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ICOD In the ir eyes / 3
ICOD on a Journey over a Decade / 6
Message from Founder and great Socio-Spi ritual Advisor / 7
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Message from t he Secretary / 11
Message from the President / 12
Message from our Supporter / 13
ICOD Mission on the Rights for Abandoned and Downtrodden / 14
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Home program / 16
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Education program / 18
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Good Health program / 21
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Happy Living program / 23
Audi t Report / 25
Our Beauti ful Donors / 28
Our Wel l Wishers / 29
Our Dai ly Prayer / 30
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ICOD Credentials / 32
ICOD In their eyes
Mr. Francis, New Delhi: “Amazing meeting of all those involved in social
work in this area. Enjoyed meeting them individua lly. Keep the great
work you are doing. Wishes and regards.” (01.15)
CWC Howrah: “It is an honour to be present here to-day and be part of
this event. The environment is lovely and the children with their cultural
activities have overwhelmed us. We bless these children. Hope they go
a long way in their li fe. God bless.” (30.01.15)
Anamita Dalajati , CWC member: “I have been associated with NGOs
since a long time and I understand what it takes to run an organization.
It is commendablewhat you are doing so well . I wish you and the children
the very best. God bless!” (30.01.15)
R.Lana, Princ ipal magistrate Juvenile c ourt, Howrah:”To-day, I feel so
great because I got opportunity to visit this nice place I rea lly gve my
thanks to the superintendant of Chiranabin, Howrah boys. I also like to
give my thanks to the Brother who organizes this Milan Utsav. During
the time of Programme, I have great gladness and happiness asthe faces
of all inmates were enjoying a lot. So my best wishes are always with
you. Carry on.”
Juvenile judge of Howrah: “I want to convey my heartfelt thanks to all
members of Chiranabin and ICOD for arrangement of such a beautiful
programme towards the development, mental and phys ical state of
inmates of the Home. The celebration of children Day ispra iseworthy. I
wish sincere success to the organizations.” (30.01.15)
The Archbishop of Kolkata: “ICOD is God’s work for His children who
are in need of love. May God bless Bro. Gaston, Marcus and the entire
team that lives God’s tender lovefor the weak and poor in the society.
May God bless all who are in ICOD” (14.01.16)
The General Superior of Prado, France: “I have been real ly happy
to dis cover the ICOD Centre and to me et every me mber. My grea t
congratulation for all the co-operators, educators who give a new life
and experience to the children, youth, or less young whom God gave
you. May the Merc y of God remain upon you all as al so His blessings.
My gratitude to Bro. Gaston and Marcus because of the evangelica l
happiness coming from the Gospel and that they a re sowing around
them. God is love and he spreads his love upon all his children whatever
their religions, races , situations. Thecharisma of our Founder F. Chevrier
is really living here. I have touched it very closely. Bless beGod” (16.02.16)
Barbara and Alex ander, France (DLCJ. GB members): “D ear IC OD’s
family. You are su ch a wonderful group of people. You share your love
with everybody , specially the poorest of the poor...” (25.09.15)
M.J. Conchon, France: “Second timeI came here.... This time I could live
some hours , have a night here with Dominique and you all. A wonderful
family...Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Michele Migone, Italy: “As always, a visit to this marvellous place will
help me through my year work in Italy. Looking forward to come again.
With my best wishes.”
Bro. Francis Marie, Pilgrim of Charity, “France and Sealdah: Every time
we live a day at ICOD, it is the freshness of a new birth and of joy for so
much love received and given. Go on more and more on this way of li fe
and love.” (4.03.16)
Father Martin, Parish Priest of Andhul: “ICOD is heaven on earthwhere
people of different faiths experiment God’s love and peace and where
all live together along Bro. Gaston and Marcus as one God’s family
without any discrimination. May God bless the inmates of ICOD with his
love andcare” (28.03.16)
Bro. Georges Dev, MC (Mother Teresa): “Greetings of love, joy and peace
to all of ICOD beautiful people. May the Good lord bless and keep the
goods works, Long live ICOD.”
