Sunday, January 25, 2009

Umang Foundation Trust

'Umang' a non-profitable organization, is about bringing 'Happy' changes around us. It is about doing things we can, to improve the lives of deserving needy.At Umang, we believe that 'Change is the essence of Progress'. We aim to bring about a progressive change in our immediate society. We invite your active participation and support. Together, we can endeavour to bring at least a spark of happiness into the lives of our needy fellow beings. To spearhead our undertaking, we have a group of dynamic and sincere youngsters who are committed to the underprivileged. Share 'Umang' with us and enrich your souls by doing what we can, when we can and the best we can. You don't always get an opportunity to do a good deed. We certainly believe that “little deeds of kindness help to make the earth happy like the heaven above”. As some wise man had once said, “we cannot do all the good the world needs, but the world surely needs all the good we can do”.
What makes us different:
Umang is a unique movement for the underprivileged...We have reviewed over 100 non-profit organizations from all over India to identify nearly 100 organizations that have met with the Credibility Alliance's norms. They work for causes ranging from child welfare and education to disability, poverty, and women's empowerment to name a few. Umang works with development-oriented non-profit organisations that reach out to the underpriveleged. We reach out to other NGO’s like the Shishu Bhavan for orphaned kids , Sneha Sadan for street kids and Shanti Avedana for the Destitute.

Governing bodies, volunteers and their Activities

Prof. Anil Thomas, PresidentA Professor & Speaker by profession , is the founder and committed to the cause of Umang. He takes care of job-delegation, need-assessment & overall functioning .
Ms. Betty Thomas, a teacher by profession, is in charge of fund allocation and accounts-management.
Mrs. Mary Thomas, a retired Government officer, is the Chief co-ordinator of different groups and their activities.

Prashant Shetty: Organising, scheduling and co-ordinating activities of volunteers.
Manjusha Shetty: Screening families, assessing needs and supplying resources.
Divya Kalnad: Interacting with NGO’s and screening their activities.
Vishwanath Sarang: Brainstorming ideas for fund-raising.
Lisa Kuruvilla, Akshay Shah, Vivek Patil, Babu Pillai: Assisting in educational pursuits.
Sagar Giri: Networking with civic authorities for the cause.