About Us — DWASA

Our Story

A Non-Governmental Voluntary Social Organisation

Dunlop Women Association for Social Action (DWASA), founded under the West Bengal Society's Registration Act XXIV of 1961, envisions achieving a women and child-caring society that respects their rights.

Since its establishment in 1989, DWASA has been engaged in the empowerment of women and children in various parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, making unceasing efforts towards breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and ensuring easy access to the basic rights of protection, education, healthcare, participation and opportunities for a livelihood.

We have successfully been able to design and implement innovative models to improve marginal societies — such as setting up toilets and implementing street lights to ensure the security of marginalised people especially women, children and elderly persons. We work for all kinds of women and children, regardless of gender, origin, or religion, inspired by an underlying ethic of compassion.

Though the organisation started to empower women and children, our main efforts now are to enable poor, marginal and underprivileged persons to become Socio-Economic self-Reliant, Confident, Empowered, Educated, and Dignified in various forms of opportunities, scopes and services.

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Regd. No. S/89627 West Bengal Society Act, 1997-98

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PAN: AAATD7893C Income Tax Registration

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12A Registered Provisional Reg. 17-02-2026

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80G Approved Donations are tax-exempt

Registered Office

156A/58A, B.T. Road, Gitanjali Flat-1,
Kolkata – 700108, West Bengal

Branch Office:
Vill: Bhelara, P.O & P.S: Bishnugarh,
Hazaribag, Jharkhand – 825312

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Our Vision

Our work aims to break the vicious cycle of poverty and social isolation and to restore hope for a better future. We believe that every person has the right to access resources and opportunities in order to live and develop with dignity and to become an active and contributing member of our society.

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Our Mission

DWASA works for the social development and integration of underprivileged individuals, groups, and communities in India — fostering social change and inclusion through sustained, community-led programmes rooted in respect, compassion, and empowerment.

Our Purpose

Objectives

To work for the social development of underprivileged individuals, groups and communities.
To encourage healthcare development and health promotion.
To assist in the process of social integration and personal realisation of underprivileged children, young people, adults and families.
To endorse human rights — in particular the rights of children, young people, and underprivileged groups and communities.
To educate the people for adoption of the norms of good citizenship and to inculcate ideals of national unity.
To propagate the need for tree plantation, pollution control, and environmental awareness.
To help generate training programmes for self-employment of women and educated unemployed people, and to work for adult education.
To create training/education centres and health centres.
To organise forums, seminars, camps, etc. for spreading good living habits, moral values, culture, awareness, and methods of developing self-confidence.
To work for uplifting poor rural/village people for their overall development.

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Dinesh Kumar Saw

Secretary, DWASA

From the Secretary's Desk

A Message of Gratitude & Commitment

Established in 1997, DWASA works in various fields of social work. The organisation has been engaged in the empowerment of women and children by providing craft training and educational programmes to promote women's economic and personal independence.

We educate our women in finance, fair trade, sales, and support them on their path to becoming self-sufficient entrepreneurs. We continue to play the role of a catalyst in mobilising and empowering marginalised communities through an increased range of programmes and activities.