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I am reaching out with a humble request to stand beside Paripurnata, an organization whose work deeply resonates with me.

Paripurnata envisions a society where equality, justice, and peace prevail—without discrimination or marginalization of any kind. Their mission is especially close to my heart: to restore dignity, rights, and hope to marginalized women living with mental illness, helping them reintegrate into society with care, compassion, and confidence.

As I participate in the TSW25K Kolkata through its philanthropic platform, I wish to dedicate my efforts to support Paripurnata. Every contribution, small or big, becomes a step toward giving these women a chance at healing, independence, and a life they truly deserve.

I sincerely appeal to you to join me in this cause. Your support will empower Paripurnata to continue their remarkable work and transform more lives.

Together, let us run for dignity.
Let us run for inclusion.
Let us run for Paripurnata.

With gratitude,
Mohammad Lutful Kabir

A few words about PARIPURNATA – Halfway Home

In 1992, a group of philanthropic people in Kolkata, spearheaded by Dr. Joyce Siromoni, established Paripurnata, the first Halfway Home in Eastern India for mentally ill women, who have long been incarcerated in the jails and mental hospitals. 

A Halfway Home is the mid-point in a person’s journey from her place of confinement to her natural home. Here, in a family like ambience, individuals are guided to pick up the lost pieces of their lives, with the objective of reintegrating them with their families and the wider society, so that they once again can lead a productive and meaningful life.

MOTIVATION

The mentally ill women from the poor and lower-middle class sections of our society, because of their afflictions, mostly have neglected, despised and often tortured existence as unwanted beings in the society. 

The need to bring about a change in their woeful existence to a socially productive life, motivates this project. 

INTERVENTION

The change may be achieved by intervention through psychosocial rehabilitation process. The process comprises medico therapy and socio-cultural therapies, structured to assist the beneficiaries to pick up the lost pieces of their lives and to strive to live as socially responsible human beings with dignity.

GOAL

The main goal of Paripurnata is to reintegrate the beneficiaries with their families. Also, our programme of ‘follow up of our ex-Residents for at least for three years’, is quite fruitful.  Our main objective I to reintegrate the mentally ill women to their family. We are purpose to achieve more than 90% of their integration.

BENEFICIARIES 

Paripurnata’s beneficiaries are the mentally ill women from the marginalized sections of our society. They are mostly between the age group of late teens to mid-fifties and may belong to any part of our country

They are inducted, mainly from government mental hospitals eg. Calcutta Pavlov Mental Hospital, where they are initially admitted on judicial orders.   

Paripurnata does not work in a specific demographic area. Our beneficiaries happen to belong not only to West Bengal but to interior Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Agartala, Chattisgarh, Andra Pradesh. Gujrat etc.

The project is executed in Paripurnata’s 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 cost free. 

ACHIEVEMENTS:

During our existence, spanning 34 years, as on 31st March 2025 we have been able to rehabilitate 489 beneficiaries. Our success rate is almost 93%

HONOURS& AWARDS

• • The Paul Harrison Award, by the CMC, Vellore for pioneering psychosocial rehabilitation in India, to Dr. Joyce Siromoni, founder secretary, in 2004.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award by World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Indian Chapter) for path breaking venture in the field of psychosocial rehabilitation in India, conferred upon Dr. Siromoni, in 2005.
  • Real Heroes Award by CNN-IBN for efforts to make a difference in the lives of the underprivileged people, to Dr. Siromoni, in 2010.
  • Accredited under ‘Desirable Norms’ of Credibility Alliance for good governance, since 2010.
  • The State Award 2016, as the Best Organization by the Dept. of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Welfare, GoWB for Outstanding Performance in Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability, to Paripurnata, in 2016.
  • NGO Leadership Award 2019 for its pioneering role for the cause of the mentally ill, by Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards Committee in 2019.
  • Excellence Award 2020 in recognition of promotion of ART MAKING ACTIVITIES In January 2020, at the Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society (ANCIPS) 2020.
  • JK Cement Antar Theke Shundor Samman 2022 Awarded in recognition of Exceptional acts of Kindness & Humanity on 30th September 2022.
  • Give Foundation Certificate of Excellence Gold Certified 2023 on achieving the Gold Seal of trust after undergoing the extensive due diligence process conducted by Give.

• The State Award 2024, as the Best Organization by the Dept. of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Welfare, GoWB for Outstanding Performance in Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability, to Paripurnata, in 2024.

To know more: https://www.paripurnata.org/