Gopali Youth Welfare Society

Gopali Youth Welfare Society commonly abbreviated as GYWS is a government-registered NGO in West Bengal and aims to improve the living standards of people in Gopali village. The organisation was started in 2002 and registered on 20 April 2005 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.[1] It is mainly run by the students of IIT Kharagpur with the help of professors of IIT Kharagpur and local citizens of Gopali village. It mainly focuses on Child education along with Women Empowerment, Eradicating Child Labor among many other causes.[2]

The organisation has initiated several programs[3] of free education, social awareness campaigns and vocational training.

History

The organisation was started in 2002 by Mrinal Kanti Bhanja, and registered on 20 April 2005 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.[1] It is mainly run by the students of IIT Kharagpur with the help of professors of IIT Kharagpur and local citizens of Gopali village. Jagriti Vidya Mandir was started in the year 2008 in a rented campus, and was shifted to a permanent campus in the year 2012. LIGHT, the pan-India expansion initiative of the society, was started in the year 2017.

Jagriti Vidya Mandir
Jagriti Vidya Mandir (Unit 2)

Marking illiteracy as its prime concern, GYWS embarked on an education program in April 2008: Jagriti Vidya Mandir, an English Medium primary school. Its main motto is "not to make the children literate, but to make them educated.

PaperKraft

Aimed 'Generating Employment, Preserving Environment and empowering women', As part of this project, students volunteer to collect old newspapers from the Halls of Residences of IIT Kharagpur. These are given to poor rural women, free of charge, to make into 'thongas'[4] or paper bags. Currently 30 women are associated with the production process who were given a week long training to make thongas.[5]

KGP Blood Connect (K.B.C.)

K.B.C. is also associated with 'Kharagpur Voluntary Blood Donor Organisation (KVBDO)' and have contacted the local hospitals of Kharagpur including Kharagpur Railway Hospital.[6]

References
  1. "Registration Certificate".
  2. "IITians run school to bridge social divide - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  3. "Initiatives : Gopali Youth Welfare Society". www.gyws.org. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  4. "thongas - Thongas of 1kg Manufacturer from Cuttack". www.indiamart.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. www.indiamart.com http://www.indiamart.com/bird-trust/thongas.html. Retrieved 2016-10-07. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "KGP BloodConnect". kbc.swgiitkgp.in. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
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