Community Action Society

About us

About Community Action Society

Community Action Society (CAS) is a non-profit making registered non-government organization established for the upliftment of the community in the state of West Bengal in the year 2008. Since then the organization has been working relentlessly for improving the living conditions of the under privileged and marginalized community in and around Kolkata. The organization is committed to bring about holistic development through working in the spheres of education, health and livelihood of the under privileged section of the community, with a special focus on children.

 A beginning has been made with several development initiatives – Education and Child Protection being the main thematic areas of intervention. Networking, advocacy and capacity building are the core strengths of the organization, and these have been applied to the programmes and causes that the organization espouses.

Today, Community Action Society is working extensively on effective implementation of the Right to Education Act, 2009, Providing Mid Day Meal, running state sponsored residential schools for boys and girls, Child Protection issues and Positive Parenting and Non Violent Discipline across West Bengal, partnering majorly with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Sarva Shiksha Missions, Save the Children, UNICEF, Terre des hommes and Goal-India and also working with few others INGOs and number of Civil Society Organizations across West Bengal.