"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."
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: United Nations Development Fund for Women: We are thankful to UNIFEM for holistically supporting us for the entire project : “Dance for recovery, healing self expression and rehabilitation”
We are thankful to GFC for collaborating with us in supporting the development of youth trainers of Kolkata Sanved as well as for health and well being of the children in the communities with whom we work.
We also grateful to our friends and well wishers who support us in our activities, helping us to achieve our dream.
We reach out to 30 partner organizations in South Asia. We directly impact 2500 individuals through our process and 5000 indirectly.
Local Partners
Regular DMT classesThe All Bengal Women's Union started in the year 1932 with a group of women in Bengal whose aim was to aid their helpless, exploited and victimized fellow sisters. Bengal Presidency Council of Women & the All Bengal Women's Conference formed an independent organization for suppression of immoral traffic. This society came into being as the All Bengal Women's Union . Today they work to give shelter, food, education and free legal aid to deserving and needy women.
89, Elliot Road , Kolkata – 700016 West Bengal
Phone: 91 33 22293292
Email: info@abwu.org abwuhome@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.abwu.org
Anjali was born out of a desire to realistically implement some of the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission towards improving mental health care and treatment in India . The long term aim of Anjali is to create a user-friendly institution that would function as a democratic healing space for campaign, advocacy and care for psychosocially disabled. Through Anjali, we work in Lumbini and Pavlov Hospitals
93/2 Kankulia Road, Benybon A/302, Kolkata - 700029 West Bengal
Tel: 91-33- 22403711
Email: anjali_i@dataone.in
Website: http://www.anjali.org
began as a community-based initiative of women in prostitution in the Khetwadi/ Kamatipura red light area of Mumbai in 1998. Twenty-two women in prostitution, who had worked with Emmy award-winning journalist Ruchira Gupta, to make a documentary “The Selling of Innocents,” decided to start this organization. Their aim was to lead the end of their own exploitation and prevent their sisters from being exploited through sex trafficking. Apne Aap has six community centers, two resource and training centers and three re-integration centers in red-light areas and slums in Bihar, Delhi , Maharashtra and West Bengal .
Himadri Building, 22, Ballygunge Park Road, Kolkata - 700 019 West Bengal
Tel: 91 33 32511503/22893778
Email:apneaap2003@rediffmail.com
Website:http://www.apneaap.org
The aim of BSS is to emerge with effective programmes and multi dimensional activities with the objective to bring about the development of socially challenged children to explore the fullest of the potential that lies in every individual child in order to bring them to the mainstream society.
38 B Palm Avenue,Kolkata-700019
Tel: 91-33- 64516074
We are also collaborating with the Social welfare department where we started working with their two shelter homes in two different districts 1) Murshidabad 2) Coochbihar
We provide workshop based classes with children of shelter homes as process of counseling as well as towards the development of positive life motivation
Don Bosco Ashalayam had its humble beginning on the platforms of Howrah station in 1985 under the leadership of Father Anthony Thaiparambli. Don Bosco Ashalayam is a rehabilitation Center having 21 shelter homes and 3 night shelters spread all over Kolkata, Howrah, Bhattanagar and Kalyani. .
158/18, Belilious Road, Kadamtala, Howrah - 711 101 West Bengal
Tel: 91-33-26435037
Email:dbasha@vsnl.com
Website: http://www.ashalayam.org
Since its inception in 1985 the EZCC has been functioning as a cultural nerve center, between and among the numerous ethnic cultural centers/groups of excellence of the eastern parts of the country. The Center strives through its various activities to enrich, promote and strengthen these traditions. The Center is totally dedicated to the promotion, projection and dissemination of our traditional culture.
EZCC supported us for the International Dance Day celebration in April 2008 and provided us with space to hold workshops.
Health Vision and Research (HVR) was founded by a group of Health Professionals with vision to undertake Public Health Research as key activity. They believe in working with individuals in the community so that they will be healthy & independent, contributing to the national and international growth
With Health Vision we are working in the village Uttar Kumrokhali through dance movement therapy, focusing on building self respect & confidence.
97 GA Narkelbagan Main Road, Kolkata-700107
Ph: 91(033) – 24431980
Email: health.vision@gmail.com
Website: www.hvr.org.in
Samadhan is a Community based organization working to combat trafficking in the district of South 24 Parganas village Kultali, Madhusudanpur.
We work with their youth groups to make them aware of trafficking as well as to build their confidence. is a non profit organisation working in gender equality
through education and life-skill training, thereby reducing harm caused by violence and abuse to women and young children.
Kolkata Sanved partners with Newlight by working with their shelter home children using Dance Movement Therapy.
Address:162 Kalighat Road
Kolkata 700 026
Telephone: (91 33) 2485-0068
email: newlight@india.com
Website:www.newlightindia.org
A community based anti-trafficking organization working with youth and at risk children based in Baruipur - South 24 Parganas, West Bengal . Nirman provides these services: education, vocational training, counseling, referral services, family identification and restoration
Contact:Kamini Guchait
2/89, Vidyasagar Upanibesh
Kolkata – 700047,
West Bengal , India
Telephone: 00-91-9830107053
email: nirman_sanstha07@rediffmail.com
Parichiti works with women who are domestic workers to give them a better world by helping them raise their voices for their rights.
