Women’s organization for Socio-Cultural Awareness (WOSCA) is a voluntary organization born on 20th December 1993 with the commitment to serve the underprivileged people. It has been registered under the Society Registration Act XXI of 1860 in the year 1993-94 and registered under FCRA in the year 2000. With a mission to transform thoughts into deeds through participatory actions and learnings and people's organization,  WOSCA is taking up need-based programs primarily in the areas of livelihood, income generation, health, child rights environment conservation, and human resource development. At present, WOSCA caters more than 62500 families across nine blocks of Keonjhar district. It facilitates public benefit schemes implemented by the government (MGNREGA), and projects of National Health Missions and National Rural Livelihood Mission. WOSCA also helps people in building access to social security entitlements and Panchayat on governance planning.

Why should a corporate partner with us?

WOSCA visualizes a society full of peace, joy, and happiness where there will be no poverty, ignorance, diseases, suffering, hunger, exploitation, injustice; saturated with solidarity, integrity, fraternity, nationality, non-discrimination, brotherhood and prosperity.

WOSCA has successfully undertaken large-scale rural projects for the past 25 years, gaining a concrete experience in the social sector. With constant efforts, WOSCA maintains relationships with all the stakeholders, starting from grass root level to District level, by keeping in touch with the community.

WOSCA has a massive working force with committed spirit and resourcefulness. It helps to mobilize the community, forming and promoting the self-help groups, and imparting the training on skill development of the members. The organization also maintains tie-ups with the banks and other corporal sectors for the economic empowerment of the groups.

Special features of the Organization

The core values of the organization are:

• Community involvement/ participation.
• Promotion of human potentialities.
• Capacity building and mobilization.
• Committed to the cause and the organization
• Gender equity & equality
• Democratic decision-making process
• Working within the true spirit of the democratic