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The Sundarban Chirst Rural Development Society is a non-profit making secular organization founded by an Ex-Brother of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity and registered in 1995 under West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961.

scrds-holds no discrimination irrespective of caste creed or religion. providing free services for economically disadvantaged people of all creed classes and community, living in rural areas, below poverty line.

Focused specially on education and nutrition for underprivileged children, looks after orphans, handicapped and aged people. We also provides basic healthcare for rural people, mainly because no basic medical facilities are available in these areas private or government, conducting pulse polio and AIDS awareness program in rural areas, helping poor families for financial growth through self help groups, providing vocational traing for village youth.

The village are in a remote part of India (West Bengal) south-24-parganas, more than 100 K.M. away from main KOLKATA CITY, the villages are undeveloped surrounded by water, lie on the cyclonic belt, continually affected by natural calamities, like, cyclone, heavy rains, overflowing rivers and flooding, which spoils all crops and distroy all their livestock. A large number of the population is scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (tribal people) 70% are mostly illiterate landless daily wage labourer, in rural area they get job three or four months in a year, during cultivation and harvesting, rest of the time they hardly get any job. as a result, they are unable send their children to school or provide one proper day's meal.

The villages have mud built road can be reached by walking or by cycle, during rainy season the villages are become inaccessible.There is no school, clinics or doctors, Government or Private, As a result all are lacking general health care and nutrition, due to this there is a lot of problems with disease and premature deaths, due to remoteness and lack of transport basic amenities do not reach to them.

At present we have 12 primary education centers, spread at different villages with more than 650 children enrolled, all hail from labour class families, who benifits of study materials nutrition and education free of cost. There is another unit providing basic healthcare and nutrition for more than 400 small children aged below 5 years.

we do not have regular sources of funds also not getting any help from our government, managing to support them with the help of the local people and passonate volunteers.

All The schools are mud built, due to short of funds we can not afford to build concrete structures, we urgently require to provide shelter for the orphans, the aged and the handicapped.

We have a team of dedicated and committed people who give their time and energy generously but we are seriously short of funds. No donation is too small, so I appeal to everyone to help and support those underprivileged children and families and give them a chance for better life.


Social Scenario

Poverty is the greatest threat to political stability, social cohesion and environmental health of the human races of this planet. Poverty creates a condition in the society, which negates all human rights, not just a selected few. A poor person has no right at all, whether social, political or economical.



A Description of Family Living in the Community

There is no availability of safe drinking water. Few existing tube wells and ponds provide unhygienic water due to use of which many adults and children suffering from gastroentitis and skin diseases. There are no doctors or any dispensary available within miles and the sick are left unattended.

 

 
 
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