition. Right now we have 30+ students in athletic division who are getting proper training and guidance.
Agnik Academy of Sports-Yoga Division
It is essential to understand what exactly Yoga really is. Yoga is not a religion, it’s a way of living that aims towards a healthy mind in a healthy body. Man is a physical, mental and spiritual being; Yoga helps in developing the balance between all the three as stated in Ayurveda in India. Yoga is not just about bending or twisting the body and holding the breath. It is a technique to bring you into a state where you see and experience reality simply the way it is. Some benefit of Yoga : Improves brain function, Lower stress levels, Increases flexibility, Lowers blood pressure, Improves lung capacity, Relieves anxiety, Relieves chronic back pain, Lowers blood sugar in diabetics, Improves sense of balance, Stronger bones, Healthy weight, Lowers risk of heart diseases etc. Yoga as a practice has innumerable benefits that positively affects an individual both physically and mentally. Our academy is providing competitive yoga training as well as wellness for the people through a trained professional trainer. Currently over 30 students are getting benefit from our Yoga Centre and mostly are girls.
Ichamati Flood Relief 2020
After 2007, due to heavy rainfall Ichamati river has flooded again many villages in Gaighata Block, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Thousands of people get affected and several hundred people are forced to inhabit relief camps. Cattles are living with water, some of them are lost their life. Hundreds of acre crop fields are under 4 to 5 feet water, resulting main earning source has stopped for almost all families. In this massive disaster, Our Friends In Need Society took the initiative for a Flood Relief Drive which has been organized in the affected area as in Bilchaturia village under Gaighata Block. In this Flood Relief Drive, OFINS has arranged meals for over 300 people, distributed a Hygiene Kit (containing- Bleaching Powder, Soap, Tooth paste, ORS, Sanitary Pads, Band-aid & Mask) to over 100 families along with Tarpaulin for temporary shelter, arranged a ‘Free Health Check-Up Camp’ where almost 100 patients got their treatment with free Medicine and organized a ‘Health & Hygiene Awareness Workshop’ for their daily life.
Kerala Flood Relief 2018
Kerala had faced the worse flood of century in India. Over 400 people died, nearly 10 lakh people were homeless, crores of lives affected . the destruction was so massive thet it requires to rebuild the whole state again. OFINS pledged to stand by the people of Kerala and we have donated 28600/- to Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, Govt of Kerala. We are proud to be a small part of the massive rehabilitation work which is still going on for rebuilding lakhs of lives in Kerala .
Flood Relief In North 24 Parganas, W.B 2000
In 2000 a devastating flood broke out in different areas of north 24 Parganas and the organization instantly made a drive to collect relief materials. The materials in the form of dry food, biscuit, parched rice, rice, and pulse, and bottled waters were collected from door-to-door collection spree from shops. Clothes were collected from domestic houses through a door-to-door collection in wide areas of Barasat Municipality. Since the number of cloth collection expected more than 2500 clothes & food items collection expected 5 tons, more than 1500 cloths & 3 tons of food items were distributed in Baduria and Basirhat area also than 1000 clothes were donated to Ramkrishna Mission Flood Relief center in Belur, Howrah & other NGOs.
Workshop with SHG
When you empower a woman, you empower a family. When you empower families, you empower generations.Conducting workshop with SHG groups those are inactive but having potential to do a lot. Guidance and awareness provided by our experts. Future planning, product development and other assistance provided. A question and answer session was conducted to provide insight and clarity on the topics being taught. The program extended different part of north 24 parganas.
Green Oath
we are in an era of Pollution, Global Warming, Soil Erosion, Species Extinction, Climate Change & many more. Cause of all these negative effects is only deforestation. But we can counter these negative effects with a small step of planting a tree. Trees help to combat global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide, removing and storing carbon while releasing oxygen back into the air. Planting a sapling & taking care of it till a full grown tree will lead us towards a better life & better world. In this mission to make our environment more greener & also to provide young students more awareness & responsibility OFINS initiated Tree Plantation Drive named "Green Oath". The project give opportunity to plant sapling and take care of sampling to bloom into a tree. We create a group of green friend to hold the ownership to take care of saplings.
