INSTITUTE FOR INDIAN MOTHER & CHILD (IIMCUK)
IIMC, Institute for Indian Mother & Child, is an Indian non-governmental organization with its main headquarters in Kolkata, India. They work to improve the lives of the poorest people living in the rural villages of West Bengal by providing education for their children, medical and healthcare for the villagers, setting up programs to empower the women and running development projects like building toilets and constructing tube wells.
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IIMC UK is the United Kingdom arm of IIMC and supports IIMC India by running a Child Sponsorship program, sending volunteers to India and donating to projects. Our sponsors are amongst those in the 27 countries who sponsor a child through IIMC’s Education and Child Sponsorship programme. Our volunteers have taken part in administering medical help in the clinics provided for the villagers by IIMC. Donations from UK sponsors go towards the running of projects like the cow project, microcredit lending and various women empowerment programmes.
Christmas Greetings
Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 greetings from Dr Sujit and all in IIMC Kolkata. Download here.
Christmas Market
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th December
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Saturday 17th Dec 11am - 6pm
Sunday 18th Dec 10am - 5pm
Backyard Market
146 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
Get your Christmas Market tickets from
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christmas-market-tickets-488895287967
For queries contact
Memorable Moments May 22
On 28th May 2022 IIMC was honoured and awarded by the Sur-O-Seva Civil Society. IIMC was awarded for their Front-Line Services during the COVID19 Pandemic.
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Published: Apr 5, 2020
Updated: Apr 7, 2020
An article written for Incision UK by Katya Marks, volunteer at IIMC for July 2019.
Featuring interviews with Ivy Silk, coordinator of IIMC UK, and Abu Siddique, consultant, researcher and policymaker for IIMC.
IIMC - a Documentary
IIMC started off with one clinic in 1989. Dr. Sujit Kumar Brahmochary, a specialist in paediatrics, opened a clinic to meet the need for medical help in West Bengal. Today IIMC run more than 8 clinics -- most of them in rural villages where medical help is scarce.