Paripurnata, established in 1991, is one of the pioneers in India, working for rehabilitation of mentally ill women through the module of a Halfway Home. It is a Psycho-social Rehabilitation Centre for women from the marginalized sections, inducted mainly from the government hospitals.
Numerous surveys and studies have asserted that, when a mentally ill patient receives pharmaco-therapy along with occupational, cognitive, psychological counseling and socio-cultural therapies, she attains mental stability at a faster rate and is much less prone to relapses, compared to the one, who receives medical intervention only.
A Halfway Home is perceived as the mid-point in a person’s journey from her place of confinement to her home. Here, in a family like ambience, individuals are guided to pick up the lost pieces of their lives, which prepare them for their natural homes and help them re-integrate into their communities and the wider society, so that they once again can lead a productive and meaningful life.
Paripurnata executed its activities in own three-storied building on a lend-leased land from Govt. of West Bengal. The building has a 30 bed accommodation, along with all the stipulated facilities, where the associated facilities like accommodation, food, clothes, toiletries etc. are provided free of cost.
Since inception, Paripurnata has reintegrated 489 women with their families. They mostly belong to the impoverished rural areas, not only of West Bengal, but many other states of India and also the neighboring countries of Nepal and Bangladesh.
Paripurnata is also involved in community mental health issues like, awareness programmes, seminars for senior citizens & students, exposure sessions for nursing students and runs a weekly psychiatric OPD.
An Appeal for Financial Assistance
19.08.2025
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Paripurnata Halfway Home.
PARIPURNATA established the first Half – Way Home in Eastern India in 1991, for
mentally ill-women who had been confined in the jails and mental hospitals. It is a
psycho-social rehabilitation center which prepares them for their natural home and to
help them integrate into the wider society so that they can once again lead a
productive and meaningful life.
Paripurnata’s rehabilitation programme is free of cost and offers pharmacotherapy,
occupational therapies, non-formal education and counseling. Women also re-learn
the skills needed for daily living such as cooking, cleaning, marketing and so on. The
expenditure includes medical treatment, psychological counseling, diagnostics, food,
clothes personal toiletries, bed linen, etc. All the programmes are aimed at enabling
the women to develop self-reliance and to gain confidence to participate fully in family/
community life and to empower them to fight for their own rights.
The activities of Paripurnata have thus far been sustained by donations from
individuals, overseas and national agencies and occasionally from government
agencies. However, as the government aid is not always forthcoming, we are
appealing to magnanimous corporate bodies, financial institutions and individuals to
come forward to support our Mission.
May we APPEAL to you all for considering our request and supporting our noble
venture in the vital task of rehabilitating mentally ill women from lower socio-economic
background
We are in need of financial support to tide over the present fund shortage. You
may kindly donate generously by account payee cheque in favour
“PARIPURNATA”. All donations are exempt from tax under Section 80G of the
Income Tax Act 1961. You are also welcome to visit us at 1912 Panchasayar
Road, Kolkata 700 094 (near Peerless Hospital) anytime at your convenience.
YOUR KIND CONTRIBUTION WILL ENABLE US MEET THE REHABILITATION COST OF
MENTALLY ILL WOMEN.
“Life’s most important question is; what are you doing for others”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
In Solidarity
Bidhan Chandra Chakrabarti
Hony. Secretary
Impact 360 Foundation, FE-68, Sector III, Salt Lake Rd, Near Central Park, Karunamoyee, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India
Phone Numbers-+91-9903894994 , +91-8436063099
Email: tsw25k@impact360.org.in