Community Action Society (CAS)

Community Action Society (CAS) works to bring holistic development through education, child protection and health & livelihood for the under privileged.

Main programs run by CAS for the year 2017-18 are mentioned below:

Education: Community Action Society is involved in several educational programs.

1. In collaboration with Sarva Shiksha Mission CAS has opened 2 residential Units for Boys & Girls deprived of basic necessities. At the residential unit the kids are provided with full mental and physical care in a healthy environment. The NGO sponsors education for children facing financial instabilities to decrease the dropout rate from schools. CAS also runs a pre-school for children to help them cope them up for their nearest future and also to give them proper education.
2. CAS has an “Out of School Children” program where they ensure enrolment in schools through these 5 aspects:  Never Enrolled; Long absenteeism (more than 20 days); Migrated; CWSN (Child with Special Need); Dropped out children. Through this identification process they then help the children to enroll into school with mobilization/motivation.
3. The NGO has assembled an Adolescent Empowerment workshop for girls to educate them and also to sensitize them about child rights, consequences of child marriage and child labor.

Child Protection: Under the Child Protection program CAS has independent assessments being carried out to encourage Child Protection and to promote Positive Parenting & Non-Violent discipline. Because of the assessment CAS and their partners have facilitated a Child Protection Policy and are conducting Risk & Need assessment at 8 government Child Care Institutions in Kolkata.

Health & Hygiene: CAS promotes mid-day meals at Government aided schools to increase attendance, nutritional retention complying with the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which states free supplying of food grains 100 grams per child per school day at Primary and 150 grams per child per school day at Upper Primary level. 

And also in partnership with SPLASH and Govt. of West Bengal CAS has installed safe drinking water stations and promoting hygiene and sanitation amongst children at Government homes.