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Karma Kutir, a NGO India is showing new horizons to the underprivileged women

Year Project Funded by
March 2010 – Sept 2010 Training in Beautician Course Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. And Lilawati Trust
4th Dec 2009 – 9th Aril 2010 Moitrayee Basu Memorial Training Project at Duchnikhali Village in Sandeshkhali Block II North 24 Parganas - Training in Hand Embroidery Ms Swati Basu
July – Dec 2009 Training in Hand Embroidery at Village Bishnupur South 24 Parganas Other donations
March – Aug 2009 Training in Hand Embroidery at Village Bishnupur South 24 Parganas Karma Kutir
June 2009 – Dec 2009 Training in Beautician Course at Karma Kutir Ms Catherine Pierse and family
Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 Capacity Building and Economic empowerment of Underprivileged women through Vocational Training (urban & rural areas) GOAL
Jan 2007 - March 2008 Capacity Building Of Underprivileged Women in Skill Building Activities – Barahnagar Municipality area Innovative Challenge Fund – Kolkata Urban Services for the Poor
13th March - 15th July 2008 Training in Tailoring for 25 women - in Ward no.85 Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Jan 2007 – Dec 2007 Capacity building & economic empowerment of Underprivileged women through vocational training (urban and rural areas) GOAL
2006 Up-gradation of existing skill in Hand embroidery In Ward no.65 for 20 underprivileged women Kolkata Environment Improvement Project (KEIP)
Jan 2006 – Dec 2006 Capacity Building & Empowerment of Women through Vocational Training-urban and rural areas GOAL
15th July - 31st Oct 2005 Batik Training Programme for women in Uttar Kajirhat & Vasa village in South 24 Parganas Other donation sources
Mar 2005 – Dec 2005 Vocational Training, Capacity Building & Income Generation for marginalized women- urban and rural areas in South 24 Parganas GOAL (Ireland)
26th Aug 2004 - Feb 2005 Vocational Training, Capacity Building & Income Generation for marginalized women- for beneficiaries in urban slums GOAL (Ireland)
2002 - 2004 Vocational Training & Capacity Building for marginalized women GOAL (Ireland)
2003 Training on Kantha/Embroidery & Old Age Care SKIP, Bangalore (through La Martiniere SEOMP Society)
2002 Handicrafts Training for rural women South Asia Voluntary Enterprise (SAVE), U.K.
2000 - 2001 Handicrafts Training in Block Printing & Jute Products South Asia Voluntary Enterprise (SAVE), U.K.
1997 - 1998 Handicrafts Training for rural women State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) & State Urban Micro Enterprise (SUME)
1992 - 1996 Handicrafts Training for rural women Karma Kutir with the help of Ramkrishna Mission Lok Shiksha Parishad, Narendrapur
1987 Awareness programmes for Prevention of Atrocities against Women in villages of W.B. and slums of Kolkata CAPART
1987 Projects on Literacy, Sanitation, Safe Drinking Water & Smokeless Chulah in villages of West Bengal CAPART
1987 Training on Net Weaving & Goat Rearing, Kontai, Dist. Midnapore CAPART
1984 Showroom cum Sales Unit OXFAM
1981 - 1997 Employment & Income Generation cum Training cum Production Unit NORAD
1979 - 2000 Handicrafts Training Centre Lutheran World Service(I)
1975 onwards Two Crèche centres in South Kolkata (From 2006 onwards Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme for the children of working mothers) West Bengal Social Welfare Advisory Board
1971 Vocational & Nursing Training as Bongaon Refugee Camp, W.B.  
1968 - Self Employment Production Centre Karma Kutir
1976 - 2000 Handicrafts Training & Production Centre Department of Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal
1961 - 1975 Regional Handicrafts Training Centre All India Handicrafts Board
In 1961, Dr. Phulrenu Guha, freedom fighter and noted social worker of Kolkata, started Karma Kutir as a Voluntary Social Welfare Organization with other women social activists of the city. Though the immediate motto was to help and rehabilitate thousands of people who had come to Kolkata being uprooted from the former East Pakistan, the vision was to empower marginalized women with self employment. With this specific aim Karma Kutir joined hands with "All India Handicrafts Board" to plan and run "Regional Handicrafts Training Centre". The centre initially took care of the eastern and North-Eastern states and provided handicrafts training to the underprivileged women from these states. Karma Kutir successfully executed this program that was not only attended by women from the neighbouring states but also part of the student exchange program with Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Mauritius. This was the first step of Karma Kutir as working like an NGO in India, but with only welfare of the Society as a goal and this successfully materialized its plan to empower women through self employment as well as revive handicrafts of Bengal like the kantha, which had long been ignored.

Till then Karma Kutir has meticulously planned and carried out innumerable projects on various domains of social welfare and made substantial contribution in building up of strong social defence. In this long journey, Karma Kutir has worked hand in hand with many local and international NGOs, state as well as central government.

Presently the activities of Karma Kutir are focused on the following areas,
  • Projects for Capacity building and economic empowerment of women in rural and urban areas for underprivileged women through vocational training.
  • Creches for underprivileged children.
  • Centre for cultural development of underprivileged children.
Along with providing effective training facility for the underprivileged women, Karma Kutir also has arrangements to market and sell their products. They have a showroom at Gariahat in South Kolkata.

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