FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRE
The Family Counselling Centre is a women related scheme initiated by Central Social Welfare Board, under Ministry Women and Child Development, Govt. of India which run are running through non govt. organization by the board. Accordingly the Santha is able to get opportunity to run the said scheme since 1992. From starting of the scheme total 2102 Nos. cases were registered and 1199 Nos. cases were closed. In the financial year the total 72 Nos. of cases were registered and 47 Nos. cases were closed. The nature of the cases which were dealt by the FCCcentreare as mentioned below- marital maladjustment, domestic violence, dowry demand, child marriage, illegal pregnancy, extra-marital relation, bigamy etc. For functioning of the centrea sub-committee were formed and discussed all the matters related to the women. The sub-committee meeting were held every quarter under thePresidentship of the sub-committee. The meeting of the sub-committee were held on 22-06-2019, 28-09-2019, 26-10-2019 and 28-12-2019 under the Presidentship of Advocate Smt. BibhaPhukan, Nagaon Bar Association. The members of the committee were regularly present in the meeting namely – Smt. Tagar Bora, Social Activist, Sri SachindraBorthakur, Advocate, Smt. DipaliSaikia, Social Activist, Dr. Kamal Laskar,Rtd, SDMO, Smt. Anima BaruahSarmah, Cultural Activist. Besides representative District Social Welfare Officer, Nagaon and I/C local police station. This year International Women Day on 8th March observed centrally at Borhagohain Than at TulsshiMukh.In collaboration withPurbachalGanaVikash Kendra. 7 Nos. of awareness meeting were also organized in different locations namely – Doboka, Lanka, AWTC, Nagaon, Betkati, Baligaon, Dhing and Santha’s head office It is mentioned that during the COVID-19 the centre telephonically contactedwith some clients/beneficiaries and suggested them for staying home, use hand wash, maintain social distancing, use of mask regularly and health & hygiene and follow the govt. instruction for self-safety. Some cases were counseling with the both parties for reunion. As per the scheme the organization had appointed 2 Nos. of Counsellor, 1 No. Hon. Legal Expert, 1 Clerk & 1 Grade IV for smooth running of the programme. During this financial year an amount of rupees 2,88,000.00 has been received as grant in aid vide sanction SWB/XXII-2(5)/Decent/FCC/19-20/332, dtd- 04-01-2020 for smooth functioning of centre.

