In association with the National Social Service (NSS) of our College, SXCCAA are endeavoring towards the socio-economic development of a small impoverished village called Paikhala in South 24 Parganas.
A school building has been constructed which will benefit the children of this small hamlet to gain primary education. Several health checkup camps have been organized followed with distribution of medicines.
Landsdown Medical Centre (LMC) : This centre situated at Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata was undertaken in 1988 by our Association along with the RED CROSS SOCIETY of West Bengal and some social workers of the locality to provide medical facilities to the poor and the needy of the area. SXCCAA has been providing doctors who regularly visit the centre, conduct check-ups and provide free medicines.
Eye checkup camps are being organized at regular intervals. About 50 to 60 patients are checked for eye ailments whenever a camp is arranged. Medication and spectacles are provided by the Association and Intra Ocular Lens transplants are also arranged for those in need.
Bibekanand Bose Memorial Primary School for small children Hooghly District is being run. The project has come a long way since November, 1998. From a humble beginning of about 15-20 children the strength has risen to about 120 now. Efforts are being made to further boost up this project as it holds very good potential. Construction of a school building has been made on a piece of land donated by a generous family of the village.International philanthropic and charitable organizations have been contributing for this project also. This is perhaps the first project of Jesuit alumni /ae in India to have received foreign donations.
Mother & Child Health Camps are also organized by our Association at regular intervals wherein approximately 150 mothers and children are treated for various diseases. Medicines are prescribed by doctors and distributed free on the spot.
SXCCAA-The Association also organizes a jumble sale of old clothes and woolens once a year, wherein old clothes collected by the members are sold to the poor people of the area for token amounts. The fund collected from the sale is redistributed then and there amongst the poor in the form of groceries and supplies. At regular intervals we conduct sit and draw competitions for the children of that locality. At the end of the competition the children are rewarded with prizes. During winter months we distribute blankets and woolen garments to the children and the elderly, free of cost.
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