Mass Education (NGO) as a development player trying to bring about changes at the structural policy level and advocating for sustainable development of the most vulnerable and marginalized people. Mass Education launched the activities in the field of education, health, water, sanitation, child protection, skill training and micro-credit for livelihoods of women and youths and emergency assistance at the time of disaster. Since its inceptions, defending humanrights,
Mass Education is an effort to give collective voice to the experiences, achievements, sufferings, hardships and togetherness of poor. Mass Education acts as a platform, a network and an association of people’s initiatives to provide opportunities to mobilize human and material resources so that the people themselves can build their own institution and be able to develop and sustain their own economy in order to alleviate poverty. Collectivity, transparency and sustainability are the motto of Mass Education ever since its inception and through collective democratic action it has been successfully demonstrated.
Location of the project: The operational area of Mass Education comprised of several districts and villages of West Bengal and other states of Eastern India, Andaman Nicobar Islands and Andhra Pradesh.
Organizational Structure of Mass Education: Mass Education works through a decentralized method of administration. At the Apex level, the Executive Committee is elected annually where the President, Secretary and Treasurer are elected. This Committee takes stock of the annual activities, evaluate the programmes launched and deliberate on the accounts placed and adopt the same. This Committee gives general direction for execution of programmes / taking up of need based programmes.
Funding & of the organization: Mass Education raises funds locally and internally by collecting donations, grants, subscriptions and income generation activities. Mass Education was funded during the last years by International funding organization like: Novib- Holland, Oxfam, SAHAY Children International, MCC-USA, Terre des Hommes-Lausanne, Geneva and France. France Liberates ( Danielle Mitterrand Foundation), CCFD France, Secours Populaire-Franceais, SME- France, Mass Education International- France, Emmaus International- France, George Fischer Foundation- Switzerland and many individual donors abroad. Mass Education is also supported by the Indian nationals and associations and raises funds through its own resource mobilization.
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