Today KMCO Trust has donated its 18th hand tube well to Adibasi Boys Residential School, Dhusra at a small ceremony held in Patamda. The occasion was in memory to mark the Birth Anniversary of Kudy Mahanty, daughter of Mrs Rupa Mahanty and Mr Niroop Mahanty. On 21st June every year, KMCO donates tube wells at far off locations in the twin districts across East and West Singhbhum where availability of drinking water is scarce.

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Tata Steel has joined hands with Kudy Mahanty Children's Opportunities (KMCO), a city-based NGO created in the memory of Kudy Mahanty, daughter of Rupa and Niroop Mahanty, and donated two tube wells at Bagbera School and Rapcha village on Wednesday. The tube wells were planted at Bagbera, located on the premises of the Abhuyadaya Public School at Rapch, a tribal dominated village in Boram block.

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Not every child gets to celebrate Christmas. But this year, some underprivileged ones got angels in disguise to give them a good time.

A Jamshedpur-based charitable trust, Kudy Mahanty Chiren’s Opportunities, hosted an annual Christmas party for 70 children from Uday Creche at the Tata Steel Zoological Park on Tuesday.

Niroop Mahanty, a corporate executive and his management consultant wife Rupa, had founded this trust in 2000 in the memory of their daughter Kudy who had died in a tragic fire accident in March 1989.

“Chiren” was Kudy’s delightful way of pronouncing “children”.

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Kudy Mahanty Chiren's Opportunities (KMCO), a city based charitable trust, handed over a block of classrooms to a school in Patamda run by the Jharkhand Education Foundation (JEF), on Friday. The new school block will have 14 rooms for students of standard one to eight, for the 550 students of JEF School, who come from the surrounding areas of the Patamda town.

Trustees of KMCO, Rupa and Niroop Mahanty, PK Dotivala, Umesh Naidu and Anjali Kashyip graced the function. Satish Pillai, Chief, corporate sustainability services, Tata Steel, Sanjay, Head, urban services and Shilpasree Nag of Corporate Affairs and Communication, Tata Steel were also present on the occasion.

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Trustees of Kudy Mahanty Chiren's Opportunities donated a hand pump to the school children of Gorgram village under Potka block on Monday. Niroop & Rupa Mahanty, parents of Kudy Mahanty donated this pump. This hand pump was installed with the help of TSRDS. KMCO will install a hand pump in the villages of the state every year on this day, birthday of Kudy. Rupa Mahanty said that KMCO will undertake many welfare activities for children of remote villages by initiating scholarships, organizing health camps, reimbursement of medical expenses to the needy and also organize outings for rural school children.

Other trustees, MP Dotiwala, Anjale Kayship, Umesh Naidu were also present on the occasion.

Kudy Mahanty Chiren's Opportunities (KMCO) a city based charitable trust inaugurated its activities by organizing its first outing, at the Jubilees Amusement Park, for the children of Cheshire Home & Shishu Niketan orphanage, here toady. Altogether 70 children from the Cheshire Home and Shishu Niketan were taken inside the park for outing.

The function began with chips and soft drinks served at the central cafeteria to the cheerful music of Mr Adinarayan. Thereafter the groups of children were taken through all the rides in the park. The atmosphere was such that the employee of the park also owned the slogan "Put a smile on each child's face" and got personally involved in ensuring that the children had a great time. The carnival like atmosphere infected all present on the occasion.

Speaking as the Chief Guest at a simple function to hand over the pump on the school premises, Niroop Mahanty said the Trust would install such hand pumps in the surrounding villages of Jamshedpur annually for the next 10 years. Rupa Mahanty, chairperson, KMCO, also spoke on the occasion. Ms Shakti Sharma, Head - TSRDS, Tata Steel, P K Dotivala, Ms Anjale Kayship trustees of KMCO, Barha Majhi, headmaster of the school, local villagers & school children were present at the function.

Kudy Mahanty Chirens' Opportunities along with Family Planning Association of India, Singhbhum Project conducted health camps in three villages of Jharkhand, Harisundarpur, Murgagattu and Salampather.

It was inaugurated by Rupa Mahanty, chairperson, KMCO on March 27 in the presence of Sudha Sagar, chairperson, FPAI and other trustees of KMCO.

Addressing on the occasion she said that it was the first of many activities that would be sponsored by KMCO, through FPAI for the benefit of under privileged children in Jharkand. This health camp would cover medical check ups for 150 to 200 primary school children including the providing of medicines. In the near future KMCO has committed to sponsor a football tournament, zoo visit and other such activities for village children. It would help to "put a smile on every child's face" the motto of KMCO trust.

Chairperson mentioned that she was delighted with the proposal from FPAI, Singhbhum Project and KMCO committee were glad to be able to offer opportunities for less privileged children and adolescent girls in nearby villages.