ORGANISATION NAME:- “HOKER LORAI”(FIGHT FOR RIGHTS) WEB SITE:- www.hokerlorai.org.in REGISTERED OFFICE:- 1/12 Nischinda , Ghoshpara Bally ,Howrah 711227 CORRESPONDANCE ADDRESS:-18A Rani Rashmoni Road ,Kolkata -35 ENTITY TYPE:-Trust ENTITY REGISTRATION DATE:- April FOUNDER NAME:- Koushik Chowdhury & Rosy Bhattacharjee
About The Founder:- Founder of “HAKER LORAI” Mr Koushik Chowdhury and Mrs Rosy Bhattacharjee are entrepreneurs. Both worked as a social worker in their initial stage of career . After working few years in this sector they changed their path and stated their own interior design company . Beside that they feels to start a few charitable work with individual enthusiasm. They wanted to do development related activity with few like minded people with individual effort. They started a community based education program for underprivileged children of the society near their house at Kolkata area with 20 children in the year 2017. Initially they started this program as educational support community education centre named “Swapner Pathshala” . Now this program is a part of their community development work. They are very enthusiastic and optimistic about their work and effort to develop a new hope for underprivileged society people.
History of The Organisation:- “HOKER LORAI” was established in 2017 with 20 children at Kolkata area. It started a street children education program named “Swapner Pathshala” .
This was the flagship program of the organisation, running since last 4 years. After that it started other different activities to support underprivileged society of different area of Kolkata , North 24 Pgs, Howrah and Hooghly district of West Bengal. From 2018 it works on different social issues like Disaster Management, Health & Hygiene, Recreation, etc for society. There are 6 members actively participate with the program of the organisation. The very name of the organisation “ HOKER LORAI” means Fight for Rights. In India , huge community people are less educated or uneducated . Due to this reason they are not aware enough on their basic rights as human being as per our constitution.
As a result they are exploited by the privileged people. In the beginning of establishing of the organisation with like-minded people , the objective was to safeguard those community people who are exploited every day in day to day activities. “Haker Lorai” took initiative to fight for the people, so that they can truly be safeguard for the exploited people. Volunteers of the organisation always try to support to the community people for their rights on any social issue like SSC protest,3 Farmers Law ,CAA – NRC Bill,etc. By more efficient, acceptable and constitutional way. It works on Education, Health& Hygiene, community service (Blood Donation Camp, Dry ration distribution, Medical camp, Eye camp) etc . On COVID 19 Pandemic situation it starts an activity to support Oxygen cylinder in critical situation when hospitals, medical store are denied to provide service to the patients.
A. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES:-
“ HOKER LORAI” has started an education program by opening of a Non Formal Education Centre named “Swapner Pathshala”at Dakshineswar area of Kolkata. In the beginning there were 20 children coming from the slumb area of Dakshineswar. Those children were 1st learner of their family. Few volunteers are playing the role of private tutor. Children are getting tuition support from the non formal education centre. This education program stated in March 2017 and run upto October 2017. During this period children were getting small tiffin(occasion basis) , education materials like pen, pencil, eraser, exercise books etc other than tution support. In this period they got new cloths in Puja occasion. Only one education centre was run that time. After that this centre was closed due to few unavoidable reasons. From the year 2018 there were three education centres opend at Dakhineswar Rail Gate and Bali Ghat slumb area. Now there are 110 children in each centre attending this education centres . Well education and enough established volunteers joined in these centres as educator. As a result Children are getting proper guidance for their formal study. Volunteers are coming with bright educational background .
i) LIST IF CHILDREN AT DAKSHINESWAR
ii) LIST OF CHILDREN AT BALLY GHAT
New Dress Distribution During Durga puja 2021
New Dress Distribution at Puja Ocassion 2020
Enjoying special food at Pandal hopping program
Due to poverty children are coming with child labour background. For the same everyday they can not attend their study. Average attendance of the children 50 – 65 in a day . Thy are getting new cloths in Puja occasion.They organised Durga Puja in the year 2021 at Dakshineswar centre. Children are very happy to be attached with the organisation people . There are different education support program kept to provide according to availability of Fund.
They organised cultural programe during durga puja with those underpriviledges programe
Children are always under monitoring by the volunteers . Several time it is found that few children are absent for a long period (7 to 10 days). Volunteers organise field visit to find out the reasons of their absence. Through this process organisation got their acceptance to the community people.
This is a long term project for the organisation. Members are always ready to accept any challange to run this program in a fruitful manner.
They had also oragnized kite festival during Viswakarma puja
They also celebrate Chirstmas on 25th December 2021 at school rooms, they decorated the rooms with children
They have been welcomed New Year 2022 with their children at swapner pathsala