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'''''Gopali Youth Welfare Society''''' commonly abbreviated as '''''GYWS''''' is a government-registered [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] in [[West Bengal]] and aims to improve the living standards of people in [[Gopali]] village. The organisation was started in 2002 and registered on 20 April 2005 under the [[West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B68wzHZ-gIi_Y0N4RWNucXdBTFk|title=Registration Certificate|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> It is mainly run by the students of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]] with the help of professors of IIT Kharagpur and local citizens of Gopali village. It mainly focuses on Child education along with Women Empowerment, Eradicating Child Labor among many other causes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/IITians-run-school-to-bridge-social-divide/articleshow/45063578.cms|title=IITians run school to bridge social divide – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-06-08}}</ref>

The organisation has initiated several programs<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gyws.org/initiatives.php|title=Initiatives : Gopali Youth Welfare Society|website=www.gyws.org|access-date=2016-09-24}}</ref> of free education, social awareness campaigns and vocational training.

== History ==
The organisation was started in 2002 by Mrinal Kanti Bhanja, and registered on 20 April 2005 under the [[West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961]].<ref name=":0" /> It is mainly run by the students of [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]] with the help of professors of IIT Kharagpur and local citizens of [[Gopali]] village. Jagriti Vidya Mandir was started in the year 2008 in a rented campus, and was shifted to a permanent campus in the year 2012. LIGHT, the pan-India expansion initiative of the society, was started in the year 2017.

== Jagriti Vidya Mandir ==
[[File:Jagriti Vidya Mandir (Unit 2).jpg|thumb|Jagriti Vidya Mandir (Unit 2)|413x413px]]
Marking illiteracy as its prime concern, GYWS embarked on an education program in April 2008: Jagriti Vidya Mandir, an English Medium primary school. Its main motto is "not to make the children literate, but to make them educated.

=== PaperKraft ===
Aimed 'Generating Employment, Preserving Environment and empowering women', As part of this project, students volunteer to collect old newspapers from the Halls of Residences of IIT Kharagpur. These are given to poor rural women, free of charge, to make into 'thongas'<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiamart.com/bird-trust/thongas.html|title=thongas – Thongas of 1kg Manufacturer from Cuttack|website=www.indiamart.com|access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref> or paper bags. Currently 30 women are associated with the production process who were given a week long training to make thongas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiamart.com/bird-trust/thongas.html|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=www.indiamart.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>

=== KGP Blood Connect (K.B.C.) ===
K.B.C. is also associated with 'Kharagpur Voluntary Blood Donor Organisation (KVBDO)' and have contacted the local hospitals of Kharagpur including Kharagpur Railway Hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kbc.swgiitkgp.in/|title=KGP BloodConnect|website=kbc.swgiitkgp.in|language=en|access-date=2017-01-28}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.gyws.org/}}

[[Category:Organisations based in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Youth-led organizations]]
[[Category:Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur people]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2002]]

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>BrownHairedGirl at 10:05, 26 April 2021