Current scope

Presently, IIMC serves thousands of poor mothers and children by delivering the following:

30 Rural schools (IIMC constructed and run)
7 Microcredit Grameen Banks serving 26000 women cooperative members to start their own businesses
8 Medical centers (outdoor clinics) serving thousands of poor patients
2 Indoor Clinics for pediatric and maternity patients
49 Network units working on behalf of IIMC to disseminate the message of education and health to rural women.
3000 poor children receive social and financial assistances through Sponsorship Program to continue their education
1 Orphanage Hostel provides shelter to orphaned children
1 Handicapped residential home provides a safe living environment for young disabled girls
1 Day Care Centre to enable working poor mothers to access childcare
1 Women Cooperative offers vocational training to poor members
700 Fulltime volunteers inspired to offer their services
20-30 Foreign volunteers coming every month from different countries receive their field exposure on health and economic development in developing countries.
26 countries connected in organizational network (Australian partnership est. 2006)

Dr Sujit Brahmochary

Founder and Director, Institute for Indian Mother and Child

From a young age, Dr Sujit Brahmochary felt a strong calling to help the poor.

He was from a rural village in Bangladesh, and his dream to become a doctor seemed almost impossible.

His strong determination meant that he did achieve his goal.

Completing medicine in Kolkata and winning a Red Cross scholarship to study paediatrics in Belgium, Dr Sujit could have then chosen a life and career in Europe.

Instead he returned to rural West Bengal armed with a doctors bag, a vision and a belief that people could come together to make a true difference.

He would not accept that families should continue to suffer for generations just because of the situation they were born into.

Chosen by St Mother Teresa as Medical Director of her mission in Kolkata, Dr Sujit developed his passion. After working with her for a few years and with her blessing, he then founded an NGO , 'Institute for Indian Mother and Child' (IIMC) in 1991. He had a desire to not just provide charity, but to empower the poor to help themselves. Meeting his wife, Barnali, a gifted teacher and similarly dedicated humanitarian, the couple were armed with skills in both health and education.

Through his work in developing health centres, schools and by building an enormous volunteer work force of local people, Dr Sujit is a person who has made an impact on hundreds of thousands of people who were among the ‘poorest of the poor’. International volunteers come from across the world to work alongside his local team and to learn about how to deliver these essential services. Dr Sujit has a growth mindset that is phenomenal, continuously looking for new ways to expand the project's services, not only to reach more isolated communities but also to cover all determinants of health including shelter, safety, and financial independence.

IIMC India website

Dr S Brahmochary Qualifications:

MBBS- Calcutta University, India
Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery - Calcutta University 1983
Master in Pediatric Medicine (M. Med) – KUL, University of Leuven- Belgium 1989
Medical Director - Mother Teresa-Missionary of Charity – Kolkata, 1989-1991
1991- Founded Institute for Indian Mother and Child
Vice-Chairman –KPC Medical College & Hospital
Professor of Honour –Autonoma Medical University –Madrid, Spain

Legal Status in India

The Institute for Indian Mother and Child is a charitable non-governmental voluntary organisation. It is registered under the following public acts:

Public trust Act 1989 Regd No-525-IV/90
Foreign contributions regulation act 1993
Section 80_G of Income Tax Act-1992 (Exemption of donor tax)
Section 12_A of Income Tax Act _1992 (Exemption of Income tax)

South 24 Parganas district, state of West Bengal, India.

We are servicing rural communities who are often without access to mainstream services.

How to reach our head office (Mission Office):

Coming from Netaji Subhas Airport (Dumdum) or Howrah Railway Station
Go by taxi or private car (ask for going to Sonarpur)
Through E. M. Bypass
Kamalgazi E. M. Bypass Connector
Sonarpur Station Road
Tegharia Shani Mandir Stopage
IIMC HEAD OFFICE

Location

IIMC and Australia- building a partnership

Dr Cherie and Dr Sujit in Perth, 2022

Meeting with the 2022 volunteers

Dr Cherie Graziotti founded IIMC Australia inc in 2004, after returning from volunteering at IIMC as a medical student with IFMSA Italy in 2003. During that trip she had met and sponsored 5yr old Sangita, a first generation learner who had been awaiting sponsorship. Sangita's parents were eager for Sangita to have the opportunity to have an education.

IIMC Australia was established as a non profit association aiming to enable other Australians to sponsor children through IIMC. After 2 years raising awareness Cherie returned to IIMC at the end of 2006 and spent 2 further months volunteering, including conducting home visit health checks on the 26 sponsor children who had then been supported by Australians, and developed a deeper understanding of IIMC as an organisation.

Cherie continued to promote IIMC and educational sponsorship in Australia and completed her first years of medical practice in WA. Sponsorship numbers gradually grew to over 200. More Australians began to visit IIMC and contribute time, energy and funds (see below for some amazing examples). Cherie worked with Dr Sujit to structure a health education project for medical students and in 2009 she returned to IIMC a third time, now with a group of Australian medical students and her brother Jack, a primary teacher, and over another 5 weeks they delivered a pilot Australian group volunteering and health education project. The team raised money for IIMC to purchase their first ultrasound machine. Dr Sujit also began visiting Australia every 2-3 years to motivate medical students and share his passion.

He has visited in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022.

Following the success of the medical student program, after sending another 2 groups of medical students from Australia, Cherie was able to integrate the volunteering programme with the Interhealth group at UWA to formalise the annual exchange. The volunteering program has grown as medical schools in Australia increased. The 16th group will attend at the end of 2025 and each group of students now selects and mentors the following years' volunteers. Each group has worked hard to fundraise towards a project as part of their preparation, and outcomes have included wheelchairs, a rooftop playground, sanitary product delivery, school renovations, and more.

With dedication to her education, Sangita completed her IIMC schooling in 2019 and went on to complete a BA at university in Kolkata.

In 2021 IIMC was accepted as a Rotary Australia, World Community Service project enabling Australian donations to be tax deductible.

Australian funded schools

Three IIMC schools have been independently funded by Australian donors, outside of the sponsorship program.

Read more about these incredible contributions below:

IIMC Sikshangan Nagendrapur school (inaugurated Oct 2012)

Dhaki primary school (inaugurated Dec 2014)

Emmanuel college (inaugurated Jan 2018)

General donations

In Australia we also receive some once-off or recurring general donations towards the project's work, also outside of formal child sponsorship or another specified goal.

People making these contributions often include returned volunteers or professional people who have visited IIMC, or have a personal or professional affiliation with India.

We are extremely grateful to all those who make contributions.

We know who you are, and we thank you!