We lead a session with this population to release their tensions and foster peace of mind.
Address: 28/15, Dhakuria Station Road, Kolkata-700031
Contact no: 98310038183
email: parichiti@gmail.com
This is a famous School in Kolkata, West Bengal . Pathabhavan was the first school of West Bengal to incorporate Dance Therapy into their curriculum.
Montessori & Primary Department13/1, Palm Avenue , Kolkata – 700 019
Contact: Pradipta Kanungo, Headmistress
91-33-32570494
is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Kolkata , India , providing services of care, protection and shelter to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking and to children of women in prostitution. SANLAAP is a development organization in India focusing on counter trafficking initiatives for the most vulnerable - namely women and children. Besides its work in West Bengal , SANLAAP is an important policy-influencing organization in the South Asian region. It is also one of the first organizations in South Asia to holistically approach the issue of trafficking in persons by working on a range of activities from advocacy, and sensitization of various stakeholders on the issue of trafficking to the rescue, rehabilitation, and socio-economic reintegration of trafficked persons.
Central Office, Kolkata
38B Mahanirban Road, Kolkata - 700 029
Tel: 91 33 2464-9596/2702 1286/87
Website: www.sanlaapindia.org
Our work with Sthree includes a replication programme in their life skill education project. We also work with HIV /AIDS patients to help them cope with their situations.
Other local partners
Choice, a youth leadership programme, has joined hands with Kolkata Sanved in sponsoring an internship programme through the Seagull Programme.
Contact : 26 Circus Avenue, Calcutta 700017
Ph : 00 91 2287 7942
Email: choicemakers@rediffmail.com
After officially launching Kolkata Sanved’s program at Max Mueller in March 2007, the center has allowed us to use its auditorium for rehearsal space, performance and its conference hall for our partners meet. Also, they will bring a German Dance Movement Therapist who will be working with Kolkata Sanved’s trainers. The pre-visit of this work has been completed.
8 Ballygunge Circular Road , Kolkata 700019
Ph :
00 91 332486 6398
Website: www.goethe.de/kolkata
works to reduce poverty through workforce development and capacity building using ICT (Information and Communication Technology). In Kolkata Uddami provides free practical computer training to expand economic opportunities to students from poor communities. They also partner with other non-profit organisations to help them create a successful computer program according to the needs of their beneficiaries.
158/4 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata 700 045 West Bengal, India
Tel: 91 (0)33 2422-1941
Email: uctc@india.com
Website: www.uddamiindiafoundation.org
U. S. office
200 Brannan #114,
San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Email: uddami@india.com
Website: www.uddami.org
is a Bihar anti-trafficking NGO based in Katihar and Patna working in different districts of Bihar with children, youth and young women in community, slum and red light areas.
We partner with them to build self representation skills of community leaders and also to raise their voice in society.
Contact: Mr. Arun Kumar Singh
Tel: 09835411981, 06452228661
As a humanitarian, gender-sensitive and child-focused development organization, Prayas aims at restoring the lost childhood of neglected children. Prayas' Head Office is in Delhi .
We collaborate with them by conducting Capacity Building workshop with the employees through Dance Movement Therapy.
Street No.2, Professor Colony, Tajpur Road
Samastipur, Bihar
Tel: 06274-223976,
Contact: Ms. Indu Singh, (Mobile)-09835288144
Email: samastipurprayas@prayaschildren.org,
Website:www.prayasonline.org
Swayam is a women's rights organization committed to ending violence against women and children, based in Kolkata , India . Swayam literally means ‘oneself' and was set up to provide a holistic support service to women facing violence in their lives.
We conducted a Dance Movement Therapy Session “Self-the Mirror of Mind and Body”
with SWAYAM with victims of domestic violence, which focused on building Body-mind coordination , connecting with self and others.
9/2B Deodar Street , Kolkata 700019
Tel: 91 33 2486 3367/3368/3357
Contact: Indu Singh (mobile)-98352-88144
Email: anindita@swayam.info
Website:www.swayam.info
International Partners
DMT workshops/Training of the Trainer Programis a grassroots level organization that has been working to combat trafficking of women and children, which has now become an international concern. ACD is closely involved with the issue and conducts research and intervention programmes for women who are neglected, oppressed, tortured physically and mentally in their family and society as well as victims of trafficking for prostitution and other ill purposes. From the inception of ACD, it has conducted various activities to combating trafficking in Banladesh and gained success.
H-41, Sagarpara, Rajshahi-6100, Bangladesh
Tel: 880 721-770660 (PABX)
Fax: 880 721-775383
Email: rajacd@librabd.net
was established in 1987, Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN) is a pioneer organisation in Nepal for the rights of the child and against child labour exploitation. CWIN is an advocate organisation for the child's rights with the focus on children living and working under the most difficult circumstances. CWIN's main areas of concern are child labour, street children, child marriage, bonded labour, trafficking of children, children in conflict with laws and commercial-sexual exploitation of children. As a watchdog in the field of child rights in the country, CWIN acts as a voice of children through lobbying, campaign and pressure to the government t