Lake Gardens Women and Children Development Centre LGWCDC) is a non profit organisation founded in 1992 by social scientist Late Cecilie Sircar and her husband Late Shyamal Sircar and is registered under West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961, FCRA 2010, 80G and 12A.The organization initially started with the objective to improve the quality of life of the girl children and women in the shanties along the railway track between Dhakuria and Lake gardens station under jurisdiction of the municipal corporation of India.
In the beginning of the organisation LGWCDC adopted a centre based integrated holistic development approach wherein joyful and remedial educational opportunities for mainstreaming, health care, vocational skill development for income generation.
The core value of the organisation is to render service to the marginalised children and women living in the slums along the railway tracks near and slum pockets in Lake Gardens ,Kasba, under Kolkata Municipal Corporation and in Santoshpur, under Maheshtala Municipality in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal and is increasingly involved in sustainable community development through formation of Women's Group and Youth Groups. Till date more than 5000+ families have benefitted from our services
