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Our sponsors:
Govt. of India, Handicrafts
Board: Handicraft board of India sponsored some of our
earlier projects on leather bags, clay potteries, and toys.
Govt. of India, MHRD:
Ministry of Human Resources and Development has been a major
partner in promoting Swanirvar's models across the state.
Govt. of West Bengal,
PRDD: The Panchayats and Rural Developent Department of the
state government has been a crucial partner in also spreading
Swanirvar's models.
Child Relief &
You: CRY has supported a variety of Swanirvar's education
programmes over the years.
DRCSC (Christian Aid, UK):
The Development Research Communication and Services Centre,
located in Calcutta, has been the major umbrella organization
for Swanirvar and like minded NGOs.
CARE: CARE has been a partner
in several programs, including
Self Help
Groups and Microfinance.
AIIH&PH
(ICEF): The Indo
Canadian Environment Facility, through the All India Institute
of Hygiene and Public Health, has been a major partner in our
Arsenic in ground water remediation program.
UNICEF:
Swanirvar joined hands with UNICEF to prepare community based
disaster preparedness plans after the devastating floods in the
area in 2000.
SARIQ/AED: South Asian
Regional Initiative/Equity Support Foundation has provided
valuable aid.
Share & Care Foundation,
USA: Share and Care Foundation has been supportive of
Swanirvar's efforts from the inception. In the early years, they
1:1 matched funds, up to a cap, raised throughout USA. Currently
they are supporting our pre-primary school program, in addition
to channeling funds from our well wishers in Los Angeles,
Chicago, and Philadelphia.
LA Friends, USA: A
small group of individual families, that now number over 40,
have been supporting Swanirvar from its start. They hold an
annual fund-raiser meeting where they present the last year's
progress and collect funds to be sent through Share & Care
Foundation. If interested, please contact Siddharth Dasgupta by
email (click on the LA Friends, USA link).
ASHA, USA: Based out of
several universities, several chapters of ASHA for Edcuation has
been supportive of Swanirvar's efforts in children's education.
AID, USA: Also based
out of several universities, Association for India's Development
has been supportive of Swanirvar's efforts in multiple areas.
IFA, USA:
India Friends Association, based in Simi Valley in Southern
California, has recently started supporting Swanirvar's efforts
in children's programs.
FoS, UK: Friend of Swanirvar,
UK, has been our largest benefactor over the years for all our
capital projects, including the land and the main
Swanirvar
building.. Initially led by the late Justice of Peace Tridib
Sarkar, they also got us major funding from the National Lottery
Board of UK.
NLCB-Community Fund,
UK: The Community Fund of the National Lotteries Charitable
Board in UK supported major projects over the years.
Hilden Trust,
UK: The Hilden Charitable Fund has supported Swanirvar over
the years.
Caritas, Milano, Italy: Caritas Ambrosiana of Italy has
supported many prjects at Swanirvar.
Indienhilfe e.V.
Herrsching/Germany: Indienhilfe e.V. Herrsching/Germany is our major supporter for the Shikshamitra Open
Learning and Resource Center project in Calcutta. |