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Ramakrishna Karmadhgaksha: “During the very short time of my
vis it, I think this institution has a great ambi tion to s erve the
dis tressed and destiture people our society. It is a greaat plesure for
me to visit ICOD. This place is very nice. I am very happy what you are all
doing for the handicapped people with so much love. With my love and
prayer.” (06.15)
Grillon Alibaba (French globetrotter): “Thank you my brother Gaston
and thank God to have been able to come by car (from Europe) and to
travel everywhere, realizing as you say that :”there is more love than
evil in the world”. I have the proof of it here. May God blessyou allup to
my next year coming” (29.02.16)
A. Mller, Germany: “Great happiness to have been able to meet Christ
through Gaston and to have shared one meal in the company of God “ (
29.10.16)
Udaybhanu Roy, TONA, Kolkata: “I will remember forever this day of
25th September. Mostly we are controlled by the communalist culture.
Despite of that, this atmosphere will help to be de-controlled. My only
request is to explore human resource with your activities and consider
all birdsand animals as part of our relations” (25.09.16)
Father Bert he Fer nandez and Bro Matth ew, founder of Don Bosco
Mirapara : “A tribute to the work being done at ICOD. Bro. Matthew,
Ms. Stephanie and myself are very inspired and edified with the dedicated
social work being done in thisinstitution. Whatever category of needy
people who are in Goalopota, you find them in ICOD getting love and
care. We find chi ldren, both normal or handicappe d, youth and aged
men and women receiving careand affection. We learn...We were much
impressed and we are offering prayers to the Almighty God to protect
this organization, their animators and workers of the institution. May
they be healthy, strong and committed.” (09.16)
Uttarkumar Naynay: “For the fir st time I come to any orphanage and
old age home, feeling an unexplainable never felt such happiness living
in the happy world. I felt myself for the first time at a different aspect of
li fe. Hope to come again and again and again!” (10.16)
ICOD on a Journey over a Decade
Vision, Mission and Goals
ICOD V ision – where do we want to go
Create an alternative people-centered society based on universally acceptedhum an value s of pea ce, just ice, soli dari ty, equa lity, lo ve, comp assi on,participation and self-reliance ensuring sustenance of nature.
ICOD Mission – How do we want to go
Fac il itai ng th e proc ess o f empo werment of the un derpr ivileged,downtrodden, dis tressed and deprived communities.
Promoting and strengthen an organization of individuals by encouragingtheir initia tive of self-help and reliance.
Organizing peopl e for issue based movement throu gh collaborativeefforts at local, regional, national and international level.
Ensuring a sustai nable existence with gender equa lity without thepresence of any social injustice, prejudices or superstitions.
Offering humanitaria n services to al l aba ndoned, dow ntrodden,disadvantaged women, orphan widows,divorcees; irrespectiveof cast,creed, religion and beliefs.
Creatingsocio-economic, cultural, educational and income generatingbase of the downtrodden section of the community.
ICOD Goals – What do we want to achieve
Total support and care to destitute, especially those found on the street,the orphan and the rejected.
A big family that belongs to the destitute where the y can spend theirli fe in harmony.
An unpolluted environment and preserve/increase the bio- diversity ofthe place enabling all living creatures to survive in peace.
An inter-religiousplamorm where the members of all religions treatedequally.
A centre for development of the abandoned, orphaned and downtroddenwhere they will be able to transform their lives and move towards‘mission independence’.
An inter-NGO rela tionship for grass root level de velopment and anintegrated network for global-social interactions.
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Message from Founder and great Socio-Spiritual Advisor
Brother Gaston Dayanand
TO ALL ICOD’S FAMILY MEMBERS AND WELL WISHERS
When I think about ICOD’s Family, I am of course first thinking about the
inmates, starting by those who are the most suffering in body, mind or heart.
But as dear Mother Teresa says: “the poverty of being unwanted, unloved
and uncared for is the greatest poverty and suffering”. That’s why my heart
is bleeding first for our little Broto, unable to see, hear, speak and move his
limbs. What shall his life become? I am sure if he receives enough love and
tender care from us, his li fe will be better than many among us. We must
remember, “the hunger for love is q uite more difficult to remove than
hunger for rice” (M. Teresa)
We can say this for all our 120 orphan and 40 other inmates, even those
who have absolutel y no one. If we know how to take the place of their
parents, then, their life could be made beautiful. For those who are mentally
challenged, slightly or completely, the same rule applies. They just need
understanding and smiling faces. “Kind work can be short and easy to say,
but their echoes are truly endless” (Mother). Other people in our great family
are very old (one woman is of 101 years old!) or on th e way of dying. We
have to accompany them on the road to heaven, respec ting totally their
own beliefs, but helping them to have hope in a God of love who waits for
him/her. Hence, their end shall be a beautiful Day for them. And for us.
