Brief Overview of UTSA

UTSA- Unite Theatre for Social Action, one of the renowned development organization in Bangladesh, started its journey in the year of 1997 and working for increasing awareness programs for mental health issues through Therapeutic Theatre as a pioneer organization utilizing UTC (Unit Theatre Concept). It does anticipate peace through theatre as its thematic choice and does inherently believe that peace attainment is further more possible if the theatre by content does itself inherent the concerned issues. UTSA has perpetuated its movement with the dissemination of area-based and issue-focused theatre works on sustainable socio-economic and cultural development since its inception. UTSA considers the theatre as one of the most effective tools in raising awareness and organized more than five thousand issue-based theatre shows in different areas in Bangladesh. Different issues like Child Labor, Child Rights, Labor Rights, Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwD’s), Women’s Rights, Gender, Sexual Harassment, Child Trafficking, Early Child Care development, HIV/AIDS, Environment Preservation, Disaster Management, Leprosy, Drug Addiction, Gender-based Violence, Human Rights with Acid Survivors and Cancer Survivors of Acid have been incorporated into the list of their theatre shows.

To match with those development trend, UTSA has adopted a unique approach named REHECDU. Interestingly this approach of development interventions maintains and align with the issues identified at the development trend analysis. Adopting this approach has led UTSA to change a lot to the organization itself. For example, the management structure has been changed to align the need of the organization and enhancing its capacity. UTSA is also one of the pioneer organization that created a bridge among therapy-based interventions, advocacy at different level, care giving services on mental health, psychosocial service and supported to develop enabling environment for individual and in society through addressing conflict agendas.

This organization is registered with the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in 2001 and NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh (NGOAB) in 2011 and renewed later on the year of 2021. A numbers of development interventions has been implemented by UTSA since its inception.

UTSA possesses a unique management structures of its own. A General Body was formed from the representatives of the theatre and developments units, who are mainly responsible for governing of the organization. All the members of General Body are dedicated and owned social responsibilities.

Within the scope of General Body, an Executive Board is formed to oversee the organizational strategic issues and management. A nine member’s Executive board is formed as per constitutional rights and the board consisting with one President, one Vice-president and one General Secretary (GS). Normally the General Secretary performs his or her role as equivalent to the Executive Director (ED) like other organization. Under the direct leadership of the executive board, its programs, administration and finances sections are functioning as stipulated in the manual. In general, the GS is on the charge of leading these field level units simultaneously.

A program implementation committee rather works under the leadership of these units also. This organizational state is somewhat more representative comparing others with similar development agenda but with different approach (REHECDU). This organization has shifted its management structure on 14^th March of 2001. Since then, no single project cannot be designed within the organization without proper consultation with relevant stakeholders at all.

Accounting Policy

Presently UTSA is maintaining accounts on both cash and accrual basis that is all grants/incomes received are taken as income and all administrative expenditures paid as well as unpaid and outstanding are taken as expenditure. Depreciation on fixed assets is charged against capital fund on straight-line method.

Financial Reports

The central office produces a monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statement and submits it to the Executive Director of the organization within seven days of the next month/month/ Year. The financial statements comprise at least the following reports:

 i. Budget variance analysis

ii. Financial overview including receipt and payment

iii. Bank Reconciliation Statement

Besides the confirmed monthly Financial Reports shall also prepare consolidated Financial Statements for the whole year. In addition to the regular financial reporting system of UTSA   the organization will have sufficient flexibility to comply with reporting requirements of the donors. We are using TALLY software for the accounts system.

Chattogram District,

Cox’s bazaar District,

Chandpur District,

Netrokona District.

Local  level

a. Adolescent Development Foundation (ADF) Bangladesh

b. Adolescents and Youth Forum

c. Alliance of Urban DPO’s in Chittagong

d. Chittagong Society for the Disabled (CSD),

e. Chittagong Blind Cricket Club,

f. Disability Rights Group (DRG)

g. Mental Health Advocacy Association (MHAA)

h. Shupro-Chittagong,

i. Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW).

National level

a. Association of Development Alliance in Bangladesh (ADAB),

b. Action on Disability and Development (ADD),

c. Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST),

e. National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD),

f. National Association of Sports for the Persons with Disability (NASPD),

g. Nari Jogajoge Kendra-NJK (Women Network)

h. Society for Participatory Education and Development (SPED).

International Level

a. American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP)

b. Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI) Asia

1. Name of the Organization	Unite Theatre for Social Action (UTSA)
2. Address :	Sayeed Villa, House # 10, Road # 01,  Akbar Shah Housing Society, Pahartoli, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
3. Contact Details Telephone :     E-mail : web:	+8801819514564 utsabd@gmail.com, ed.utsabd@gmail.com www.utsabd.org
4. Year of establishment	14 March 1997
5. Registration Status            A) Social Welfare : B) NGO affairs Bureau :	Chittagong: 2369/2001, Date: 15/07/2001. Registration No- 2622, Date: 02.02.2011 Renewed by January 2021
6. Name and designation of the Chief Executive :	Mostafa Kamal Jatra, Executive Director
7. Bank Account :	Name of Account: Unite Theatre for Social Action (UTSA) Name of Bank: Agrani Bank Limited A/C no-  0200004492124 SWIFT Code: AGBKBDDH Routing No: 010154362 Khulshi Branch, Chattogram Central Zone.
8. Tax Identification Number:	TIN 499153223132
9. VAT Registration Number:	BIN 003884334-0505

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