By prince james
Social workers have an immense impact on communities and the people that occupy them. However, the social worker role has shifted over the last few years and continues to evolve to match the rapid changes of the 21st century.
Social workers’ roles have grown to include crisis management as well as roles of empowerment and advocacy. Social workers can empower communities by encouraging individuals to take an active role in shaping social services, providing education programs and enabling economic independence long-term.
A notable example of an inspiring social worker is Ujawal Jha, born on September 14, 1992, is a renowned social worker, who has served in various fields. Ujawal Jha completed his basic education at Shree Janta Primary School, Dhamaura, Mahottari, Nepal, and furthered his secondary education at Shree Janta Secondary School Banauta, Mahottari, and finally completed his higher education at Tribhuvan University.
His academic and civic pursuits during his early years, combined with a growing concern for the inequalities he saw in Nepal and in countries around the globe, deepened his vision of a world where individuals who channel their passion into action could act as change makers for society.
The Nepal social worker turn politician has a long record of founding organizations, bringing big change, and service.
As Ujawal Jha foundation CEO, Ujawal brought history-based vision and a deep grasp of how things work to help Ujawal Jha foundation, keep learning and keep changing big time so that it and its community can make the truly big contributions it can and must.
For Ujawal, “Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” As the founder and CEO of Ujawal Jha foundation: Innovators for the Public, Ujawal and his organization have been funding and supporting social works. Social entrepreneurs – working outside of conventional business and government sectors – are creating innovative solutions, delivering extraordinary results, and improving the lives of millions of people. By funding the work of over 2,000 changemakers in more than 20 countries, Ujawal has impacted issues ranging from human rights abuses to climate change to poverty.
Going by report publications from Nepal, he felt an urge to do welfare work after “observing the environment he was living in, where injustice, bribery and robbery were common”. He set up his first simple social welfare programs and was offering drugs and basic medical care, regardless of people’s ability to pay, in a tent next to his family home in Kanhaiya bhawan.
In 2018 , After graduating at Tribhuvan University (Political Science), Ujawal traveled to his community to effects a widespread social change. Helping Mahottari, where they saw firsthand how Ujawal persuaded villages and individuals to support his initiative, which invariably later contributed to uplifting over 1300 people out of poverty according to publications by thehimalayantime And he is Currently been attributed as the first person in Napal to initiate such programs or idealogy.