Children who although orphan or semi-orphan have the luck to be able to
go to school, most often are thinking about their future. Girls want to get
married ‘quickly’; boys want to get a job ‘ immediately’. For those unsecure
young people, stud ies do not appeal for them. And truly, they are more
difficult to deal with than allmy challenged grandchildren put together. We
thank the Lord to have received this year the possibility for eleven of them
to find a way to hope more positively about their future life from Cl. VIII to
XII, graduation, university, nursing training and technical studies. My gratitude
goes to all those who have helped ICOD to direct them through these ways,
first of all to Shromjibi Hospital members.
Of course, other members of our fami ly are our dear collaborators, and
some 40 paid (rat her underpaid!) WORKERS without whom we would be
helpless. Another important members are our nine GOVERNING BODY social
workers who give their talents, qualifications and t ime and who are so
precious for us. Several are helping us from outside, and their contributions
are invaluable.
Local well-wishers have this year increased tremendously and geometrically.
We are now surrounded by a halo of dedicated people who try everything
to help us, not only through cash donations, but also inkinds and in proposing
us competent helpe rs in various fields. Our thanks an d love remain with
them.
Last but not the least, our hearts are full of gratitude and love for our beloved
DOMINIQUE DADA and DIDI of France, since they mean everything for our
family since 30 yearsand are our grandparents. They have suffered alot this
year, but they are continuing without fail ing to help ICOD and 18 NGOS of
four continents to carry on deeds of compassion and love. Only God can
reward them. I do not forget AVTM (60 years of help to India!), FFB Geneva
(45 years) and someother donatorsfrom abroad.
Concluding this message, I have personally to thank all of you, close or far,
young or old, mentally or phys ically challenged, r ich or poor, l iving in
happiness or in misery, for you are for me the RAINBOW that our Almighty
and loving heavenly Father has prepared sothat ICOD shall become truly “a
rural City of Joy” where everyon e lives simply so that others may simply
live.
ICOD is indeed a miracle, for “the miracle is not that we are doing this
work, but that we are happy to do it” (M. Teresa)
Let us bow our heads to receive the blessings of our beloved Lord Jesus who
have called me since my youth and prepared the deeds that I could not have
done without you all , Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians or even non-
believers.
I remain sincerely your elder brother,
Gaston Dayanand-Happy-of-the-Mercy-of-God.
2nd October 2016, Birth of Gandhiji
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“…the poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
poverty and suffering” - Mother Teresa.
“t he
hunger for love is qui te more d ifficult to remove than hu nger for rice”
(M.Teresa)
DOMINIQUE
NGO
AVTM FFB Geneva
“Rural City of
Joy”
“the miracle is not that we are doing this work, but that we are happy to
do it” (M. Teresa)
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Gaston Dayanand-Happy-of-the-Mercy-of-God.
2nd October 2016, Birth of Gandhiji
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Message from the Secretary
Smt. Mamata Ghosh (Gopa Didi)
Common Platfrom for Action CPA
ICOD
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Message from the President
Smt. Kajal Maity
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Message from our Supporter
Amis des Vi llages du Tiers Monde (AVTM) – Friends of Third World Vil lages
Dear friends,
It is with joy that once again we could associate our french friends with the
realizations of our indian friends of ICOD and ASHA BHAVAN CENTRE enabling
them to share through your letters and reports your fight to improve the lot
of the poor with whom we feel full solidarity as bro thers of one same
humanity. This year is special for two reasons :
- first, we feel how Calcutta, and all West Bengal, is a land blessed with the
canonization of Mother Teresa and the fruits that continue to flow through
the action of his congregation but also with those you lead in the same spirit
of service without putting yourself forward,
- and secondly, from our side, we are pleased to continue to support some
of your new projects (dispensary for ICOD, rehabilitation of disabled persons
with ABC) in this year when we celebrate 50 years of our presence at your
side in India and the 10 years of the death of Laure nce Souques at the
beginning of this beautiful work of solidarity between french donors, stil l
faithful, and their indian friends.
