Established in 1968 Smiling faces of Bustee Welfare Centre Bustee Welfare Centre (BWC) was started in 1968 by the Founder President Late Mrs. Sheila Davar to provide quality and meaningful education to the children from underprivileged section of the society Co-Education School from Pre-Primary to Class-VII Total 500 Children in current academic year Free education, nutritious meal, health care and counselling services provided to the students Other Projects Play- School attended by both Mother and Child Adult Literacy Centre for women Vocational Training Centre for youth Long experience in running school Experienced teachers and trained social workers Further, students studying up-to Graduation level/ technical education also receive support Continuous follow-up and individual attention to each student for their academic progress Counseling services provided to the students and their parents in time of need Approximately 10,000 boys and girls got benefitted through education and vocational training Successfully implemented the sponsorship programme supported by Save the Children Fund for over 15 years Good reputation of the school English Medium has been initiated from Nursery to Class-III Imparting vocational training courses in partnership with Lokshikshya Parishad- Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission Objectives: To enable the children to finish their schooling without hindrances of shifting To arrest drop-out rate at High School level To provide education through English medium to develop self confidence and competence and to prepare for the job market Plan: Extend the school up to Xth standard Build more class rooms, laboratory, toilets, library Install more computers Open space for P.T and outdoor activities More trained teachers Justification: India witnessing rapid ageing of its population In poverty stricken families least share of necessary amenities goes to elderly members Health care needs are not catered adequately No/ lack of access to Government sponsored social security schemes due to ignorance or lack capacity to avail those Economic dependency Objectives: To provide care to the elderly To enable them to be economically independent to meet their immediate personal needs To help them to regain the sense of dignity Plan: To start a day care centre for the old age people living in city slums Provide one nutritious meal a day Provide them productive training and marketing of the products Developing linkage with other old age service providers to access the benefit of their services Provide hand holding support to access Government sponsored social security schemes Recruiting trained attendant, trainer for vocational training and marketing of products Expansion of the school up to Xth Standard with English as the medium To avoid drop-out rate at High School level To inculcate the feelings of confidence and make them competent for the job market To start a day care centre for Elderly people from impoverished families To cater their basic needs To provide support to make them economically less dependant on their family members Bustee Welfare Centre endeavours to bring quality change in the lives of under privileged families Thank you