Padma Shri Chhutni Mahato

ASHA is honored to have Smt. Chhutni Mahato as part of our family. She have made us all proud with her efforts and campaign against witchcraft in Jharkhand.

PADMA SHRI TO CHUTNI DEVI (DIRECTOR ASHA, SARAIKELA WING)

Whole ASHA family takes immense pride and honour to state that Chutni Devi (Director ASHA, Saraikela wing) has been nominated for Padma Shri Award 2021. She will be awarded with Padma Shri on 15th March, 2021 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

ABOUT US

ASHA believes in addressing all the social issues through intensive awareness, activism and protection of rights of women, child and vulnerable communities. ASHA’s target group has largely been the women and children and especially those hailing from tribal communities. The major issues of intervention are: preventing witch-hunting, human trafficking, promoting education, building awareness, empowering women, improving women’s and girl’s health and ensuring action for safe migration, convergence with different developmental programs, collaboration with local self-governance and capacity building of the communities.

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ASHA NGO

"ASHA is a non-profit organization, registered under “Indian Trust Act 1882” since year 2000. ASHA has been working as a change maker in the community and society against various social evils and strive for women empowerment, education, health, and livelihood improvement of marginalized and vulnerable poor families of the society."

Ajay Kumar Jaiswal

Founder, ASHA

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"BEST ORGANIZATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY"

ACTIVITIES

ASHA is achieving more with our initiatives than ever before. We work on many exciting projects to help improve the lives of others, and are very proud of the progress we continue to make. Learn more about what we do, who we help, and how we work every day to promote positive change.