Sincerely,
The team of AVTM – Paris
ICOD Mission on the Rights for Abandoned and Downtrodden
ICOD is an inter-rel igious community of abandoned and downtrodden and is
committed to establish their
Right to Home
Right to Education
Right to Good Heal th
Right to Happy Living
Right to Self-Rel iance
Why ICOD believes these Rights are absolute necessary for the marginalized
section of the society.
Right to Home – When young people leave home, they learn how to stand on
their own two feet, but if they do not have a home! “Right to home”( is about
ensuring an individual gets a home to( put his feet on the soil at the first place.
Unhappily we see destitute children, young adults and even aged often rejected
by their nearer ones. Wish if ICOD could extend a home to all of them. Perhaps
we have a little satisfaction for the two hundred some people who have got ahome atICOD. We call it a home where together hand in hand they have created
the walls under the loving care of everyone’s beloved Brother Gaston.
Right to Education – World Bank sa ys in its report, “Education is a powerful
driver of developme nt and is one of the strongest instr uments for reducing
poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. Althoughthere hasbeen great progress in the last decade - many more children attend
schools and girls’ education has markedly improved - 58 mil lion children are still
out of school. Even when children complete school, they often do so without
acquiring basic skil ls necessary for work and life. This is particularly detrimental
when unemployment is high and labor markets aredemanding more skilled andagile workforces than ever before.”
Right to Good Health – The right to the highest attainable standard of health is
a human right recognized in international human rights law, asnoted by UN and
WHO in their report, saying it is “the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of physical and mental health without distinction ofrace, religion, political belief, economic or socia l condition.” We consider our
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health to be our most basic and essential asset to live life in dignity. At ICOD, we
take up right to hea lth for all our members is an inclusive right to stay healthy ina healthy environment. With adequatenutritious food and essentials one can
remain healthy insi de wh en ou tside envi ronme nt al so offers a heal thy
surrounding that is full of ecological balance and bio-diversity. Our focuson rightto good health has an all -round coverage, including the environment where we
live.
Right to Happy Living – We hear about consumerism and materia lism created a
negative impact on life over the last five decades or more. Compared with their
grandparents, in general today’s young adults have grown up with much moreaffluent, slightly lesshappiness and much greater risk of depression. In fact, the
World Health Organisation predicts that by 2020, depression will be the secondleading cause of mortality in the world, impacting nearly one-third of all adults .
Through severalstudies and even through our everyday experience, we are well
aware of growing unhappiness that is affecting almost all sections of people inour society. The concern over materialistic development has even compelled
certain theorists to rethink on thegeneral opinion of using Gross Developmentof Product (GDP) as an index of progression. There is an alternate view of taking
a balanced approach of socioeconomic development of a country and its people
that reflects in their Gross National Happiness (GNH). We at ICOD understand, itmight be impossible to eradicate the forces causing an increase in depression
and unhappiness, but it is our right not to surrender in front of those pressures.People here may be disconnected from their familiesand communities, but they
build a strong social fabric of togethernessfilled with love and compass ion, which
is the source of happy living. We believe it is one of our fundamental rights tolive and let live happily.
Right to Sel f-Reliance –The poor peo ple’s voices tell us that poverty is morethan low income - it is also abo ut vulnera bility, e xclusion and isola tion,
unaccountabil ity, powerlessness , and exposure to violence. A country where a
large segment of people suffer from joblessness or decreasing earning to livetheir li fe with dignity, right to self-reliance is more important. Even if some people
do not own a piece of land or they have assets from their ancestors they shouldhold a sense of “can do” attitude to rewrite theirfuture. Empirical evidence and
operational experience show that social development by putting “people first”
in this context, promotes better growth, better projects and better qua lity oflife. As the people at ICOD have past imprints of various adversities itis important
to infuse confidence on their own ability and help them to contribute to various
income generating activities.
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Home program
New Building - Malala senior orphan’s Home:
Due to the new admi ssions of the tribals of Belari NGO in January 2016, we
were obliged to build a new small bungalow with three rooms with four beds
for the senior orphan girls. One room however has been kept for dance’s classes
and or special guest room. Actua lly, a completely mad lady, but very quiet, is
remaining in it. This newly thatched roof and clay addition balances elegantly
the first homeof the juniors. The cost has been borne by the Swiss Organization
“Asha Bengale” of our friend Fabian.
