Sukarya

Founded in 1998, Sukarya, is a non-governmental organization working on these core areas in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh: Maternal and Read morechild health and nutrition,Adolescent reproductive sexual health,Non-formal education for slum children,Women empowerment through self-help groups (SHGs)and Integrated rural development. In the last 25 years of service we have reached more than 650 villages and 120 slums and served more than 6.0 million people The mission of Sukarya is to focus on ensuring equitable access to quality health services for all including the poorest sections of the society, especially women, adolescents and childrens

Sukarya’s Mission has been to ensure fair and equitable access to quality health services for all, including the poorest sections of society, especially women, adolescents and children. Each of the interventions are designed and implemented to meet the following objectives:

To improve maternal and child health;
To advocate, promote and sensitise communities on Primary Health Care, Reproductive Child Health and Family Planning;
To advocate, encourage and guide positive health-seeking behaviours with special emphasis on physical, mental and social well-being;
To empower women by strengthening their physical, emotional well-being and economic stability;
To educate and empower children and youth to lead a healthier and more dignified life; and
To promote gender equality and justice.
Sukarya’s Vision is to enable local communities believe in their own abilities to bring about change by providing them access to basic healthcare, nutrition and education to live a healthy successful life and strive for a better society.

Key Points
• That it is respected as a credible organization.
• That it encourages volunteerism in its function while working with skilled professionals from this area.
• That we could stay focussed on our core mission and objectives to provide service to Maternal Child Health, Adolescent girls, Children
• We are committed to high standards of accountability and transparency. ‘Sukarya’ is a GuideStar India Platinum certified NGO and is an accredited member of ‘Credibility Alliance for Desirable Norms’. ‘Sukarya’ is a GuideStar India Platinum certified NGO since 2018 and is an accredited member of ‘Credibility Alliance for Desirable Norms’ since 2015.
• Over the past 25 years, Sukarya has reached more than 6 million women and children living in more than 650 villages and 120 slums in Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

Impact created so far:
• We have contributed in improving the maternal child health in 650+ villages, 120+ slums, more than 6 million in Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan.
• Prevention & control of Anemia
• Promotion of Breastfeeding, ANC & PNC care
• Promotion of cost-effective nutrition & community volunteers
• 2000 slum children being mainstreamed in 8 years
• 10,000 adolescent girls of slums of Delhi & Gurugram have been educated and trained under Gender Equality Program
• Empowered rural women through Self Help Groups with various entrepreneurship and livelihood programs,
• Implementing interventions in areas where access to quality health care was non-existent.
• Engaging men in MCHN programs –Sukarya adopts a strategy in educating and involving both men and women regarding key health issues and enabling them to make joint decisions.
• Getting the communities to take ownership of the programs and change the attitudes of people to become active partners and not passive spectators.
• Strengthened linkages and convergence with existing government system
• Ensuring smooth execution of its programs and services by having full support from the villagers, stake holders, community leaders, religious leaders and Sarpanches (village heads).
• To make all its interventions sustainable, Sukarya works in partnership with community members, Village Health Committees, panchayats (village heads), women and men at the grassroots. Each of its projects strengthens existing village structures and mechanisms and creates new entities, where necessary.
• Making change a way of life, be it the use of iron kadhais for cooking food, or the delivering of a new born in a hospital or with the help of a skilled birth attendant or a woman working for economic independence.
• Training Community Health Workers (CHW) to become the permanent agent of change for the society they live in.
• Following a collaborative and participatory process all efforts, right from inception and ideation to planning and implementation are undertaken jointly. Community health workers work closely with Sukarya’s professional and medical teams to build awareness, making sure timely interventions reach those who need them most.

Achievements
• Sukarya’s story was covered on News18 and Firstpost in The Changemakers series on 2 February 2023 - The Changemakers Season 3 – Sukarya - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSO-67HW0o0
• Sukarya’s Founder and Chairperson was chosen as one of the Most Influential Women to Watch in 2022 by “The Enterprise World.” Her story on “Changing the Reality’ was the cover story of the September 2022 issue.
https://theenterpriseworld.com/the-most-influential-women-to-watch-in-2022/
• The Founder and Chairperson of Sukarya, Meera Satpathy, has been named one of the top 10 corporate leaders from the state of Haryana by the #womenentrepreneursindia
https://www.womenentrepreneurindia.com/ranking/top-10-corporate-women-leaders-from-haryana-2022-rid-121.html
• Meera Satpathy was featured as one of the women leaders in the published book “Why She Must Lead” written by Dr. Vasudha Sharma.
• Meera Satpathy was honoured by the U.S. Congressman Adam Smith for bringing in the social change on 22nd foundation day of Sukarya.
• Sukarya organized its first international conference on “Public Health and Nutrition – Freeing Future Generations from Malnutrition’ on 29th September 2018 at FICCI, New Delhi. The conference was organized by Sukarya in collaboration with the National Commission on Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), The Ministry of Women & Child Development, The Maternal & Child Health (MCH) Program at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Sukarya USA.

The conference was attended by Maternal & Child Health experts from Bangladesh and Nepal and focussed on following topics: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (Stunting, wasting, under-nutrition, anaemia, BMI etc & Nutrition related cultural habits, lifestyles and choices), Public health, Nutrition and Diseases (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene & Access to Health facilities and treatment), Correcting Micro-Nutrient Deficiencies, Nutrition related Policy and Legislation (Policies, Guidelines, Programmes, Legislation, Rules, Regulation), & Role of Technology for an Efficient System of Public Health and Nutrition.

It created a platform to discuss the various aspects of nutritional issues. It envisages to work strategically in collaboration with national and international partners to reduce, control and prevent anemia and malnutrition.
• A huge recognition was accorded to Sukarya in June 2016, when its founder Meera Satpathy was nominated for and invited by the United State of Women Summit convened by the White House in Washington D.C. The purpose of the summit was to celebrate what women and girls have achieved, and how the women leaders were taking action to move forward, covering key gender equality issues, in order to make a powerful difference in our collective future.
• Highlighting social issues and Spreading awareness about its program by participating in Airtel Delhi Half Marathon since 2006 and was awarded the highest pledge raising NGO through corporate challenge in 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
• Our unique and innovative approach brought in global collaborators like Enactus, Freedom from Hunger and MAMA, a global alliance of Johnson and Johnson, UN Foundation.
• We have worked with reputed corporates like Wipro, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fidelity International, Microsoft, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd etc.
• We have worked with reputed institutions like Charities Aid Foundation, India; Population Foundation of India, Give2Asia, Benevity, United Way Delhi, India Cares Foundation etc.