Program: Health & Education |
| Women's Organization for Socio-Cultural Awareness (WOSCA) is a voluntary organization born on 20th December 1993 with the commitment to serve the under privileged people. It has been registered under the Society Registration Act XXI of 1860 in the year 1993-94 and registered under FCRA in the year 2000. WOSCA is having 21 years concerted experience in social sector keeping in touch with the community maintaining the pertinacious relationship with the community, other cross sections as well as the PRI members, starting from grass root level to District level. WOSCA is also having massive working force with committed sprit and resourcefulness. |
Ongoing Projects |
WOSCA is supporting the urgent needs for COVID relief and protection in India due to the unexpected and sudden second wave across the country. All age groups are being affected and due to several different mutated virus strains |
Maternal and child health improvement through IPC/BCC With the objective to enhance the capacity of frontline functionaries to provide information and counselling to families and communities on IYCF practices like early initiation of breast feeding, Read More |
WOSCA along with the support of NHM, extends support to the expectant mothers who come from far-flung areas seeking maternal health care and stay in the Maternity Waiting Home / Maa Gruha. Read More |
Maternal and child health improvement through IPC/BC With the objective to enhance the capacity of frontline functionaries to provide information and counselling to families and communities on IYCF practices like early initiation of breast feeding, exclusive breast feeding till 6 months, timely and appropriate initiation of complementary feeding.With the objective to enhance the capacity of frontline functionaries to provide information and counselling to families and communities on IYCF practices like early initiation of breast feeding, exclusive breast feeding till 6 months, timely and appropriate initiation of complementary feeding. |
Management of Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) WOSCA along with the support of NHM, extends support to the expectant mothers who come from far-flung areas seeking maternal health care and stay in the Maternity Waiting Home / Maa Gruha. To the inmates of the waiting Home, health check up and nutrition (milk, fruit, lunch, dinner and dry rations) are provided to patients free of cost. WOSCA bears the cost of health care of the inmates and provides supportive institutional aids. The service of a gynaecologist is provided on daily basis. | Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Centre WOSCA has promoted one Day Care cum Creche Centre with the facility for children of working women of nearby area at Gopalpur-Nishintpur village of Raghunathpur GP of Keonjhar Sadar block since 2000 with the kind support of Orissa State Social Welfare Advisory Board. |
Children are the future citizens and leaders. It is a travesty that they are unable to realize their dreams because schools are in bad shape, there are no computer training facilities or no opportunities to learn and grow. Many of the children are from families who cannot afford the computer, internet like facilities available in towns. | Community led total sanitation Being a part of swatch bharat mission, WOSCA facilitated 854 individual household hold latrine and built capacity of 2506 families on health and hygiene. |