New Building - ‘Karuna’ old men Home
There was a great need to make a home for the old men a lone. As usual, we
could not do this with our budget. Fortunately, one of our oldest inmate, Kanai
Babu, 72, proposed us to pay the entire cost for a new tiled bungalow, with the
pensions rece ived for both his wife K oruna and his boy, both menta lly
handicapped, and both died at ICOD some years ago. Now there are 8 men
inside it. And we gave the name of his wife to it. He has also made a small statue
of his wife, which is quite moving.
Kitchen renovation for gas installation
Our kitchen was outdated and used only wood from our forestry department.
But to receive tra inees from other NGOs or Government, we were obliged to
convert it in a more modern way, e.g. gas. We have completely transformed it in
concrete in such a way that it would not be visible from outside.
Carpentry rebuil t and Guest room
Since the whole building of carpentry has collapsed, we have decided to rebuild
it with two additio nal places: a rest-room for the workers at one hand and a
guest room for our visitors on the other end, complete with veranda, bath-
room, water and electricity. Three guests can be accommodated at a time.
Renovation of the stage of the big Hall
We feel it was time to complete thestage where so many cultural manifestations
are organized. Eleven concrete pillars to prevent rain flooding inside have been
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erected, since the previous temporary structure was collapsing. Proper tarpaulins
walling wil l be done this year.
Installation of photo voltaic solar light. This scheme has been prepared since
one year, but has failed to be implemented due to the refusal of the Electricity
Board of Howrah to cooperate with us for the injection of extra power from us
to their grid. It is only afterseven months consultation that we were allowed to
start it. The technicians of KUJUR Company have finalized the work within one
month. 30 solar photovoltaic panels have been installedon one concrete terrace
to provide solar power to five of our buildings:
Mother Teresa Home(menta ll y sick women),
Tagore Hall (physi ca lly chal lenged girls and old women),
Two Malala Homes (for orphan, girl s seniors and juniors)
Ga ndhi Bhaban (res idence of the Secretary, the Founder andguests.
Since the power (7Kw) is strong, we are preparing a pro ject to extend the
electricity to several other buildings. A new scheme is being prepared for the
solar electrificati on of the whole of ICOD, including the men/boys Unit and
heating water pannels.
The whole project is paid by our friends of INDIAN PROJECT in Switzerland, driven
by Miss Stephanie Perregaux, a real friend of India speaking Bengali and, as an
engineer, who has also helped us in preparing the technical papers to help us.
Nine people have been trained for maintenance during the whole project and
our boys and girls will make special contributions to environment and pollution
problems.
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Education program
Educational improvement
Towards a bright future 15 of our students are pursuing their studies outside
ICOD but under our supervision and help.
ICOD boys and girls at Shramajibi Hospital and Pathshala , Srirampur,
Hooghly: Four girls and two boys , a total of six students have been sent
for formal education in class VII to X. Their boarding and education cost
is completely taken by this so generous hospital, hoping that after their
basic and vocational medical education, they will be able to work in
various capacities: either as nurse or laboratory assistant or warden boys
or even as phys ician. They are paid from the beginning for their duties.
It is a great chance for those students of so poor famil ies(mostly semi-
orphan in distres s)who with us could have hoped nothing else than
marriagesfor the girls or become irregular daily-labourers for the boys.
One Musl im girl , Moryam, daughter of an orphan mother to whom we
gave marriage, has starting nursing diploma for three years.
ICOD boys and girls at Shramajibi Hospital and Pathshala , Bel ur,
Howrah: One gi rl, Saheli , who has successfull y completed her Cla ssXII (heigher secondary) exams has s tarted al so three year trainingfor nurs ing. Sheis receiving a monthly stipend from the beginning.
On Higher Secondary studies: At Don Bosco Howrah Technical we have
sent Rahul Ja iswara, one orphan boy from Pilkhana but with us since 11
years and having passed successfully Matriculation for a three years
training of ITI. Runu Ghosh, also orphan of father and mother, continues
classXI supported by us. One Christian girl, Smita Minj, from Oraon tribal,
although having studied at ICOD, is pursuing class XI at Jalpaiguri, taking
into account her difficult family’s situation. We are supporting the cost
with the aid of a Swiss family.
