Organisation Profile

GENESIS

In the late eighties, a bunch of educated rural youths developed keen interest towards protecting Forest from massive deforestation in the tribal belt of kapilas forest range. Partial success of this movement transformed this small voluntary body into a registered society and it began taking up various issues and development activities. From 1989 to 1993 process continued in a low key, then after organization started taking up non formal education, promotion of small family norm, organizing women to form SHG, organizing forest protection group, farmers group ect  with support from govt and non govt donors. After 1999 super cyclone USS changed its gear and shifted to Disaster management and HIV/AIDS care and Support and expanded its activities to other districts. USS has worked extensively in relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, land development, environment restoration, livelihood support and IGP activities for next 15 years with support from multiple national and international donors and UN agencies. Initially USS started its office in a small rented building in a rural village in the year 1989. After working continuously for 30 years and successfully completing projects in multiple thematic areas in various districts of Odisha, now USS has its administrative  and coordination (head office) in Cuttack city with branch offices in other districts with own land and all other necessary assets and technical equipment. Starting with a bunch of youth volunteers, now USS is presently having 97 regular staffs.   Currently USS is implementing projects supported by state Govt., corporate donors and Private donors. Coping with the changing time and demand, USS has always transformed its strategies, came out with perspective plans ,developed the capacity of its team and adopted new technical innovations.

In this long journey USS has able to develop not only a brand of skilled staffs but also came out with administrative and management manuals, vision mission statements, various policies, SOPs with prospective plans. Disaster Management(Relief, Restoration, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation), Water and Sanitation, Environment promotion, forest protection Empowerment of women ,Prevention , Care and support to people living with HIV & AIDS,  Rights of migrant tribal, prevention of child labor, Sexual Reproductive Health among adolescents, Promotion of natural environment, community development, poverty alleviation, community health, etc. are the area of intervention of  Utkal Sevak Samaj . Over the years, USS  has taken up these issues widening its sphere of activity in the direction of its vision & mission.

Name of the organization :  Utkal Sevak Samaj

                              Year of Establishment       : 1989

                              Office Address                       : Cuttack District Head Office – At:  Omm Sri Jagannath Nilayam, Nuasahi, Gandarpur,

Po: College Square, District: Cuttack, State: Orissa, India, Pin: 753003

 

City Office-1– Near Grand Residency, Badambadi,Cuttack

City Office-2-Bidhyadharpur, CRRI,Nuabazar,Cuttack.

One Rural Field Office–  At Haridapala, Post- Safa, Via- Kot sahi, Tangi,Cuttack. Pin- 754022

Bolangir District –  At- Sriram Nagar, PO-Belpada, Dist.- Balangir, Odisha Pin- 767026

Anugul District – At Raniguda, Behind Krishna Hotel, Near Railway Station Road,  Anugul Pin-759123

Keonjhar– Field presence with staff.

Jajpur – Field presence with staff.

Kendrapara– Field presence with staff.

Jagatsinghpur– Field presence with staff.

Email : ussngo2014@ gmail.com,
Website :  www.utkalsevaksamaj.org

Legal Status :

  • USS is registered under Society Registration ACT XXI 1860 at Cuttack dated 31/07/1989
  • Registration Number 6521/294.Foreign Contribution Regulation Act(FCRA) dated 30th November 1995 with No.104870119.
  • Income Tax 1961 U/S 12 A (a) & U/S 80 G/2 & (5) dated 17.03.2015.
  • UTKAL SEVAK SAMAJ is certified under ISO 9001:2015 for support & services to the people with poverty & vulnerability.
  • Registered on IA HUB (Implementing Agency Hub at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs Government of India.
  • Validated by Charities Aids Foundation (CAF, India) passing through due diligence process.
  • Accredited by Credibility Alliance under desirable Norms prescribed for good Governance of voluntary Organizations.
  • Exempted under U/S 12 “A” of Income Tax Act.
  • Donation to USS is also Exempted U/S 80 “G” (VI) of IT Act.

Download FCRA 2017 Details

Quarterly FC Grant of Utkal Sevak Samaj for FY 2015-16

Quarterly FC Grant of Utkal Sevak Samaj for FY 2016-17

Contact Person : Amiya Bhusan Biswal (Secretary)

Contact No– 91+9437004821, 7008967838.

