We seek to empower marginalized peoples like lower-castes, gypsies, tribal people and women by making them aware of their rights and of the importance of education as a key to long-term change.

CECOWOR is a not for profit, apolitical organization registered under the Society Registration Act 1992. (Reg.No 58/92) It is also registered under the FCRA division of Ministry of Home affairs. Its services are for everyone, irrespective of gender, creed, caste, class or ethnicity. Our founder, Mr M. Susairaj, is from a poor remote village in Tamil Nadu but managed to get a university education. He wanted to help others from his own community and in 1990 he set up CECOWOR with a group of educated and socially concerned individuals; they worked in the villages using informal education. In 1992 it was registered as an organization and since then has extended its activities to include human rights advocacy, skills training and economic development. Mr. Susairaj has completed a thesis on The role of voluntary organizations in eliciting people's participation and has worked as a project consultant at the India Social Institute in New Delhi, assessing NGOs in Tamil Nadu.

Nursing course
Human rights for tribal peoples
Organic food production by women
Help for gypsy children
Homework centres