On Graduation and Pos tgraduation studies: Mumtaz, s emi-orphan
Muslim girl , is now completing his second university year at Calcutta
University staying in a Kolkata Hostel. Dal ia , also a Muslim girl, is on
second year of graduation at Uluberia College. Mamoni, 22 years post-
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polio girl is 80% handicapped (two legs, torso with four call ipers) and cannot
move properly, has been with us for many years, and is now in her second
year of graduation, residing with her parents who are both helpless.
On English medium school: Rana Ghosh, 11 years, boy under foster care,
iscontinuing with exceptional successat class VI in a school cum college
at Kolkata Thakur pukur. He is supported both by our Secretary and
Dominique Didi (personnally).
Mentally Retarded (MR) Boys or Girls Rehabilitation
Balram Samanto, a professional from Hope Foundat ion, provide his
service two days a week, making the link between HOPE Foundation,
Kolkata and ICOD Mentally retarded (MR) and the staff, and meetings
between every group.
Lakshman Bhuia, provides his service two daysa week, make vocational
classes for the MR and also helping the school children in keeping the
compound clean.
Pulok Jana, a specia lis t MR educator provides his service 5 days awe ek, trying to detect wha t i s the best for his chi ldren (work,
cleaning, clas s , special needs, storytelling, etc.) in the 15 MR boys.
Nirmal Koya l, a teacher for coaching small boys, playing with them,
washing them, helper for medicines distribution etc.
Biswadeep Dey, an engineer from Odisha, is giving voluntary service
three days a month to helpthe school children to read and tell stories.
Some interested MR boys and girls are also coming to his class.
Shyamal Kirtan,i s coaching 3 hours per day on evening the school
children.
During the monsoon, 4 Brickfields teachers are coming daily to make
specia l classes for the MR and regular children on evening.
Dr. Soma Adhikary is regularly coming from Kolaghat (Midnapur) to spend
some time with the children, donating a lot of pr ecious and costly
medicines and also toys and clothesfor them.
New Professional for mental girls: a young lady, Jhuma Bera who has a
diploma of special education for mentally retarded, comes every day to
tra in by group our mentally sick girls . She has been sent and paid by
HOPE Kolkata and is a great asset for us. We are expecting another
woman sent by the same NGO.
Our Morning School for ICOD and V illage Boys and Girls
We are contnuing our morning coaching centre for several years where 200
boys and girls from the surrounding vil lages join with ICOD students. Now there
are eight teachers, quite qualified. This year we have re newed its staff and
brought a new English teacher.
“In conclusion, we are thinking that ICOD has become a real“FOSTER HOME”, with one grandfather also considered as afather, with one mother and many grandmothers, daughters,sons, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, nephew, nieces, auntiesand uncles etc. including our 16 married girls and their husbandsand children even now coming with some great-grandchildren.Everyone is called by the correspondent Bengali name andeveryone is aware that they are living in a real family, with itsjoys and its difficulties.”
Thalassemia Checking - free checki ng by Ul uberia Hospi ta l : 73
inmates were checked and four cases were found.
Dental Camp - free checking by Rotary Sadan, Kolkata : 250 inmates
were checked. Cognizant Outreach team supported this where a
group of young people has enterta ined the children.
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ICOD Family - Statistics
Inma tes
Total166
Boys 57
Girls 109
Orphan145
No Parent 76
Single Parent 69
Handicapped
102
Phy sically 13
Mentally 76
Both 13
Old Age20
Men 12
Women 8
Students
51
Boys 20
Girls 21
Stay ing outside for higher studies 10
Staff
Total 68
For Homes
39
24x7 Members 6
Full Time 28
Part Time 5
For Other Units 29 Teachers for Coaching (200 children) 9
Trainers (tailoring, phy siotherapist,tabla, dance, music teacher)
5
Brickfield teachers (n on formal education in10 brickfields)
12
Doctor and staff in public dispensary 3
Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Good Health program
Commitment to Healthy Environment
Since January 201 6, a grou p of t en gir ls have been t rained to value the
environment; detect and protect various problems that can contribute to the
environmental degradations and pollutions that may be social, environmental,
water, air, sight, or noise pollution. They have made several posters to expla in
the issues to ot hers. They have bee n also taugh t how to improve t heir
environment and dec lare war to plastic, papers, smoking, pond protection,
electricity saving, etc. Thishas led them to propose a very huge board of 3m x
2mabout all these variousproblems, their causes and their cure.
