DAS is a community-based NGO that works on education issues in South East Kolkata.  Founded 20 years ago by a group of local women, DAS currently serves over 1,000 children through progressive interventions that include pre-primary schools and coaching centres.  The aim of these programmes is to provide local children with the opportunity to gain access to government schools.  Once mainstreamed, DAS offers these children coaching support with the aim of insuring that they stay in school. The pre-primary schools work with children from 4 to 7 years of age, while the coaching centres work with students within the age range of 6 to 12. 

DAS also works extensively in the area of health promotion and women empowerment running a number of vocational training centres for women. Suas and DAS Partnerships have brought the successful 'mainstreaming' of over 1200 children, the provision of health checks for all children in the Non-Formal Education centres and special counselling for 'at risk' children.

Click here to see a view of DAS' office from the sky