South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal registered and popularized under the Trademark name ‘Ashray’ was setup in the year 1998 by a tribal woman Ms. Anima Baa as a non-profit, social developmental organization. The injustice, social discrimination and tough life faced by the tribal people inspired her to start the organization.It is a woman led nonprofit, social development organization working dedicatedly in the thematic area of Education, Health, and Rehabilitation Care and Livelihood promotion for about 20 Years. The organization was registered under the Society Registration Act XXI, 1860 on 7th September, 2000 at Patna. After the formation of Jharkhand the organization was re-registered on 27th September, 2006  by the Co-Founder Mr. Mantosh Kumar, who leveraged the organizational strengths.

The organization works on a right based approach and mostly works for the focus group women and children. Child rights, women empowerment, skill training, education, capacity building, mobilization and linkages, Health, food security, research, policy and lobby advocacy are the major work undertaken by the organization.The organization has been working efficiently and has a high credibility and experience on the area of working to mitigate the problem of infectious disease, unsafe migration and child protection. It has been for its arduous, credible and transparent efforts been recognized by the WORLD BANK and the UN.

Ashray has a vast outreach in the five states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, of eastern India where it works through networking and partnership. The organization has various centers in Simdega, Bokaro, Khunti and Gumla with the head office at Ranchi. We have worked for several agencies of the Central Government/ State Government of India, Foreign Agencies, The World Bank, The UN and the PSUs successfully. 

Vision 

“A just society where marginalized communities have equal opportunity to live a dignified life.”

Mission

“Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals by enhancing Access to sustainable livelihood through employment, infrastructure, Skill, Health, Nutrition and Education - Physical, Mental, Social and Cultural for bridging Economic Equality of Marginalized communities.” The Marginalized communities under the service are Schedule Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Women, Children, LGQBT, Refugees or abandoned / vulnerable and general poor groups in the society. The society focuses of gender balance and communal harmony.

Presently even the succession line is operating the administration. Ms. Soumi Dutta is fully functional as the Secretary and handling the implementation level leadership to shape the organisation better and meet the development goals.

• South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal is an organisation founded by a Tribal woman Ms. Anima Baa, who is a recipient of several awards and accolades. She has been a participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program. The organisation has been established and run by the team of Indigenous aspirant women leaders to bring a high social impact. Thus it is a Women Organization serving with the motto “serve until sustain”.  
• South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal has been registered under the trademark name of Ashray after undergoing the theory change in 2013. It is now recognized as a social enterprise as it has developed a channel of marketing the products especially the tribal art forms through its trained beneficiaries. It is an Accredited Vocational Institute and Academic Institute of National Institute of Open Schooling under MHRD.
• South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal has been the Development Marketplace winners 2013 of World Bank. It has accomplished Research under National Commission for Women, Government of India. It has also accomplished Actionable Research on a pilot project on Thematic Convergence of National Mission for Empowerment of Women under Minsitry of Women and Child Development. Thus it has skills and experienced professionals to implement, innovate and investigate the social sector for achieving the outcomes as under Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
• South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal is a Empaneled Organisation with various Central, State and other agencies. It is an Empaneled Agency to Combat Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace under Ministry of Women and Child, Government of India. It is an empaneled organisation with the Department of Urban Development, Agriculture, Laghu and Kutir Udyog and many others in the Government of Jharkhand. It has been certified as In Place plus organisation by Tata Institute of Social Sciences CSR Hub. Apart from the empanelments the organisation is a recipient of several awards and Accolades nationally and globally.

South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal is Indigenous women founded women organisation  and has the relevant expertise and experience in the 15 sectors of Sustainable Development Goals 2030 especially on livelihood promotion, women empowerment/ Gender Equality and initiatives to combat climate change. It is an agency to vigilant in providing Emergency services in Drought, COVID-19, Amphan etc.

The organisation has an exemplary track record and reputation of working with the vulnerable community since the year 2000. It has been the Development Marketplace winners of World Bank in 2013. It has been the recipient of several International awards like Buckminster Fuller Award 2016 etc. and National awards like Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award 2013 etc. and Regional awards like Rotary South and Jharkhand State Commission for Women 2019 etc.

The organisation has the potential to leverage skills, expertise and resources therefore the organisation shall give optimum return on the investment with its credibility, experience and commitment record of over 20 years.

We have the potentials to innovate and scale up the operations with our strong and skilled team (full time dedicated staffs), volunteers, and Technical consultants for bringing a high social impact across the Country. It has been the lead agency in implementing several Pilot projects like that of Thematic Convergence (under Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI) and Food Security projects. It is also a Research Agency having experience in working with the National Commission for Woman, Government of India and other academic agencies.

South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal is a technology savvy NGO inclined to do impact assessment on its programs on communities. In fact it has undergone the Theory of Change under World Bank in 2013 also it is an empaneled agency of Tata Institute of Social Sciences CSR Hub, Mumbai and has been assessed with In Place plus ranking.

South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal has competence to accelerate impact assessment through its smart data management systems. It is already using International Data Managements Systems and applications like TIMBY and Liberty Asia.