Community Welfare Society (CWS) is a registered charitable organization working for the development of economically, socially and educationally poor sections of the society through participatory activities. It has been working in and around Rourkela since 1976. Its members consist of priests, nuns, doctors, engineers, administrators, educationist and social workers. The Society, over the years, has been able to motivate individuals and communities transcending all barriers of caste, religion and gender to work for a common purpose i.e. community development. Presently the organization is working in 84 slums in Rourkela. The activities include providing drinking water facility, promotion of education for children and adults, day care centres, job-oriented programmes for unemployed youth, women’s empowerment and awareness programmes. All the efforts of the Society are directed towards achieving and maintaining the minimum standard of living and helping to inculcate a positive orientation in the lives of people. ​ In carrying out these programmes the methodology adopted from the very beginning of the Organization was ‘Participatory Development’. Organization always ensured that the beneficiaries took active interest and played crucial role in carrying forward the programmes of the organization. ​ Presently as the Vision of the Organization indicates - Empowerment of disadvantaged communities living in the slums of Rourkela through formal and non-formal education – we are focussing on Empowerment of masses through Educational, Healthcare and Health Awareness Programmes. For the realization of this vision we are carrying forward various programmes and activities those will bring about the empowerment. In other words all our programmes are aimed at providing formal or non-formal education to the masses and we believe education alone can bring about a social transformation in the Society. Hospital project too has an educational dimension attached to it.

CWS Hospital offers a range of medical specialties, including:

• Anesthesiology

• Cardiology

• Dentistry

• Dermatology

• ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat)

• General Medicine

• General Surgery

• Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Ophthalmology

• Orthopedics

• Pathology

• Pediatrics

• Psychiatry

• Pulmonary Medicine

• Radiology & Imaging

• Urology