Amazing tribal woman of Odisha: 45-year-old ASHA worker Matilda Kullu among the most powerful women in the world

Matilda Kullu, a 45-year-old tribal woman and ASHA worker from Odisha, has been included in the Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world. Kullu has been working as an ASHA worker for the last 15 years in Gargadbahal village of Baragaon tehsil of Sundergarh district.

45-year-old Kullu eradicated the social curse like black magic from this region. Due to this achievement, Forbes has named her among the world’s most powerful personalities in 2021 along with celebrities like famous banker Arundhati Bhattacharya and actress Rasika Duggal.

Kullu takes care of her cattle along with the family
Matilda Kullu’s day starts at 5 in the morning. After taking care of the four family members and taking care of the cattle of the house, she takes a cycle and goes out for the work related to the Asha worker. Visiting the doorstep of every household in the village, daily vaccination of newborn and adolescent girls, prenatal check-up, post-delivery check-up, preparation for birth, breast-feeding and counseling to women, giving information on cleanliness and infection prevention including HIV is work.

made sick people aware to go to the hospital
Matilda tells that people did not think of going to the hospital when they fell ill. When I used to advise people to go to the hospital, they used to make fun of me. Gradually, people were explained the difference between right and wrong. Today, he goes to the hospital for treatment for minor ailments. Overall, if Matilda Kullu’s efforts were not there, the people of her village would still be resorting to black magic for health related ailments instead of going to the hospital.

Matilda says that when I used to advise people to go to the hospital, they used to make fun of me. Gradually, people were explained the difference between right and wrong.

During Corona, she used to go to 50-60 houses every day to do tests.
Matilda says that her responsibilities increased during the Corona epidemic. Under this, they had to go to 50-60 houses every day to check people having symptoms of corona. Matilda says that after the first wave of corona subsided and vaccination began, she faced difficulties in convincing the villagers to take the vaccine. Matilda says today we get 4500 rupees every month, still I am very happy to serve the people of the village.