SMS believes that women are at the focal point of any society and her well being reflects that of the society in general. SMS is actively working to strengthen marginalized people (especially women) to have better bargaining power through capacity building and become an identity of the mainstream. A need for social change was strongly felt which could be brought about only through holistic interventions. SMS realized that a single project could not ensure human rights, dignity and gender equity. All-round development can be achieved through an integrated approach which strives to create an environment that permits the poor to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

The salient features of SMS's approach

Integrated approach
Holistic development
Capacity building
Advocacy

Micro finance was chosen as the appropriate tool to empower people with very low purchasing capacity. Economic solidarity has deep social implications and development projects were designed by SMS so as to incorporate social, political, cultural, economic elements.

The objectives set towards attaining the cherished mission and visions are:

Develop human resource
Create self employment opportunities for the rural poor, particularly women
Eliminate poverty, illiteracy, lack of basic health care, superstition, social injustice, deprivation of women and other vulnerable sections of rural community, gender discrimination
Make village self reliant
Conserve and protect nature
Create momentum for social change towards peace, tranquility and away from violence
Make poor persons financially independent/ self sufficient (specially women)

Operational Area :

1022 villages, 425 gram Panchayats, 64 Blocks in the districts of
Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Birbhum and Murshidabad .

Our Supporters

CARE, Children International through SAHAY, CARITAS, Feliscimo Forest Foundation through TSRD, UNICEF, NABARD, DRDC, SBI, UBI, AXIS, SIDBI, SASHA, CINI, Ministry of Women & Child development –GOI, through CIF, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of W.B., Ministry of labour – GOI .

 

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