For 28 years, SARA Mission has brought free healthcare, schooling and livelihood support to families in the Sundarban region of West Bengal. Your support keeps that work going.
SARA (Social Aid for the Rural Area) is a fully charitable, non-governmental, voluntary social welfare institution, working for the poorest groups in the Sundarban area of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, in the fields of health and education. Established in 1998 by Dr Oby and a group of benevolent people and "The friends of Italy", it works to change the lives of distressed and downtrodden rural families. At the beginning, good health and education were far from the villagers' reach. Today much has changed, and we continue to work towards more, with the community, to the best of our ability.
All the peoples will get physically and mentally wellbeing. We believe that everyone has a right to live as a real man in the society
SARA focuses its efforts on remote Indian villages and works together with specialized organization and local community to set up and sustain the infrastructure, expertise and financial framework to raise health awareness, provide a range of primary health care services, and improve the access to education for the village peoples.
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A holistic community model focused on immediate clinical healthcare, long-term education, and economic self-reliance for village families.
A charitable hospital in Dukherpol, diagnostic pathology, mother & child units, dental clinic, free medical sub-centres, and outreach camps for isolated islands.
Explore 12 Health UnitsFree rural primary schooling, student scholarships, the "Bidhur Hriday Bhaban" orphan centre, child rehabilitation, and fine arts & cultural training.
Explore Education UnitsForming and linking Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with banks, conducting cottage industry workshops, and running health and guidance programs for adolescent girls.
Explore ProgrammesProviding free doctor's consultation, advice, mother's counselling, essential treatments, maternity care, and preventive outreach across rural area of South 24 Parganas.
Every Sunday & Thursday at 9 AM in the morning
Every Sunday & Thursday at 9 AM in the morning
Every Thursday, Saturday & Wednesday at 9 AM in the morning
Every Thursday & Sunday at 9 AM in the morning
Everyday
Every Thursday & Sunday at 9 AM in the morning
Every Thursday, Saturday & Wednesday at 9 AM in the morning
Every Thursday, Saturday & Wednesday at 9 AM in the morning
Ensuring children from underprivileged and vulnerable backgrounds gain access to quality schooling, nutrition, and care.
A monthly or annual educational sponsorship covers tuition, books, uniform, daily nutrition, and routine healthcare for a village child who might otherwise leave school.
Fostering economic independence and social awareness among rural women and youth through skill building and mutual aid.
Poor nutrition keeps families trapped in a cycle of illness and poverty. In the Gangasagar area, SARA Mission works with mothers, adolescent girls, children under five and Self-Help Groups to improve nutrition and health through awareness, training and community involvement.
Autism is a difference in how a child's brain works, not a disease. We Care supports children with autism and their families, with the goal of helping each child build on their strengths. Our team works on nutrition, physiotherapy and speech therapy, and supports parents.
A daily morning rehabilitation and coaching space for vulnerable children in the community.
SARA Mission founded in Dukherpol by Dr Oby and benevolent supporters.
Provided education and healthcare services to many families, while some areas still need more support.
Helped create a largely polio-free area through the Pulse Polio programme.
Working towards an area free of begging, where every family becomes self-reliant through access to education.
Helped replace slum conditions with a cleaner, healthier community.
Helped build a more transparent society through awareness and community involvement.
Recent dispatches, community gatherings, and journeys of children supported by our mission.
More than 350 students joined the festival from 2 to 5 February 2025, along with parents, teachers, staff and honoured guests from the area. Sponsored students, school students and project scholar students took part in prayer, puja archana, indoor and outdoor games, drama, dance, recitation, drawing and athletics.
Student Binata studies at the Bidhur Hriday Bhaban orphan rehabilitation centre in Gangasagar and dreams of becoming a teacher so she can help other children who want to learn.
Moments from our rural hospital, free schools, health camps, and cultural celebrations.
Your contribution directly sustains free primary schooling, life-saving medicines, malnutrition rehabilitation, and emergency delta support.
Rapid support with free education, nutritious meals, and health check-ups of a backward or orphaned child.
See Bank DetailsAny volunteer, doctors, nurse can join for a memoriable moment with us in the backward group of the area.
Message on WhatsAppSponsor a diagnostic camp or medicine distribution drive in remote riverine villages.
Call Our HospitalDonations are eligible for benefits under Sections 12A/80G as per prevailing tax laws.
Visit our hospital, volunteer, or partner with us to strengthen rural communities.
Vill. Dukherpol, P.O. Boyergodi (via Kashinagar), P.S. Raidighi, Block Mathurapur II, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal 743349
Gangasagar area, South 24 Parganas (nutrition project and orphan care centre)
Home of the CHANPA child nutrition initiative and the Bidhur Hriday Bhaban orphan care center.
