About Us

Mahila Arthik Sanskritik Evam Shaikshik Vikas Sansthan, Varanasi is a voluntary organization established in the year 1987 and registered under society registration act , 1860 and working in the rural and urban areas of Varanasi and Chandauli districts. The organization specially works on empowerment, Institution development at local level, livelihood and Women Empowerment.
The Manager of the Organization, Smt. Snehlata srivastava, was closely associated with various social organisation for thirty years during which she developed a deep insight into the issues and problems the people of women, backward areas and rural areas of the district. The MASS works at the grassroots level in villages/hamlets for social, cultural , economical, technological, and environmental development of rural and urban slum communities of the region. It visualizes itself as an agency dedicated to enabling the marginalized rural and urban slum communities comprising poor women, peasants, landless and unemployed youth to develop and improve the resource base in their own natural environment and to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills which can be used to improve their quality of life.
MASSVS has adopted the concept of Community Development in terms of Organization, Social Mobilization, Continuing Education, and Rural Development Management based on local needs, resources, capacity, skills, and cultural milieu.