Waste Management
Two new garbage cement chambers have been put close to the river as a burning
place for all our wastes. We arethinking to install a small incinerator for better
environment protection.
Pure and Safe Drinking Water
Insta llation of water-purifying machines at every unit is completed.
Health Improvement Programs
We run our prima ry hea l thcare uni t, Heali ng Touch, which i s
currently a bi-weekly dis pensary operated by an MBBS doctor and
two paramedics. The Doctor fol lows and treats a ll our inmates.
Blood donation Camp (a t the occas ion of Dada’s 80th Bi rthday)
with a participati on of 65 donors
Eye Camp - free checking and operations by Lions Club Ulube ria :190 people have been checke d, 13 free ca taract operations
performed, and 81 free glass es were distributed.
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Highlights of 2015-16 under Right to Happy Living program
Main gate and bilateral wall ing entrance restructuration
It took several months for our artist and helper (both our staff since long time)
to transform our ta ll entrance Gate into a beautiful and meaningful artistic
contribution. The rainbow expresses the variety of our in mates, like a mini-
Indian vil lage, with various, ages, genders, religions, castes, cultures, languages,
health conditions, etc. The bilateral entrance explains in many small bas-reliefs
the various cultura l and social inspirations of our endeavour, so that ICOD will
become truly a “RURAL CITY OF JOY”
Shanti Niwas - Abode of peace bas-relief
The last completed artistic work at the entrance to wel come the arrival of
Muslim and Hindu guests at ICOD according to the local culture.
Makeover of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue
A golden aureole hasbeen added to her statue after her canonization as Saint.
Various TV programs on Zee Bangla channel
Invitation for Dadagi ri Program to our Founde r,which createdseveral important consequences for ICOD. It brought a continuousflow of NGOs, busi ness houses , groups , and indi vidual peoplemoved by the audition and show of video aboutICOD. They bring many
pr op os al s for he lp , gi ve i mp or ta nt c on tr ib ut io ns , in di vi du al
involvements, participation in cas h, clothes and toys distributions,
medicines, medical check-ups, short or long termes projects etc.
Three times entertainment teams of Zee Banglacame to ICOD (including
actor, actress and video filming)
Dance participation of our girls to “Dance Bangla Dance” TV show with
important rewards
Living in Joy and Happiness
“Raju Chi ldren Park” with seven attractions for girls - Re alized by
contribution of ABC Kathila (Uluberia) and SARHA (Kolkata)
New flowers garden for girls (Mala la Bhavan bungalow)
New water-lilies pond with tortoise protection, saved, kept and released
after some months.
New highly professional dance teacher for girlsfrom Kolkata: Mrs. Aparna
Bhatacharjee
Happy Times with en thusiastic visitors
One year of marriage’s celebration with twoyoung doctors from Kolkata:
they pay the cost of food and the function.
Dr. SOMA Dey (Kolaghat, Midnapur) frequent small donations for children
in kind (e.g all Puja ’s clothes, important medicines, toys etc.
Cognizant Organization, Kolkata: repeated education plus entertainment
sessions by a group of young people.
Brickfields landlady: fruits donations for all 400 children and also frequent
donations of various clothes and toys etc.
Two Bel ur Ramakrishna t each ers: many bo oks dona tion s about
Ramkrishna, Vivekananda, Bhogini Nivedita, Vedas etc.
Shyampur club: various school’s giftsand bags for children
Family from Bongaon (North 24 Parganas) - donation for our 50 orphan
nice specia l clothes.
Ashok Chakraborty family contribution for the tenth anniversary of the
death of his daughter on 18th June: function’s cost, toys, clothes, food
etc. and several lakhs to start animal husbandry.
Family Shambu Ghosh: his important contribution to look after his two
mentally sick daughters.
