Friends of Tribals Society (FTS) was established on January 15, 1989. It is registered as a Society under the West Bengal Registration of Societies Act, 1961. Its registration number is S/62039 dated 06.06.1989. FTS is a non-profit organisation having its headquarters at Kolkata and it is having 37 Chapters in 25 states. The Organisation is dedicated to the upliftment of tribals. FTS runs One Teacher School (OTS) or Ekal Vidyalaya, which imparts non-formal primary education to children between 4 and 14 years of age. An OTS typically comprises around 20 children of classes I to III. The duration of the classes is three hours. An Ekal Vidyalaya imparts five-fold education; primary education, health care education, development education, awareness education and sanskar education.
All donations to FTS are tax exempted under Section 80G of Income-Tax Act, 1961.
FTS is registered under FCRA and is eligible to receive foreign donations. FTS is also registered with MCA as per the new CSR norms for taking CSR activities vide their Registration number is CSR00001898.
We are registered with Niti Aayog and our Unique ID no. is WB/2016/0110936. Friends of Tribals Society is registered as one of the implementing agencies (IA) of CSR projects by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
To empower tribals and rural brethren of Bharat
To impart ethics and value education (Sanskar)
Village education by channelizing foreign funds
To empower tribals and rural brethren of Bharat
To provide healthcare in villages
It’s is the research,training and development wing
To make the community economically self -reliant
Empowerment of crores of Tribals and Rural brethren of Bharat by making them socially strong, educationally aware, economically vibrant and self-reliant so that with their involvement our Mother Bharat reaches the pinnacle of glory
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