Our Team
Meet the dedicated professionals and passionate volunteers driving our mission to create sustainable change in communities worldwide.
Our Founders
Visionary leaders who established our mission and continue to guide our global impact.
Kavya Vani
Co-Founder & Core Team Member
Master of Social Work - School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore
Kavya is a senior consultant with more than 16 years of experience in humanitarian and development programmes. Her experience includes multi-state humanitarian aid emergency response; Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate change; bonded labour; women and child development; education; health; child protection; and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in India. Her expertise also includes research, documentation and project formulation.
Ghanshyam Jethwa
Co-Founder & Core Team Member
MBA - University of Liverpool, UK
Ghanshyam is a senior leader for 15 years with a total of 30 years of experience in the social sector. He has led and facilitated Strategic Plans worth more than $100 million (INR 740 crore) and partnerships with over 200 organisations, contributing a positive impact on 100 million children, women and men in four countries. His expertise includes strategic planning, leadership, programme management, gender equality, disability and social inclusion, capacity exchange, child rights, research, monitoring and evaluation.
Core Team
Seasoned professionals, including our founding leaders, bring decades of expertise to drive our mission forward.
Utpal Moitra
Core Team Member
Master of Arts in Rural Development
Utpal has over three decades of work experience in South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has designed and implemented sustainable solutions for human development. Drawing on his multi-country experience, he has developed livelihood solutions, performed climate analysis, and led initiatives focused on child rights and the climate crisis. As a trained humanitarian leader, he has worked in complex and high-threat environments. He has managed large-scale emergency responses, which involved situational analysis, joint monitoring, and creating and implementing disaster risk reduction strategies and plans. Throughout his career, he has delivered long-term solutions to some of the most challenging human development and governance issues globally.
Manish Jain
Core Team Member
Master of Science - University of Oxford, UK
Manish is a development and disaster management professional with 30 years of experience in India and other countries (Afghanistan, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea and Sudan). His expertise includes designing and executing country programme strategies, leading and managing country programmes with a focus on disasters, development and policy advocacy. Manish also specialises in research, monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, policy analysis and advocacy.
Dr Prahalad Kumar Rana
Core Team Member
Medical Doctor
Dr Rana is a senior leader, manager and trainer with 35 years of experience in the health sector. He has led and managed humanitarian emergency programmes, especially health programme management in India and abroad (Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan and Sri Lanka). He has expertise in Community-based Health, Public Health, HIV and AIDS, Life Skills Development for People Living with HIV and AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), and training and capacity building of health personnel.
Jipsy Somaiya
Core Team Member
Master's Degree in Software Engineering
Jipsy Somaiya is a Digital Technology and Communication expert. She has worked as a research, documentation and teaching professional for eight years with a university and an NGO in Kutch (Gujarat, India).
Global Volunteers Network
Passionate volunteers from around the world.
Worldwide Collaboration
Our diverse volunteer network spans across the globe, bringing together unique perspectives, cultural insights, and specialised expertise to amplify our humanitarian impact and drive sustainable development initiatives globally.
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Be part of a global team creating lasting change in communities worldwide. Your skills and passion can make a real difference.
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