Calcutta Social Project (CSP) is an internationally awarded Social Service Organisation (NGO) of 50 years standing, dedicated primarily to support of slum and street children of Kolkata. It’s efforts have been directed through education and skills development and empowerment through livelihood enablement of slum girls and women through handicrafts, tailoring and beautician courses. To this end it runs :-
SHELTERS
The Open Shelter for Boys is located at 1/4 Manoharpukur Lane and is funded by the ICPS.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Towards developing in children a well rounded personality, CSP runs the sports programme with the collaboration of Rabindra Sarobar Athletics Club.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
In today’s world, computer literacy is becoming as important as basic, formal education. Most employers require their employees to have basic computer skills.
Survival Aid to Old, Abndoned, and Helpless People dependent on support from relations or others That support was no longer forthcoming following the economic disaster that overwhelmed the lower strata of society.
Medicine Aid was an outcome of the medical fraternity’s warning that the second wave of the Pandemic would be devastating among the aged who suffered from untreated co-morbidities.
Shikshya is the core initiative for sustaining the children’s education and enabling them to continue on the path of breaking the chain of inherited poverty.
Sambhav - Livelihood Restoration Program revived small but viable, pre Covid livelihoods by Financial Aid to restore working capital that had been totally eroded by survival without income. Roadside shops, food stalls, small vendors, florists, vegetable vendors, fruit sellers, road side garments sellers, stage technicians like make-up men, dressers etc. were assisted by CSP to restart their businesses/ livelihoods.
