Kolkata Twestival 2011

Thursday 24 March 2011

Globsyn Building in Block EP(1st floor),Sector V,SALT LAKE,Kolkata

Supporting Lake Gardens Women & Children Development Centre

Lake Gardens Women & Children Development Centre Kolkata, known as LGW&CDC; is a non-profit organization founded by social scientist Ms. Cäcilie Sircar with the inspiration of her late husband Mr. Shyamal Sircar and a small group of like minded professionals and social workers in the year 1992.
LGW&CDC; works with a center based, integrated holistic developmental approach wherein joyful and remedial educational opportunities for mainstreaming, health care, vocational skills training for income generation are provided to the girl children residing in the targeted slums. The main vision of the organization is the education of the children and to address and combat problems of malnutrition, ignorance and poor health. Moreover the organization emphasizes on awareness programs on health, nutrition and physical and mental growth and development of the children.
The targeted population are living in shanties along the side of the railway track between Dhakuria & Lake Gardens station.