CWO (Community Welfare Organisation) is a Bhopal based non-profit organization registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.It is a dynamic institution working for the holistic and integrated development of the poor and marginalized people of the Society, especially youth and women, along with interventions which enhance the equality of life. CWO was set up by a team of committed professionals and social workers withal strong intent and desire to promote self-reliance and sustainability of the people and communities living in the poorer regions of India by catalysing voluntary action and community participation. CWO started its operations with strong felt need of taking proactive steps for empowering communities through education, skill development, and use of technology. It was imperative for the organization to work towards reducing the competitive and exploitative interaction between the community and the market, which was beset with a skewed mismatch between the demand and supply. Keeping in mind absence of education, knowledge, and skill as a major deterrent to achieving self-reliance by local communities, CWO to started work to ensure that these become available to the native population through use of innovative technology and by leveraging on various governments projects meant to enhance people’s endowments. Existence of distorted and redundant traditions, severe division of work and skewed
attitude between male and female, and complete absence of basic health services, especially for the rural women, made CWO work in a way which addressed quality of life of people on one hand, including health, livelihoods, socio-economic development, education, etc. and the issues of economic sustainability on the other hand. Skill and education were taken as a starting point and therefore appropriate efforts were made since the beginning to increase the access of communities to skill and capacity building services and improve their education seeking behaviour. Over time, the organization has gained significant strength and experience in handling complex projects in remote areas and is now well equipped with a qualified and experienced team of professionals and committed social workers capable of undertaking community development projects in remote villages.