Human Resource Position– Total- 83, Managers-9, Field staffs-74

 

FROM THE FOUNDER’S DESK …

amiya

It is a great pleasure for us to share with you about Utkal Sevak Samaj (USS) through our website. USS has completed 25 years of work and during this journey we have enjoyed successes and faced many challenges. These years of journey with ups and downs have been a huge learning experience for us.

In past two and half decades, USS has taken up many program initiatives based on the needs of the community it has been working with. The key areas includes promoting health, education, ensuring livelihood and managing emergencies like flood and cyclone.

Health promotion is key to sustainable development and it is a priority area of our intervention till today. The organization since its inception has been engaged in maternal and child health program and still keeps continuing to contribute to the State’s initiatives. HIV and AIDS has been one of our key interventions for the past decade and it is a major area of our work in current programmes. Besides, the organization is implementing other health and development programs related to TB, adolescent health, empowerment of women, livelihood promotion and poverty reduction in an integrated manner to mitigate the problems of the people in the operational area.

The commitment of the USS’s team of workers is inspiring who have often given much more than what was expected. The grantees and donors have always placed their faith in USS’s ability. Credibility, based on transparency, is the main strength of USS that it has always been striving to practice the best norms in human relations and financial management.

I thank all those who support, appreciate, encourage and promote USS thereby promoting the well being of the marginalized.

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Founder Signature
Amiya Bhusan Biswal
Founder & Secretary, Utkal Sevak Samaj

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POLICIES, MANUALS AND RULES FOR SMOOTH PROJECT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT:

  • Project Management Manual
  • Administrative Manuals
  • Asset Management Manuals
  • Vehicle Management Cum Regulatory Policy
  • Gender Policy
  • Disaster Management Policy
  • Travel Allowance Policy
  • Financial Management Policy
  • HRD Policy
  • Job Description Fact Sheet
  • Value for Money Policy
  • Sexual Harassment at Work Place Policy(Protection Policy)
  • Ethics Policy
  • Transparency and Accountability Policy
  • Leave Rule
  • Humanitarian Accountability Partner Policy(HAP)
  • Contract Management and Maintenance Policy
  • HIV and AIDS Work Place Policy
  • Protection of Elderly People Policy
  • P4 Policy
  • Performance Appraisal Framework
  • Child Protection Policy

Areas of Operation:

  • Cuttack district for Community Support Centre –VIHAAN Project, Community Mental Health Management Project & Akshya India Global Fund TB Project
  • 25 villages under Tangi-Choudwar Block, 25 Villages under Athagarha Block,20 Villages under Salipur Block & 40 Villages under Mahanga block of Cuttack District for Link Worker Scheme project
  • Angul, Cuttack, Bolangir, Bhadrak, Balasore & Khurda districts for PPTCT Role out Project
  • JSPL of chhendipada & Nisha Block of Angul for TI Project for In Migrants & Akshya India Global Fund TB Project
  • Mahanga, Salipur, Nischintakoili, Tangi-choudwar and Narasinghpur Block of Cuttack district for SABALA Project
  • Slums of Cuttak City for Mahila Arogya Samiti Programme

Management Structure:

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Area of Work Focus:          

Disaster Management & Mitigation

  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Emergency Response
  • Disaster Rehabilitation
  • Community & Panchayat level Contingency Plan involving PRI Members

Agriculture

  •  Land Leveling, Cultivation Promotion
  •  Grain Bank & Seed Bank Formation and Promotion
  •  Pond digging ,Fish Farming
  • Duckery, Gottary,  promotion
  • Vegetable Cultivation and Kitchen Garden Promotion
  • Organic Farming
  • Value addition and market linkage

Environment Protection and Ecology

  • Mass plantation drive
  • Soil Conservation
  • Ground water quality enhancement through Sewage management
  • A forestation
  • Plastic waste management

 Child Development

  • Prevention of child labor
  • Education of Drop-Outs & Non-Starters
  • Prevention of child abuse                                                                      

Health

  • Reproductive & child health
  • Life skill education on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health
  • Awareness and Prevention of HIV/AIDS and TB among Truckers
  • Prevention, Care and support to people living with HIV & AIDS
  • Prevention and control of TB & Malaria
  • Community based mental health Prevention & Control
  • Prevention of Parent to child Transmission of HIV
  • Psychosocial Care for disaster preparedness .
  • Sensitization to Panchyati Raj Institution Members on SRH & RCH.

