Conscious change, rooted in community.

For twenty years, on the edge of the Sunderbans, we've helped children read, families earn, and whole communities grow stronger — one household at a time.

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Our story

It began with a classroom.

In 2005, in Amtali village in the Gosaba block of the Sunderbans, SACHETA began teaching the children that distance and poverty had left behind.

Many were the first in their families to ever attend school. So we started simply — with supplementary classes that met children where they were. Two decades on, Navadisha has nurtured more than 7,000 students, and that single act has grown into six connected programs.

The belief underneath them hasn't changed: lasting change begins with awareness — sacheta — and awareness begins at home.

Children learning at a Navadisha study centre Navadisha · Amtali, Sunderbans
A health camp in a Sunderbans village Sushrusha · Health camp
The place & the need

The Sunderbans don't make anything easy.

Rivers cut villages off from schools and clinics. Work pulls parents away. The land itself shifts with the tide and the climate.

In a place like this, no single program is enough. A child can't learn on an empty stomach; a family can't plan for tomorrow while bracing for the next storm. So we don't work in isolation — we work the way life here actually works: everything connected.

The model

Six programs, one connected approach.

Not six separate efforts, but one reinforcing ecosystem. Education is the entry point; health builds trust; the rest keep families engaged and lift the whole community.

EducationNavadisha classroom

Navadisha

Our flagship since 2005 — supplementary education for first-generation learners across four study centres in the Sunderbans.

7,000+ students nurtured
Digital SkillsDisha computer literacy

Disha

Computer literacy from our Amtali centre since 2022 — bridging the digital divide for learners of all ages.

147 digital learners
HealthSushrusha health camp

Sushrusha

A philanthropic dispensary and regular health camps serving six villages near Amtali since 2018.

5,500+ beneficiaries cared for
EnvironmentPrantika plantation drive

Prantika

Fruit-bearing saplings in the hands of students since 2016 — building environmental stewardship, now beyond the Sunderbans.

2,750+ trees distributed
LivelihoodPurbasha livelihood — goat rearing

Purbasha

Interest-free revolving credit since 2019, helping families build income beyond subsistence farming.

36+ families supported
MentorshipPraktoni alumni mentorship

Praktoni

Since 2022, walking with our alumni — counselling, spoken English, and support for higher studies and exams.

Alumni & ex-students

"The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."

Rabindranath Tagore
Impact

Two decades, measured honestly.

Real numbers from the field — not estimates.

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Connected programs, one community

Figures drawn from SACHETA's program records. A registered charitable trust since 2005 (Reg. No. 4473).

Trust & transparency

Where every rupee goes — and who answers for it.

Founded in 2005 under the vision of the late Prof. R. L. Muni Chakravorti, SACHETA is run by a board of trustees and a network of resident teachers and volunteers.

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Registered & accountable

Operated by Shape Charitable Trust, registered since 2005 (Reg. No. 4473), governed by a board of trustees and advisors.

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Rooted, not remote

Run from our own centre in Amtali with local resident teachers — working across a 30 km radius of the Gosaba block.

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Built to last

Curated impact designs, capacity-building for teachers, and collaborations with like-minded organizations to scale what works.

Help build conscious change, together.

Twenty years on the ground. Six connected programs. One transparent organization — and room for you in the story.

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Donate

Fund a single program or the whole mission. We report back on exactly what your support funded.

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For institutions and like-minded organizations — widen reach and scale what works on the ground.

Volunteer & intern

Lend skills and time — from teaching to health camps. We run a structured internship too.