Kalyansree Mahila Samity (KMS) was founded on the 6th Day of June 1978 as per The West Bengal Society Registration Act XXVI of 1961, Registration No: SO 022320 of the year 1978-79, to help the women and children, sick, poor, helpless, and indigent persons.
It has major activities in women & children welfare. It is working on Integrated Child Development Services (I.C.D.S.), Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), Kanyashree Programme (KP), SAG-KP Convergence Program, etc. The main key areas of the programs are;
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to improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years;
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to lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child; to reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout;
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to achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various departments to promote child development; and
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to enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education,
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to empower the adolescent girls; to raise their voices; to demand their rights; to help adolescent girls; to share their needs and issues; and to work collectively to address various issues so that they can access the services from the different departments and governments.
KMS is working close with Government and Non-Governmental Organizations to bridge the gap of unnerved and underserved areas in the field of Education and eradication of illiteracy, Health and Socio economic development.
We play a pivotal role in the various issues of development in the community, starting with merely a work of income generating activities for women, in the year. We have now been able to establish its strong existence in the field of physical & mental upbringing of people thus to create an enabling environment to live healthy, strong & positive lives. The integrated approach with various projects of us has been able to create an environment leading towards better condition of people.
Our greatest strength is the continued support from multiple sources in the form of technical guidance, training, finance and materials from various agencies. On the other hand the continued encouragement and support of the people from the community were also a great of inspiration for bringing success of our work.
I sincerely thank of our funding partners, well-wishers, facilitators and the people of the community. I am thankful to the members of our Governing Body, who always guided me with their valued suggestions and recommendations. I also extend my heartfelt gratitude to all my colleagues at different corners of the state, because of their strong will and sincere interventions, selfless love and commitment to the society.
KMS was awarded the Best Prize in 2019 from Dept. of Women & Children Development and Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal for significant contribution in Integrated Child Development Services (I.C.D.S.) programs to provide welfare, relief and rehabilitation to women and children.
Mrs. Tanusree Jana
Secretary, Kalyansree Mahila Samity