Impact
400+ trees planted
70+ students participated as green friends
10+ School Engaged
Objective
To Plant tree as much as possible in school, road side, community, park etc.
To to improve air quality by intercepting and trapping dust and other pollutants from the air.
To protecting groundwater supplies and improving water quality in your streams and ponds.
To ensure clean air for our future.
Target Place
School, community are, forest, park, road side etc.
Target Area
Barasat Block I & Barasat Block II, others parts of North 24 Parganas
Khushi – Child Education Support Program
As per UNICEF, 8.1 million Children out of school in India and they are mostly come from rural areas. 95% of Indian children attend Primary level school but barely 55% of them reach to the next level. This is an alarming ratio that needs to be addressed. As per ASER report, learning levels in Government-run primary schools are noticeably low. Also the dropout rate is very high. We know that the Poverty, availability and accessibility of the educational accessories are the three big reasons why children leave their studies midway. OFINS , through "Khushi-Child Education Support Program" is trying to close this gap. The objective of this project is to give support and encouragement to all the underprivileged students in rural area. students from poor families find it hard to afford notebooks and other educational accessories, which are priced exorbitantly. This prompted us to take the initiative.
Impact
2500+ needy students benefited
Over 200 School engaged
50+ villages covered
Parental Participation increased
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Objective
To supply bags, notebooks and other educational accessories.
To reduce the financial burden for education of economically challenged families
To minimise the school dropout percentage in rural area
To support and encourage all underprivileged students in rural area.
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Target Age Group
The target age group are from 4 years and above from poor backward families of rural area.
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Target Area
The project area covers remote villages inhabited by the poor people.
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha!
india
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha are very pretty twin siblings. They are 9 years old and read in class IV. Tanisha stands 1st and Kamarujjaman stands 2nd in their class. Tanisha wants to be a doctor and her brother wants to be a policeman. Their father works as a labourer in a factory. He dreams to give his children best care and education, but extreme poverty turns everything bleak and imposible. OFINS stood beside them and provided the children all educational suport that they could hardly afford.
Now, both the children are regular students of ‘Anweshan-Child Development Centre’. Run by OFINS. They are happy now as they enjoying every moment at their shool. There is a smile on their father’s face as he knows in his heart that one day his children will surely touch the height of success in their lives.
Sk. Aminul!
india
“Every child has a special talent which is needed to identify and nurture from the very early days”
Sk. Aminul is a bright student and now he is studing in class 3. He stands first in his calss. He is obviously the first learner from their family and both of his parents are day labourers. Their child’s education has never been a priority to them.Their main fight is with poverty that has never let them think something big for their son.
OFINS has took the initiative to make these people think about their child’s future. They committed themselve to shoulder the burden of these poor childrens’ education through ‘Anweshan’
Aminul’s parents stood overwhelmed with tears in their eyes when their son stood first in the class. Now they want to do anything required for their child’s education. Now on holidays, Aminul missed his school and his friends Now Aminul will grow and stand on his feet.
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha!
india
Kamarujjaman and Tanisha are very pretty twin siblings. They are 9 years old and read in class IV. Tanisha stands 1st and Kamarujjaman stands 2nd in their class. Tanisha wants to be a doctor and her brother wants to be a policeman. Their father works as a labourer in a factory. He dreams to give his children best care and education, but extreme poverty turns everything bleak and imposible. OFINS stood beside them and provided the children all educational suport that they could hardly afford.
Now, both the children are regular students of ‘Anweshan-Child Development Centre’. Run by OFINS. They are happy now as they enjoying every moment at their shool. There is a smile on their father’s face as he knows in his heart that one day his children will surely touch the height of success in their lives.
Sk. Aminul!
india
“Every child has a special talent which is needed to identify and nurture from the very early days”
Sk. Aminul is a bright student and now he is studing in class 3. He stands first in his calss. He is obviously the first learner from their family and both of his parents are day labourers. Their child’s education has never been a priority to them.Their main fight is with poverty that has never let them think something big for their son.
