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Tarun Kumar Das was a native of Salgadia, Paschim Midnapore, West Bengal. He left the area in the 1980’s to attend University and live and work in Delhi, but felt the need to return to his barren hometown area to help the many children and adults that live desperate lives in deep poverty.
In 1994, Tarun established his Society and struggled to meet the needs of the poor until he joined hands in a cooperative effort with Good News India. Tarun’s desire was always to do his part to provide opportunities for children and adults to break the cycle of poverty and fulfill their human potential. He started our Dream Centre in Paschim Midnapore with 27 children; there are now more than 150 children in residence. They have a Welding and Carpentry Training Center on campus. Whenever there was a local disaster in the southern part of West Bengal like flooding, etc., Tarun would open the centre to feed hurting and homeless people. He made a great impact in helping thousands of children and adults in the Salgadia area during his lifetime.
After a lengthy illness, Tarun Kumar Das went to be with the Lord on April 14, 2020.
Child-trafficking is a cancer in our society today. Salgadia Happy & Holy Home Society is actively engaged in confronting this horrible menace, by getting to these girls before any child trafficker has captured them. We would rather build a fence on top of the hill than pick up people at the bottom of the hill. To date we have rescued nearly 100 girls from a potential death sentence.