Smt. Sushila Chaudhary
President · अध्यक्षाFounder and president of the trust, and a former Kshetra Panchayat member. She is the reason most families in the ward know where to bring a problem.
A women-led trust, working street by street
Khushiyon Ki Udaan — a flight towards happiness — was registered in Dehradun on 31 August 2021. The name describes what we are trying to hand people: not rescue, but lift.
Our story
How it began
Smt. Sushila Chaudhary had already been doing this work for years without a name for it. As a former Kshetra Panchayat member she was the person neighbours came to — about a disability certificate, a school admission, a marriage falling apart.
Registering a trust was a practical decision rather than a grand one. It meant donations could be received properly, camps could be organised with hospitals and schools, and the help would not depend on one person’s energy alone.
The seal we chose says the rest: a child reaching up to release a dove, under a rising sun, ringed by laurel. खुशियों की उड़ान — the flight of happiness.
Governance
Registration & accountability
We are a properly registered charitable trust, and we would rather you checked.
- Registered name — Khushiyon Ki Udaan Charitable Trust (खुशियों की उड़ान चैरिटेबल ट्रस्ट)
- Registration number — 876/2021 (IV)
- Date of registration — 31 August 2021
- President — Smt. Sushila Chaudhary, former Kshetra Panchayat member
- Registered office — Ward No. 67, Majri Mafi, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248171, India
Donors and partners are welcome to ask for our registration documents and an account of how a contribution was spent. Just write to us.
Milestones
What the last few years looked like
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31 August 2021
The trust is registered
Khushiyon Ki Udaan is registered in Dehradun under No. 876/2021 (IV), with Smt. Sushila Chaudhary as president, and a plate goes up in Majri Mafi.
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2022
Harela plantation and the plastic-free campaign
Plantation drives on Harela with school students, and प्लास्टिक मुक्त अभियान awareness sessions taken into halls and classrooms.
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2022 onward
Self-help groups and livelihood training
Women’s self-help groups formed and supported, handloom and craft training begun, and scheme awareness work that was later formally recognised.
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Today
Five programmes, one neighbourhood
Environment, livelihoods, family counselling, girls’ education and community celebration — all run by volunteers who live here.
The people
Who runs the trust
A small group of volunteers, most of whom live within a few streets of each other.
Kiran Singh
Secretary · सचिवRuns the plantation drives, training sessions and self-help group work on the ground, and has been recognised for raising livelihood-scheme awareness among women’s groups.
Our volunteers
The rest of usTeachers, homemakers, students and shopkeepers who give a morning to a camp or a plantation drive. Nobody here is paid to care.
Recognition
Work that has been noticed
Rashtriya Gaurav Samman
Presented by the National VIP Press Club in recognition of sustained social service work.
Samman Patra for livelihoods work
Recognised for raising awareness of livelihood mission schemes among women’s self-help groups in Dehradun.
Come and see for yourself
The best way to understand a small trust is to turn up at one of its camps. Tell us when you are free and we will tell you what is happening.