Utsa as an organization was built out of the love and compassion for the people of this country. So many stories fail to reach the right door step and we wished to be their home of hope. Utsa doesn’t believe in working for a particular cause but more importantly a cause for the society which is relevant with time and need.
We pledge to provide for the society with our best of interest and hope to build a communities and models that are sustainable and healthy at the same time.
Vision is to foster care and need of the underprivileged people of this country.
Mission is to work on socially relevant issues pertaining to children's education and livelihood.
Child Sexual Abuse has been one of the most hideous of crimes to take place. One in every 5 children is a victim to this crime. Legal justice takes years to come and rehabilitation has brought in very less benefits to them. The situation is grim with most of the cases going unreported due to social stigma. A relevant way out is to provide awareness and knowledge to children and their care takers on ways of self- protection. Prevention is better than cure and hence, these we at Utsa Foundation Trust, design interventions through the medium of awareness campaigns and workshops, meetings , counseling etc to reduce the number of victims in years to come.
Menstrual hygiene is a national issue that needs dire attention. Women in Rural areas and Urban Slums are lacking not just awareness on the hygienic and basic factors related to menstruation but also sources of finance to support the daily needs through this health related process. People in general need to be made aware about the side effects of unhygienic practices during menstruation. It is also essential to facilitate various schemes provided by the State and Central Govt machineries to combat the issues related to Menstrual hygiene so that the beneficiary at the bottom end reaches out and avails the benefits. It is also essential to check the number of high drop outs due to menstruation among early adolescent and adolescent girls. We need to talk more on this topic and break the taboo and the myth associated with it
With a Master’s in Psychology she has a keen interest in life skills and counseling. Her people skills expand well with a panache to understand behavior related issues in children and young adults. Being a Gandhi Fellow has enabled her to work widely in the field under most difficult circumstances. She has worked with Government schools in the remotest villages of Maharashtra. She launched her project on ‘Education of Child Sexual Abuse’ and ‘Menstrual Hygiene’ during the two years of the Fellowship. On a lighter side, she is a storyteller, loves to write poems and stories and dreams of being an author someday.
A cultural activist, empathetic friend, concerned citizen. Who has been involved in working for the unprivileged strata of society from her early days. With Certificate course in Social Impact Strategy from the Scholl of Social Practice , University of Pennsylvania she has formally taken up her career stride in social and development sector. With a Masters’s in Psychology from Utkal University with specialization in Organizational Behaviour she intends to make Psycho social interventions a primary methodology in eradicating challenges of mental health in modern day lifestyle. Loves Performing Arts and has taken upon herself to bring the remains of the dying dance and cultural form of Mayurbhanj Chhau through her initiative called ‘Project Chhauni’.
Hari is currently associated with ICMR – Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar as Scientist – B, working on various research projects in the field of Public Health. Hailing from a small town in Rajasthan, he completed his Masters in Social Work from Central University of Rajasthan. His passion towards girl child education took him to drafting an award-winning research paper of this topic and gave him opportunities to present them in many National and International Conferences. His work as a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health brought a whole different aspect of knowledge for him which he would explore in future. Earlier, he was in Gandhi Fellowship Program, providing tools for need based education in government schools of the tribal disrticts and thus was able to gain tremendous amount of skills and knowledge in the field of Indian Education System. He wishes to engage and explore all his learnings from these different fields into wellbeing of society at large.