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Our Beautiful Donors
Sl. No. Name & Address of Individual and Instit utional Donor
1 LA CITE DE L A JOIE DE DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE, France
2 AVTM (Help to the villages of Third World), France
3 Association Asha Bengal, Switzerland
4 CATHERINE ET DENIS COLLOMB, France
5 Indian Project, France
6 FUND URGENCE MICRO REALISATION EN FAVEUR
DESHERTES DE CALC UTTA, Switzerland
7 H.E.L.P. INDIA Trust, Andhra Pradesh, India
8 Hope Kolkata Foundation, Kolkata, India
9 Rama Chakraborty, Bashdroni, Kolkata, India
10 Muktadhara, Uttarpara, Hooghly, India
11 Sarha, Kolkata, India
12 Healing Life, Kolkata, India
13 Sramajibi Hospital, Belur, Howrah, India
14 Dr. Soma Adhi karyKolaghat, Purba Medi nipur, India
15 ABC (Asha Bhaban Center)Kantila, Ulu beria, India
16 Mamraj Agarwal Foundation, Kolkata, India
17 Uluberia Lions Hospital, Uluberia, Howrah, India
18 Tulshi Brick Field, Ulughata, Shyampur, Howrah, India
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Our Well Wishers
Govt. of India
Govt. of West Bengal
District Magistrate, Howrah
BDO, Shyampur, Howrah
Gram Panchayey Office, Dhandali, Howrah
Sri Pulak Roy, MLA - Uluberia South
Don Bosco, Li luah, Howrah
Arch Bishop Kolkata, Thomas D’Souza
Rahara Antorik
Pratyush Barast
United Brothers A ssociation (UBA)
Belari Polly Bikash Samiti (BPBS)
Ripples Music
Zee Bangla TV
Friends of ICOD
ICOD sincerely thanks them for supporting the mission.
Our Daily Prayer
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Almighty and Merciful GodWe are here today to worship you,
To tell you that we love you,Not only by lips but with our whole heart.
And we want to serve you –We know that we are not bet ter than the others,
And that we are poor sinners, weak and selfish,But we want to follow your ways.Give us your light, so that we can see the wayGive us your love, so that we can share it.Give us your strength, so that we can carry on our duty.
With courage and good will,We are here to offer you prayersAnd our prayer will be to serve you,And our puja will be to serve you,Through the service of our poor brothers and sisters,
Specially the sick, the ones suffering,Those who feel lonely, those who are without hope,Help us to become men and women of peace and love, Bringinghappiness wherever we go,Always ready to offer to others,
What we have received from you;Our smile, our service, our love, our life,Hindus, Muslims, ChristiansWe are all your sons and daughtersAnd all of us can reach you through our own ways,
Since you are our creator and father -We are all brot hers and sisters,Since you are our Guru -Teach us to love one another.Since you are Merciful and Forgiving -
Teach us to forgive one another.Since you love us,Give us what we need more, your peace, your love,Your happiness,And our lives will be beautiful and the poor happier.
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Inter-religious Centre Of Development (ICOD)Vil lage - Goha lapota, P.O. - Madhabpur, P.S. - Shyampur, Uluberia,
District - Howrah, 711315, West Bengal, India
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ICOD Credentials
Name of the organization Inter-re ligious Centre Of Development (ICOD)
Postal address V illage - Gohalpota, P.O. - Madhabpur
P.S. - Shyampur, District - Howrah, PIN - 711315
West Bengal, India
Loca tion About 30 KM from Uluberia , Howrah
Office Telephone +91 33 65411915
Email [email protected]
Website http://icodindia.org
Contact Person Mamata Ghosh
Phone +91 9830445900
Legal Information
DocumentsSociety Registr ation Act XXVI S/IL/26861 of 2004-2005 (Dated 24 Jan 2005)
1961 West Bengal
Section 12 A of IT Act 1961 DIT (E)/S 181 8E/243/2009-10
Tax Deduction A/C No. (TAN) CAL103029F, 11/03/2010
Permanent Account No. (PAN) AAATI662E
For eign Contr ibution Re gulation 14700216, 22/06/2009
Act, 1976 (FCRA)
FCRA Return on 29 December. 2016
Section 80G (5)IV of IT Act, 1961 DIT (E)/306 8E/243/09-10/1229-1231
Fire & Life Safety WBFES/D.O. , Howrah/FP/697/13 HWH / Ins
Rec ommendation B.Cum E.B/653/23; 10/09/2013
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