Word from the Founder Dear friends, We are living in uncertain times and yet we in Purnata also experience the excitement and challenge...

9 June, 2017 12th June is usually observed as ‘World Day Against Child Labour’. Child labour is any work that denies children their...

These last few months have been hard on all of India, but as an organization, Purnata is excited to be back to regular functioning, while...

KOLKATA: Today’s ration distribution at Chetla red light area. We distributed essential dry ration packages to 134 needy and poor...

KOLKATA: Today’s distribution of rice, potatoes, onions and Soya Chunks happened in Chetla. We will continuing the distribution tomorrow...

KOLKATA: Today our street servant team visited the Kalighat and Chetla red light area. Apparently, it seems no one has visited the place...

KOLKATA: Today's distribution was at Dhapa Garbage dumping grounds. We were able to feed so many famlies who have been left without food...

Medical Camp In Red Light Area On Monday, 17th of February, Purnata hosted a medical camp in the red light area of Mumbai. The camp was a...

Purnata Provides A Home On Monday, February 3rd, Purnata officially moved a few women who are learning at the training center into the...

I come from a small village in West Bengal. I was four years old when my older sister was offered a job by a neighbor. My mother thought...

I come from a small, poor village in Bangladesh. I got married at a young age and gave birth to my beautiful daughter. Coming from a poor...

I grew up in a very impoverished home in one of the flood hit villages of Bangladesh. I wanted to study but my parents couldn't afford to...

As a 14 year old girl in India, I should normally be studying in class 9, playing with my friends and enjoying my childhood. But that's...

I was a young carefree girl playing and enjoying myself as a child. One day suddenly my world was turned upside down. When I was 14 my...

I was the apple of my father’s eyes, protected by my brothers, loved to bits by my mother and pampered by all my family and relatives. I...

Growing up in a village far away, I simply knew my parents were in Mumbai to earn a living for me and my 3 siblings. What I didn't know...

I grew up in the temple where the priests told me that my parents died after I was born. I don't remember seeing them. I became a young...

I called my husband by his name, and my in-laws, who were people I saw on an everyday basis before marriage as 'dada','dadi' (terms for...

1 April, 2015 Introduction The 'My Choice' video went viral, earning over 2 million hits in a couple of days. It is the third film in the...

19 March, 2015 Some facts & figures about Indian Railways: The Indian Railway is one of the world's largest railway networks with 115,000...