Introduction :
The Goa State Social Welfare Board was set up in 1963 with the objective of promoting and encouraging voluntary efforts and by providing financial assistance and guidance for welfare programmes for women and children to the voluntary agencies. Its first Chairperson was Hon’ble Smt. CamilaD’Costa.
The Goa State Social Welfare Board provides support to voluntary organizations under a variety of programme in order to facilitate and strengthen their role in empowering women through education and training, through collective mobilizations and a creation, through income generating facilities and by providing support services.