Introduction Objectives - Digital Empowerment Foundation

eNGO Basirhat Report
Introduction
Digital Empowerment Foundation & Public Interest Registry organized an eNGO Summit at Basirhat, North 24 Parganas
in collaboration with its State Partner Sukalyan Welfare Society. This event was organized on 14 th September’2014 at
Basirhat Town Hall. In this summit many Govt. officials were present as the guests.
60 Non-profit Organizations attended the workshop and have applied for the .org websites. They will all now be online
through eNGO programme. Out of the participants 6 NGOs had previously registered on the eNGO network and are
already online. There were some NGOs from Sundarban Areas like,
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Kholapota Sundarban Welfare Organization.
North Sundarban Sandeshkhali Development Center.
Kalinagar Tarama Sishu siksha Niketan
Sundarban Dream
Sundarban Anubhav
Gobindakati Sundarban SJ Sangha
3 NGO’s from different states like Uttar Pradesh and Orissa have also participated, they are:
 Monorama Visual Charitable Trust (Orissa)
 Gramin Vikas Sansthan (Uttar Pradesh- Chitrakoot)
 Association for consumer Action on Safety and Help (Uttar Pradesh)
Sukalyan Welfare Society hosted the event with full enthusiasm and spirit of
empowerment along with its team members.
Objectives
The main objectives of the Basirhat Workshop were the following:
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To see that maximum number of organizations find a virtual identity and are visible to global and
national audience by having their own website.
To provide NGOs with a digital or web space-in local languages and/or English-, increasing their
visibility.
To empower NGOs with useful ICT tools that can facilitate and enhance their daily activities and
maximize the outreach.
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Essential training in webpage maintenance, content uploading, correction and design pattern for their
developed websites under the eNGO initiative.
NGO’s came from different sectors:Sectors
NGO's
Health Care
12
Anti Trafikking
28
Education
6
NGO's
Health Care
Anti Trafikking
Education
Children
Women
ICT Uses
Awareness
Livelihood
Children
8
Women
14
ICT Uses
3
Awareness
34
Livelihood
6
Demography of Workshop Area
As per the 2011 census, Basirhat Urban Agglomeration had a population of 144,891, out of which 73,491 were males and
71,400 were females. The 0–6 year’s population was 12,578. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 86.88 per
cent. Bengali is the principal language spoken in the area.
History: Basirhat has a long history of farmer's movements like the Tebhaga movement. Freedom fighter Dinesh
Chandra Majumder was born here in 1907. Noted industrialist, Sir Rajen Mukherjee was born at Bhabla (also spelt
Bhyabla) near Basirhat.
Transportation: Basirhat was connected with Barasat by the narrow gauge Barasat Basirhat Railway operated by
Martin's Light Railways. It was closed down in 1955 and subsequently converted to broad gauge. The railway tracks in
the region have been electrified and there are EMUs services to Sealdah and Hasnabad provided by the Kolkata Suburban
Railway. Bus services to Kolkata and other places are also available.
NGO’s Participated from different areas
North 24 Parganas: 31NGO’s
South 24 Parganas: 9 NGO’s
List of NGO Participated at Basirhat Summit
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The B.V News
North 24 parganas Samya Shramagibi Samiti
Nalkora Pally Unnayan Samity
D.P.K Siddiquiya Aminia M.S.K
Kotra Abchalik Gram Unnayan Samity
Unai Netaji Seba Pratisthan
Thanapara Netaji Sporting Club
Duttapukur Anchalik Gram Unnayan Samity
Ramkrishna Loka Seva Kendra
Gosaba Anwesha for Science
Sundarban Anubhav
NajarNagar Arkid Club
Rajapur Champapukur Social Welfare Samity
Taj Gramin Yojana Samity
Global Edutech
S Vivekananda Skill Dev. Mission
Monorama Visual Charitable Trust
AFCAOSH
Universal Eduational Services
IIHE
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BhetkipukurFamily & Child welfare society
Bankra Gramin Mahila Samaj
Kholapota Sundarban Welfare Org.
North Sundarban Sdk. Dev. Center
Gorainagar Agnibina Sangha
Dabinagar Chhatra sangsad
PTH & EWS
Kanchanpur Hagrihi Mahila Samiti
Hemnagar Sundarban Dream
Barasat Ramkrishna Nivedita Sayambhar Goshti
Himchi Rural Welfare Center
Gobindakati Sundarban SJ Sangha
Swami Vivekananda National Youth Council
Cosmo Edutech
ORBIT Edutech
SVCSM
Gramin Vikas Sansthan
Education Work Center
Law Point
Tangramari Anandadhara Welfare Society

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