About Organisation

Social Development And Management Society (SDMS) is a Voluntary Organization, based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Its endeavor is to seek basic needs like socio- economic justice, education, health, relief and rehabilitation work and environment protection for deprived seriteties and needed. It has been active in the welfare of children, particularly girl children, their health, education and rights, women empowerment, micro insurance, development of micro enterprises, youth motivation and counseling and environmental development. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (SDMS) is registered as a Society under the Indian Societies Act 21, 1860. It started with activities focusing on education focused on Child Labour rehabilitation and prevention, women empowerment, livelihood, youth counseling, slums and community development in the districts of Kanpur. During the last few years it has expanded its areas of activities to the urban slums areas of Kanpur and the villages in the joining districts to improve and upgrade their living environment and obtain means of earning their livelihood. The target groups in the slums & rural areas have been the destitute and delinquent, working and street children, women and youths.

In 1997 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (SDMS) together with other NGOs working in the region of Kanpur took the initiative to form a network KARVAN (Kanpur region voluntary action network) of NGOs, activist group and concerned citizens to work for promotion of status of the child, prevention of disability, destitution, delinquency and distress and protection of those under stress.

Our key domains of work include mother and child health, agriculture development, micro finance, Skill development, Livelihood, education, nutrition, capacity building, Child rights, water & sanitation and HIV/AIDS. While working both at micro and macro level, we have gained practical expertise in community development processes and developed a competent team of professional to work with the community, civil society organization, donor agencies and government to provide qualitative services.

Our Projects

a:- Organization is implementing a model project on child labour elimination in 10 slums of Kanpur under “National Child Labour Program (NCLP)” with government of India through state government of Uttar Pradesh state.
b:- Organization has implemented a pilot project for Diarrhea control through safe drinking water for the rural population of Unnao district with the support from One Square Japan,
c:- Organization has implemented a pilot project for providing safe drinking water o the resident of 100 slums of Kanpur Nagar with Academy of Education Development (AED) funded by USAID in collaboration with PRATINIDHI.
d:- Organization has worked with Institutional & Community Development Project (ICDP) under Ganga action plan in 60 slums of Kanpur Nagar. Organization has worked with DUDA in 30 slums for sanitation & drinking water programme.
e:- Organization has implemented HIV/AIDS program with the support from UNAIDS in 30 villages of Ghatmpur Tehsil of Kanpur district.
f:- Counseling and mentoring programme (Training) for slum residents’ boys and girls for family life education (prevention of HIV infection), opportunities for the development for the 2500 boys and girls with “District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) government of Uttar Pradesh.
g:- Organization provided Skill/Vocational training to the 836 boys and girls in the trades of Tailoring, embroidery, Candle making, Essence stick making, chalk making, scent & perfume making, craft, bindi making and articles making from waste material under Indo-Danish Project (Save the children program-Denmark).
h:- Organization has provided skill training to the 400 girls and women in the trades of tailoring and fashion designing under the Indo-Danish Project in association with Gramodaya Sansthan.
i:- Socio-economic survey of 10 slums of Kanpur in association with ICDP, Indo-Dutch project in the slums areas of Kanpur under Ganga Action Plan. j:- Health, HIV awareness and counseling work in the Ghatampur area of Kanpur Nagar district with “District Urban Development Agency (DUDA) government of Uttar Pradesh.
k:- Community and area development works in the slums of Kanpur with “Institutional & Community Development Project (ICDP an Indo-Dutch Project) under Ganga Action Plan.
l:- Organization has formed 30 self-help groups of women in the slums of Kanpur to enhance the family economy of child labour families.
m:- Organization implemented environment awareness program in 10 slums of Kanpur with ministry of environment & forest government of India.