 Integrated Community Transformation

  • Training of Women PRI representatives on their duties and rights.
  • Strengthening local self Governance and advocacy on rights of marginalized
  • Community Development
  • Income Generation programs for Poor & Marginalized
  • Promotion of Self Help Processes among Women
  • Promotion of sustainable agriculture among tribal women

Education

  • Life Skill education to adolescent girls
  • Education to PRI Members on different schemes for social security
  • Education to Anganwadi Workers on Reproductive and Child Health, HIV & AIDS and Water and Sanitation.                          

Lobby & Advocacy: 

  • Highlight the rights and needs of PLHIVs.
  • Biodiversity and Social Security issues.
  • Blood safety issues.
  • Rights of Patients through Odisha Rajya Rogi Adhikar Mancha.                    

  Target Groups:                            

  1. Disaster victim
  2. Child Laborers
  • Tribal, Dalits and minorities
  1. Small & Marginal Farmers
  2. Migrants, FSW, MSM, TG, Hinjra, Truckers
  3. Vulnerable Women and Children,
  • PRI Members
  • Adolescent Girls
  1. Mahila Arogya  Samiti  Members
  2. Slum dwellers
  3. Mentally ill people
  • People living with TB
  • People infected and affected with HIV& AIDS
  • General Mother & Children

Target Groups

  • Tribal Women
  • Vulnerable Women and Children
  • PRI Members
  • Adolescent Girls
  • MAS Members
  • Tribal, Dalits and minorities
  • Small & Marginal Farmers
  • Slum dwellers
  • Child Laborers
  • Mentally ill people
  • FSW, MSM, TG, Hijra
  • Migrants
  • Truckers
  • People living with TB
  • People infected and affected with HIV& AIDS
  • General Mother & Children

TOT undergone by USS

  • Participated Human Resource development planning in voluntary sector facilitated by Dr Prem Chadha
  • Participated in the process on development communication and human relation facilitated by Mrs. Judith Karmar,London
  • Participated on development prospective planning for voluntary sector facilitated by Dr Mackenson of Germany
  • Participated training on STD, HIV & AIDS and Indian Public perception facilitated by Peter Gordon & Bill Gordon of IPPF, London
  • Participated the International Conference on HIV & AIDS at Washington DC, USA
  • Participated in Training of Trainers on HIV & AIDS organized at Cambodia
  • Expose to Disaster Preparedness and relief management at Bangladesh
  • Participated in SABALA on life skill education by REACH India collaboration with WCD dept. of Govt of Odisha
  • Participation on Mainstreaming HIV & AIDS by TISS, Mumbai
  • Participation in Management of care and treatment for PLHIVs by IIM, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
  • Participation on Social Behavior change Communication by CONCERN Worldwide, Bangladesh by Mrs. Gudrun Ireland

CITATIONS RECEIVED:

  • Best Organization of State Award for the year 2002 – 2003 received from Chief Minister Orissa on the occasion of 57th Independence Day.
  • Organization has received State level “Prakrutimitra Award” for the year 1998 – 99 from Chief Minister of Odisha.
  • Organization has received “Best Environment building Organization of the District” Award form District Administration handed over by Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha..
  • Organization has received Certificate for outstanding service to humanity from State International year of volunteers committee in the year 2001 from Chief Minister of Odisha.
  • 2 members including the Chief Functionary has received “Best Youth of the District” Award for the year 1995 from Nehru Yuva Sangathan, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
  • Best NGO in the field of HIV & AIDS in Cuttack dist – Certificate & memento handed over by Financial Minister, Govt. of Odisha on the occasion of 64th Independence Day function.
  • Best NGO of the district on Disaster Management Appreciation received from District Administration, Cuttack.
  • Pranam Matrubhumi 2015 Award, Awarded by Chief Minister of Odisha on the occasion of 129th birth Anniversary of Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das towards Immense contribution for the development of the downtrodden and socially neglected people of Odisha.
  • Vijay Ratan Gold Medal 2017 Award by International Institute of Education & management on 15th February 2017Jewel of India Award  2017  by Indian Solidarity Council , New Delhi
  • Change Agents of Odisha making big difference – 2017 by Yes We Can
  • Rastriya Vikash Siromani -2017

 

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