OFINS has took the initiative to make these people think about their child’s future. They committed themselve to shoulder the burden of these poor childrens’ education through ‘Anweshan’
Aminul’s parents stood overwhelmed with tears in their eyes when their son stood first in the class. Now they want to do anything required for their child’s education. Now on holidays, Aminul missed his school and his friends Now Aminul will grow and stand on his feet.
Health Camp
Medical camp or heath camp is our regular process to check up basic health condition of underprivileged students in school and villagers come from a section who cannot enjoy the privilege of expensive medical services. We organized free medical camp at different places. Medical professionals came and provided free consultation to the children and aged people during the camps. They also spoke about the transmission and protection of different diseases and about health and hygiene to bring health awareness among the children and their parents. Examination of height and weight, blood pressure, and other tests were conducted, and medicines for diseases like diarrhea, itching, cold and cough, and many other seasonal diseases were also distributed to them free of cost.
Impact
Over 2000+ children and adult benefited
Free medicine & Consultancy
Over 20+ remote village covered
20+ Medical Health Camp conducted
Objective
To provide free medical checkup and medicine to the underprivileged children and adult so that they would stay protected from possible sicknesses.
To bring awareness amongst the deprived population of the country who have no access
To basic healthcare services or knowledge about the diseases they are suffering from.
To make sure people are getting the healthcare at the right time, and seeing the doctor early enough before a small health problem turns serious.
Target Age Group
Medical camps are conducted with the help of health professionals amongst the underprivileged and financially weaker community. The poor attend these camps to get free check-up and treatment.
Target Area
The project area covers remote villages inhabited by the poor people.
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Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Hi! I'm Md. Jakir Alam
india
I have been a day labourer and now at 70, I barely can afford the cost of allopathy treatment for my joint pain and acicity. My son works in a factory and he was not in a position to bear the cost of my treatment either. Then I came to know about the Free Homeopathy Health Centre “Chirayu” at Mathgram. I got free treatment from there and now I’m doing pretty well. “Chirayu” has been really a blessing for the elderly poor people like us.
Inter School Sports Meet
Sports give an opportunity to develop physical skills and to remain healthy and active, which is most important for our mind, body and spirit. Team sports are good for learning accountability, dedication, and leadership, among many other traits. Through sports encouragements we can engage children for developing mental and physical strength, discipline and practice required to excel, help them gain confidence which leads towards a self-control, self-esteem & honest generation. For fulfilling this mission OFINS has taken an initiative to engage students of different ages in different sports activities through a consolidated sporting event called INTER SCHOOL SPORTS MEET. The organization has been introducing this event from last year in 2014. This two-three days sports programme had involved many students from nearby High Schools with different types of Athletics games & Inter school Football Tournament. All winning participants were encouraged with medals, mementos, trophies & certificates. This huge number of student involvement through playing & non-playing participations seems that this sport event has drawn a tremendous response from students of all these schools.
Impact
Over 5000 students Participated
Mass Community Involvement
24+ High Schools Engaged
Competitive Platform for students in sports
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Objective
To Promote sports among the students for their over all development and encourage in Sports.
To Give opportunity to represent school and competitive platform to perform and showcase their talent.
To developing mental and physical strength, and discipline which leads towards a self-control, self-esteem & honest generation
To teach competition, in reality, leads to better collaboration, it is the way of soft skill development, There is a success even in failure and rivalry is required for true development.
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Target Age Group
Students from Class V to Class XII
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Target Area
Barasat Block I & Barasat Block II, others parts of North 24 Parganas
Yaas Cyclone Relief, W.B 2021
The Sundarban and its costal areas has been hit with a severe cyclone Yaas on 26th May 2021. For people in the ecologically fragile Sunderbans, life revolves around battling high tides daily and cyclones regularly. But every cyclone throws up new challenges to the Sunderbans and its inhabitants — something the people had not imagined. In West Bengal Purba Medinipur, coastal part of North & South 24 parganas people are badly affected specially now these areas are flooded. Thousands of people are homeless, They are fighting against hunger & maintaining hygiene in this covid pandemic situation. In this distressed condition we have organized Yaas Relief Drive at Sundarban (Village Parts of - Tushkhali, Atapur, Manipur, Dhoniyakhali, Puinjola) on 6th June, 2021. We covered 600 people by providing them Grocery Items, dry foods, hygiene materials including sanitary pads, mask and sanitizer.
