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Women empowerment : The women play crucial role in the family, but they are almost neglected especially in the rural area. They neither get respect, nor proper care, not participating in the decision making process in the family matter. The Organization intends to improve the situation having the objectives of restoration of their rights and dignity through self help groups. Camps on legal aid & women’s right , Family life education, Role of women in family , level food security are the main activities
Promotion of Self Help groups & Micro-credit delivery: The organization believes that without economic stability, the question of justice, dignity, sovereignty and equality is unrealistic to the poor in our society. On the other hand, until or unless the women are empowered, or are not taking part in the decision making process in the family, the children who are the backbone of our society will not get spaces for their age appropriate growth & development. Keeping all the factors in mind, the organization started Micro-finance through women leaded SHGs as an instrument for poverty alleviation
Income generation for small enterprisers: We also provide different support including financial and technical to them so that they can stand on
Skill & technical training for the rural artisans: For self reliant of the women, the organization supports the SHGs for the improvement of their existing skills. The organization has given special emphasized on minority communities last year. It has formed 136 SHGs and linked up with Bank for accessing credit facilities in one hand and imparted skill training on the other for their sustainable livelihoods
Other activities related to child development and their rights in the target area:
  • Awareness on abolish of child labor
  • Participate in Pulse polio days
  • Organize cultural , games & sports related activities on different occasions
  • Advocacy on girl’s child rights
  • Observation of National Children’s day
  • Education and Nutrition for Orphanage and destitute
Health: Health awareness is one of the activities which organization conducts since its establishment. It works for awareness & services for the basic Health Care to the deprived & needy people in our working areas. A brief picture of health related activates could be seen as follows:
  • HIVAIDS Awareness Camp
  • Eye Examination Camp
  • General Health checkup Camp
Education: Empowerment of an individual becomes a reality when the individual is able to access quality education A brief picture of Education related activates could be seen as follows:
  • Value Based School for the rural poor children
  • Street School for Street the Children
  • Adult Education Centers
Old Age care: IRDS is supporting some Old Age People Rural areas
Micro Credit
IRDS have been promoted 150 Self Help Groups in Hooghly District, 250 in South 24 Parganas, 50 in Purba Midnapur and 150 in North 24 Parganas on 2009-2010. All the Froups are Credit linkage with the Indian Bank Nicrosate Branch, Kolkata, SBI and UBI. We are nurturing the Groups in Various ways as.
Income Generating Programme
IRDS Works for sustainable income Generation activities through Micro Finance among the weaker women section.

We provide training in different trade, management , accounting & Banking. We assist for bank Linkage, account operation, Minutes, Regulations etc. We also help in preparation of viable banable project report for SHGS & individual enter premiers. During the year 2009-10 we have formed more than 500 SHGS in different Dist of West Bengal.

We have been running SHPI (Self Help Promotion Institution)programme with the financial support of NABARD.
Marketing
IRDS provides marketing training for the rural artisans and SHGS.

Self Help Groups pf IRDS are making different Handicrafts and Handloom Products and for the marketing IRDS participates numbers of exhinitions organized by the DC (H), NABARD, DIC, CRAFTS BAZAR, GRAM SHREE MELA,JMDC, and NCJD etc.
Our organization also has beem conducted numbers of Handicrafts and Handloom Exhibitions acrpss the Country with the rural poor Artisans and Self Help Groups.
Keep in the mind of marketing IRDS is going to open one Outlet for the SHGs products.
Demographic Position of Area of Operation
Sl. No. Block District State Male Female Total Population
1 Hasnabad North 24 Parganas West Bengal 91119 86402 177521
2 Barasat Do West Bengal 160,242 114,542 274,784
3 Arambagh Hooghly West Bengal 130,058 123,521 253,579
4 Bansberia Hooghly West Bengal 110242 104,542 214,784
5 BudgeBudge South 24 Parganas West Bengal 114322 112,709
6 NandaKumar Purba Medinipur West Bengal 117,879 111,587 229,462
7 Mahishadal Purba Medinipur West Bengal 93,284 88,907 182,191
8 Kolkata South Kolkata West Bengal 2,500,040 2,072,836 4,527,876
9 Joynagar South 24 Parganas Do 102,772 98,970
10 Roydighi South 24 Parganas Do
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