Established 1955 · Bengaluru

70+ years of standing beside children & women.

Begun in a Malleshwaram home by Smt. Lokasundari Raman, KSCCW has grown into a state-wide council promoting child welfare and empowering women and children through literacy, education and skill-development.

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A large group of children at a KSCCW crèche

70Years of service

Our flagship, since 1962

We train women to raise a generation.

The Balasevika Training Institute has trained around 2,800 young women as preschool teachers, social workers and caregivers — turning opportunity into livelihoods.

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60Batches trained

Bal Roshni · care for every ability

Every child deserves a fair start.

From corrective surgeries and physiotherapy to hearing aids and education, our Bal Roshni programme walks the whole distance with children who have disabilities.

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Children at the Bal Utsav cultural event

136Children helped

Education for all · since 1992

A classroom today, a career tomorrow.

Our Education Sponsorship programme carries children from economically disadvantaged families from their first classroom through to a college degree — around 300 students every year.

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300Students supported

Care & protection · since 1991

A safe home for girls who need one.

Sharanya Children's Home gives girls aged 12–18 from economically disadvantaged and single-parent families a place of safety, schooling and belonging.

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14Girls in care

300Students sponsored annually

100Children in crèches, each year

150Yearly Bal Roshni beneficiaries

70+Years of service

Who we are

A registered, non-profit council working across Karnataka to help children and women from poor urban and rural communities.

Our programmes touch education, health, nutrition, care and livelihoods — with the single goal of the all-round development of every child and woman we reach.

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What we do

Nine programmes, one thread of care.

Each runs year-round, staffed by dedicated teams and sustained by donors and volunteers.

Skill · since 1962

Balasevika Training

A 10-month course preparing young women as preschool teachers and social workers.

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Special needs · since 2000

Bal Roshni

Medical, surgical and educational rehabilitation for children with disabilities.

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Education · since 1992

Education Sponsorship

Financial support that carries children from primary school through to college.

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Early childhood · since 2006

Model Crèche Programme

Three model crèches giving working parents' children aged 2–5 a safe, nurturing start.

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Women · shelter · since 1979

Working Women's Hostel

Safe, affordable lodging for women who move to Bengaluru seeking work.

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Care · since 1991

Sharanya Children's Home

A registered home giving girls aged 12–18 safety, schooling and belonging.

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Health · since 2014

Physiotherapy Centre

Affordable, on-site physiotherapy for differently-abled children.

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Livelihood · since 2006

Tailoring & Aari Work

Stitching and embroidery training that becomes a sustainable income.

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Skill · since 2021

Vocational Training Programme

Funding for job-ready trades — ITI, diploma and certificate courses for young people.

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Our thread, unbroken

Seven decades of milestones.

1955

A council is born

Founded at "Panchavati", Lady Raman's House in Malleshwaram.

1962

Balasevika Training begins

Our flagship programme starts training women as educators and carers.

1996

Honoured at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Recognised as the best-performing State Council with the Radha Raman Memorial Award.

From a single play school and library, KSCCW now runs care homes, crèches, training institutes and sponsorship programmes across the state — the same thread of care, carried forward for seventy years.

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A KSCCW tradition

Every year, around 1,200 young artists pick up a brush.

Our Annual Painting Competition welcomes children — including children with disabilities — across six zones of Bengaluru. Winning entries go on to national-level judging at the Indian Council for Child Welfare, New Delhi.

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