Amphan Cyclone, W.B 2020
It was 22nd May 2020, that the Super cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal affecting 21,560 sq km of area. It was having winds with the speed of up to 190 km/h along with tremendous rainfall. Amphan strike the coast of Digha of West Bengal at 2.30 pm on 20th May 2020, Wednesday moved towards the north-northeast wards with a speed of 27 km/ph for past 6 hours, further converted to a cyclonic storm and moved towards over Bangladesh, about 270 km north-northeast of Kolkata. This tremendous cyclone resulted in numerous loss of properties and livelihood. The cyclone resulted in the loss of cropping as the saline waterlogged in the field, houses got smashed, over 5000 trees were uprooted. The area of Sunderban got ravaged due to it.Amphan has shaken state West Bengal from deep inside. 8 districts especially in coastal areas are badly affected. 80 lives were lost, Thousands of people are homeless and are living miserable life in roads and shelter. Our Friends in Need Society pledged to stand by the people of the affected areas in West Bengal. We have organized 2phase drive to distributed relief materials which contains 14 essential items like, Ration, Dry Food, Sanitary & Hygiene materials to 400 families against 1600 people in 7 villages (Bainara, Kumirmari, Rupkumari, Dhanikhali, Sulkuni, Khapukur and different part of Hingalganj) under Hingalgunj Block, Hasnabad, North 24 District, WB.
Ailla Cyclone Relief Drive, W.B, 2009
After the devastating Ailaa Cyclone, affecting North & South 24 Parganas in the year of 2009 the organization repeated the relief operation. The materials in the form of dry food, biscuit, parched rice, rice and pulse and bottled waters were collected from door to door collection spree from shops& houses wide areas of Barasat Municipality. Total number of cloth collection food items collection expected more than 6 tons & expected more than 1000 cloths. This time two or three members of the operation directly visited the affected area with relief material like food and medicine collected and stayed in the flood-affected area to distribute the relief material and at the same time for lending a helping hand to the others agencies operating in the area.
Awareness on SHG
Seminar and group discussion arranged with village women to spread awareness about SGH group and its benefit. Understand the main concepts of financial inclusion and women’s empowerment through Savings Groups. Understand the main policy issues and challenges in SHG financing. Also help to form SGH group with interested members, help them to get loan and other assistance.
Vigyan o Poribesh Sachetanota Mela
This two to three days fair is being organized by the organization. The programme includes mainly science exhibition, seminars, workshop, slide show on the environmental issues like pollution, global warming, Greenhouse effect, Climate Change and its effects, preservation of Ground Water label, Deforestation, Endangered wildlife protection, preservation of Rain water, use of non-renewal energy ect. By the organization itself as well as the students from a number of schools with active support by the organization. It attracts not only the visitors, who are mainly school students but many common people. Apart from students of local schools, the Government Departments like ZSI, GSI, PCB, Fisheries Dept. ect and other non-government organizations like British Council, WWF India, Calcutta Snake Park, BRCS, Canning Mountaineering Club, Madhyamgram Green march, Ichhamati Development Society and other NGOs have been taking part in the fair from its inception. The fair, which is held annually, is much sought after by the students and people of Barasat Municipality and Barasat Block I & II Panchayet area.
Impact
400+ trees planted
70+ students participated as green friends
10+ School Engaged
Objective
To spread awareness among the students, parents and community at large about the importance of environment and science in our life.
To involve students in science and environmental exhibition to motivate and explore their knowledge and talent.
To make social development .
Target people
Students, Parents, Community
Target Area
Barasat Block I & Barasat Block II, others parts of North 24 Parganas
