Everyone deserves a safe and loving home.

Shuktara is a home for young adults — boys and girls with physical or mental disabilities who have no family to care for them. Here, they are not residents. They are family.

Support the family Meet shuktara
Audited financial reports published every year — see Financial Reports.
The shuktara family — a group of young adults and carers together
Transparent by habitIndependently audited financial reports, published openly year after year.
A real homeLifelong care in a family setting in Kolkata — not an institution.
Every rupee caresDonations go directly toward food, medical care, therapy and daily life.
Life at shuktara
About Us

A star, a flame, and a family that keeps it burning.

From our home in Kolkata, we provide what every person deserves and too many are denied: safety, dignity, belonging, and love that doesn't come with conditions or an end date.

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Gallery

Moments from home.

Festivals, day trips, physiotherapy wins, birthday cakes, quiet afternoons — this is what a safe and loving home looks like.

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Financial Reports

Open books, every year.

Every rupee entrusted to shuktara is accounted for. Here are our three most recent independently audited reports.

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We would love to hear from you.

Visit us, volunteer, partner with us, or simply say hello — we reply personally.

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About Us

A star, a flame, and a family that keeps it burning.

Shuktara believes that everyone deserves a safe and loving home.

Life at shuktara Lali and Ashok sharing a moment

A home, in every sense of the word.

Shuktara is a home for young adults — boys and girls who have physical or mental disabilities and no family to care for them. From our home in Kolkata, we provide what every person deserves and too many are denied: safety, dignity, belonging, and love that doesn't come with conditions or an end date.

"Our commitment to the care of our children and young adults is integral to shuktara — and the honest, straightforward way we deal with anything that comes our way is surely one of the main reasons shuktara continues to inspire so many people."

The people who live here aren't beneficiaries or cases. They are Tamina, Guria, Moni, Aakash, Pappu, Bappa — brothers and sisters who cook together, celebrate together, look after one another, and grow old together as a family.

A home, not an institution

Meals cooked together, birthdays celebrated, festivals shared. Life at shuktara looks like life in any close-knit family — because that's exactly what it is.

Care for life

Nobody ages out of shuktara. Our commitment to each young adult — their health, therapy, education and happiness — lasts a lifetime.

Honest & straightforward

We deal openly with everything that comes our way — and publish our audited financial reports for anyone to inspect. Trust is earned in the open.

Financial Reports

Open books, every year.

Our independently audited annual reports, most recent first. Preview any report right here, download them individually, or take them all.

Gallery

Moments from home.

Browse by folder, or open All Photos to wander through everything.

Album

Donate

Keep the flame burning.

Every donation becomes something you can see and touch: meals on the table, therapy sessions, school books, birthday cakes, a safe roof. Here is where your support goes.

Meals and daily care at shuktara

Food & daily care

Nutritious home-cooked meals, clothing, and the everyday running of a real household.

Aakash with his physiotherapist

Medical care & therapy

Physiotherapy, medicines, and regular check-ups for every member of the family.

Puja Bagh with her teacher

Learning & life skills

Teachers, lessons, and patient one-to-one support to help everyone grow.

The Shuktara Cakes team

Vocational training

Shuktara Cakes — our patisserie project that trains young adults with real skills and real pride.

Where does the money go? Exactly where we say it does. Full details of how funds are received and used are published in our independently audited financial reports, openly available every year.

See the financial reports
Contact

We would love to hear from you.

Whether you want to visit, volunteer, partner with us, or simply ask a question — write to us, or start a WhatsApp chat right away.

Nagendra Kr. Mishra

Chairman, Shuktara

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