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Multiple Initiatives Towards Upliftment


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MULTIPLE INITIATIVES TOWARDS UPLIFTMENT (referred to as MITU) is a Registered Charitable Trust. It has been granted Tax free status under sec 12A and 80G under the Income Tax Act. The Trust was envisaged with multiple social activities like supporting hospitals, schools, old age homes and orphanages as well as supporting individuals through scholarships, providing income generating opportunities to women and conducting general awareness program about health and hygiene. When we started in 2009 and were identifying areas of activity, the abysmal state of women’s access to proper methods of managing menstruation and the consequent enforced absence from regular activity (as captured by a Nielsen survey conducted in 2003) came up from many sources –such as Goonj, Dasra Foundation etc. Thus tackling the lack of awareness among young girls and telling them about both proper methods and combating some outdated myths and taboos was chosen as a prime area of activity.



OUR VISION





To empower, educate and uplift the urban and rural poor.



OUR MISSION





Reach out to underprivileged women, make a difference to the society, transform their way of thinking and enable them to achieve economic independence.



STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES





By taking up multiple initiatives we are able to address the needs of different groups of people and a variety of problems, at any given time.



OUR FOUNDER





Dr. Kala has been inclined towards social welfare since she was young. From volunteering for eye operation camps in Gomia, Bihar, to helping NGOs in slums, she has always wanted to help the needy. On some such visits, she realised the poor state of menstrual hygiene that these women practice due to lack of awareness. After the untimely demise of her daughter Maitreyi (Mitu) she was determined to make a difference. She strongly believes in “Information is wealth” and coined her own saying “Give a woman a fish, you feed her for a day. Teach her to fish, and you have fed her and her family for life”. She started Multiple Initiatives Towards Upliftment (MITU) with the thought that women can be informed and enabled to behave differently in many aspects of their daily life.



TRUSTEES





Dr Kala Charlu



Founder Trustee



Vikram Rai



Trustee



Suman Karthik



Trustee



EXECUTIVE TEAM





SRINIVAS CHARLU



ADVISORY TEAM





PADMAJA KURPAD



DILIP PATTUBALA



DIPTI RAMESH



HIMABINDU BELLARY



SAHANA KASHYAP



SHIVANKSHA MARUPURU



JYOTHI E HITNAL



WORKING TEAM





GAYATHRIBAI B S



RAJI PADMANABAN



ASHA



DIVYA



LAKSHMI



BHAGYALAKSHMI



MADHU



CHAITRA



JAYA



MANJU



MOHAN KUMAR



KUMAR



OUR VOLUNTEERS





ANITA PHADKEGOKHALE



ANURADHA RAMESH



ASHOK URS



CHANDRIKA RAMGOPAL



CHANDRIKA SESHADRI



INDIRA RAMARAO



JANAKI J



JAYASHRI BHUWAL



JAYASHRI RAMESH



MALA SREEDHAR



MICHIMASA SATAKE



MYTHILI RANGARAJ



NIRMALA JAYARAMAN



RAJALAXMI



REKHA MUKESH



REKHA PRASAD



SAILEELA REDDY



SAPNA RAM



SAVITHA PRABHU



SRIKRUPA MP



SULOCHANA MURLIDHARAN



VIJAYA VISHWANATHAN



UMA KASTURI