Ekjut
Based on a single primary source; not yet cross-checked independently.
- Headquarters
- Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand
- Founded
- 2002
- Registration type
- Registered society
- Registered
- 2002
- FCRA
- 231660513
- Tax exemptions
- 12A and 80G
- Reach
- 3 states
What they do
Ekjut is a health and community development society whose operational base is at Chakradharpur in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. It was started in 2002 by a founding group that included Dr. Prasanta Tripathy and Dr. Nirmala Nair, who first set up a village clinic near Chakradharpur. Its main method is participatory learning and action groups, and it reports that more than 100,000 women meet monthly in these groups to discuss maternal, newborn and child health, nutrition and mental health. It also runs creches, youth programmes, community-based rehabilitation for mental health, and work with the urban homeless, from offices in Ranchi, Keonjhar and Jaipur.
Where they work
Jharkhand: Chakradharpur, Ranchi · Odisha: Keonjhar · Rajasthan: Jaipur
People
- Prasanta TripathyCo-founder
- Nirmala NairCo-founder, Secretary and Chief Functionary
- Snehil KumarPresident
Links
Where these facts come from
- ekjutindia.org/our-story
- ekjutindia.org/team-of-teams
- ekjutindia.org/managing-committee-members
- ekjutindia.org/financials
- ekjutindia.org/connect-with-us
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