CESCI focuses on women- and children-empowerment in more than a dozen villages around the Center. CESCI’s objective is to promote a Gandhian model of development where village children are organized into groups and participate in supplementary education and experiential learning such as children's theatre, holiday camps, exposure visits, leadership training, soft skills training, and awareness classes, etc. Similarly, CESCI also works with women in self-help groups, offering numerous activities for their socio-economic development.