Our Mission
Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty by empowering children in underprivileged communities. We focus on three core pillars: education, healthcare, and sustainable community development.
Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty by empowering children in underprivileged communities. We focus on three core pillars: education, healthcare, and sustainable community development.
Through child sponsorship, donors make a direct impact, providing school supplies, meals, medical care and mentorship to children in need.
A bright-eyed child from a humble farming family, once destined for endless days in the sun-soaked fields, now mastering English and dreaming of innovation. That’s the magic we’re creating at Manthano Modern School your passion and our hard work are educating farmers’ children, one transformed life at a time. You might wonder: Why English-medium education for rural children? It’s a question we hear often from visitors. The answer lies in the frustrations of village youth. Trapped in tradition, they toil endlessly in fields under scorching sun or pouring rain, just like their parents, grandparents, and ancestors before them. Their young minds crave exploration but fear the unknown, with no clear path to a brighter future. That’s why we founded Manthano Modern School: to empower the next generation with hope, skills, and vision. Educated, these children won’t remain frustrated; they’ll revolutionise their villages into smart, thriving communities. Imagine them shifting from traditional farming to integrated methods that boost food production and wealth. They’ll harness innovative technologies and the AI revolution to agriculture, ending waste of water, energy, and soil while ditching harmful chemicals for sustainable profit. Today, though, we face hurdles in securing our building sanction and fire certificate for affiliation with an education board. Some officers hesitate without bribes, slowing our progress through negligence. As we persist with local authorities, we cherish your prayers and support. Let’s make their dreams a reality. End the youth’s struggle, rural children deserve better Education. Together, empower them to build dream villages with good roads, quality schools, healthcare, businesses, and jobs. Your continued partnership fuels this mission.
Reflecting on 2025, it's hard to believe how quickly the year flew by—so much progress amid the challenges. We spent much of the year tackling paperwork for our school and awaiting the District Civil Engineer's certification to advance the affiliation process. We had hoped for completion by year's end, but we've learned that bureaucracy moves at its own pace. Still, we're optimistic that everything will fall into place within the next few months. Securing affiliation with the Education Board this year would feel like the perfect New Year's gift! The children we serve in the slums and villages brought us immense joy during Christmas, especially with the Christmas gift candy boxes programme. Though we fell short of our goal to reach 600 children—achieving about 50% and skipping a few rural spots—the smiles were priceless. We've attached vibrant photos that capture the magic better than words ever could describe - checkout out our latest albums.
16 women successfully completed their tailoring course in the previous academic year. When Kolkata City Mission started this tailoring center with the help of Partnership World Wide 2017- 18, many women living in the slums had no idea that this institution would one day grow up and that they would get a certified course which would add value to conduct their own business. Sumi is one among these women who completed the course successfully and entered into the marketplace for her business. She took fabric from the wholesale market and began to produce night gowns to sell in the market. Soon her husband joined her to help take these products to the market. Right now she has four markets where she sells her products regularly. She also gets retail customers who come to her home to pick up these products. Within a year she managed to employ four more people to manage her business. Now Sumi is a proud owner of a business through which she can make a decent income. Sumi is one among the four ladies who started her business right after the tailoring school. The rest of them have similar stories to tell. Most of the women who went through the tailoring course are self-employed and work from their homes. 2019 -20 batch has already started with 12 women who have been really inspired by the women who have already finished their course. They have decided to study with us with a goal to achieve financial freedom. These projects will surely set people free from financial constraints.