about us

CEMPD has started its career in 2002 as an independent, non-profit, public–interest organization focused on community-centric participatory environmental management.

The organization actively associates itself with the management of real-life local environmental issues and contributes effectively to relevant contemporary researches in the fields of regional/local environmental management, closely linked to social sector development and community-based people’s initiatives. CEMPD has been recognized and supported by the West Bengal State Government, Central Government of India and also by some National and International organizations in its short span of journey. The organization is also supported by some CSR projects.

The organization’s key motive is to get involved in the field of charitable and philanthropic work.

CEMPD’s initial focus on community-centric participatory environmental management has grown over time to include poverty alleviation, sanitation, health, nutrition, education and sustainable social development.

CEMPD’s overarching aim is to enable poor people, poor women and children in particular, to take control of their lives and have a share in sustainable development. To that end, the organization wants to provide active support for deprived communities, both in villages and low-income urban settlements. CEMPD seek to break the vicious cycle of poverty, malnutrition, ill-health, illiteracy, abuse and violence, affecting children and women in particular.