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Here’s the second edition of the RPG Foundation newsletter. This is a showcase of the exciting CSR activities that the RPG Group companies have been doing in the last three months, touching the lives of many needy people, at our different locations across India.
We are doing CSR at three different levels i.e. around our plant locations, in the industries we operate in and a flagship program of the RPG Group for universal social impact.
We encourage you to support us with your participation in our initiatives!
FEBRUARY 2015 I VOLUME 2
We launched Netranjali our Flagship program in December 2014 across our group companies.
India has the world’s largest blind population (18Mn) and nearly 80% of the cases are preventable with suitable & timely eye care interventions. Our flagship project Netranjali is a Vision/ Eye health care initiative. The goal of Project Netranjali is to ensure provision of comprehensive Vision/Eye health care to avoid preventable blindness amongst the less privileged sections of society – children, elderly and special groups like truckers/drivers, around our plant/office locations and other need based areas across India. In addition to the comprehensive eye check-ups & sustainability training to community workers & teachers we will provide free spectacles to the needy under Project Netranjali.
To ensure the flawless implementation of our project we have partnered with Sightsavers, a leading organization with many years of experience in prevention of avoidable blindness.
Netranjali
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Community beneficiaries waiting in line for the eye screening
Community beneficiaries getting their eyes screened
Children being screened at the
school camp
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Educate & create awareness of eye health problems in the community/school via educational materials like pamphlets, posters, banners etc.
Train Govt. Health/ Aanganwadi workers & school teachers to carry out pre - screening camps and home to home registrations prior to main camp to identify the needy patients. To ensure sustainability of the programme these Aanganwadi workers & school teachers are trained & sensitized in basic eye screening.
Eye Camp screening covers Comprehensive eye screening & detection of the following eye health problems in the community & schools:• Cataract/ Glaucoma• Diabetic Retinopathy• Refractive Error• Child Cataract/ Lazy eye/
Vitamin A deficiency
Dispensing free spectacles wherever needed for both myopia & hypermetropia - Provision of customized bifocal glasses for the elderly/children etc within a week.Referrals to the base hospital for secondary/tertiary eye care & surgeries for cataract, glaucoma etc. This is being done by our partners Sightsavers/Base hospitals via Govt subsidized schemes
PROMOTIVE PREVENTIVE CURATIVE
Patients Screened - 3,587 RPGF Provided Free spectacles - 1,342 Referred for Cataract (Sight Savers/Govt subsidized) - 305
Children Screened - 1277 RPGF Provided Free Spectacles - 146 Referred for Vitamin A, squint etc (Sight Savers/Govt subsidized) - 448
Patients Screened - 306 RPGF Provided Free spectacles - 160 Referred for Cataract (Sight Savers/Govt subsidized) - 4GENERAL COMMUNITY &
ELDERLY CAMPS
SCHOOL CAMPS
TRUCKERS CAMPS
School child being given the free
spectacle under project Netranjali
Training of community
Health Workers
Truckers being briefed before
the Netranjali Camp
TARGET POPULATION - 1,50,000 YTD REACHED - 70,000
STAGES OF EYE CARE INTERVENTION
A workshop was conducted on the
6th and 7th of November, 2015
for the Pehlay Akshar’s facilitators
(teachers). The workshop aimed
at improving storytelling and
classroom management skills.
Pehlay Akshar
• The Paper Boat Project is a mentorship
programme, where employees would be
paired with Pehlay Akshar children, to
guide them and be a friend for their future
growth.
• This Project was launched on December
22, 2014 to create awareness among
employees about the importance of
mentorship. The Pehlay Akshar team along
with Tall Tales organized a story telling
event with RPG employees. Storytellers
were RPG employees who shared their
mentoring experiences.
• Subsequently, a ‘Bake-Sale’ was organized
in the RPG chill zone on January 27,
to talk to employees about The Paper
Boat Project mentorship program and
encourage them to sign-up. 80 employees
signed up to explore the program. We are
soon starting similar initiatives in CEAT
Bhandup, Raychem RPG Vasai and RPG
Life Sciences Navi-Mumbai too.
MENTOR!COME FORWARD AND BE A
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Storytelling workshop in process
Giveaways to all the employees who
visited the Bake Sale
Employees signing up as mentors for the
Paper Boat Project
Display of Yummy treats for the Bake Sale
• CEAT’s unique Women Empowerment Programme
– Swayam, focuses on Promoting Gender Equality &
Women’s Empowerment by training underprivileged
women in driving skills to enhance their livelihood
across various sectors like cab transportation,
home care, patient care, school bus driver, etc.
Besides the driving skills training, women undergo
training in allied skills like self defense, basic spoken
English, customer service skills, grooming, first aid,
defensive driving skills and training in mechanics to
make them stand out as a proficient and polished
woman driver.
• 200 less privileged women are currently enrolled
under Project Swayam along with our training
partner Motor Education and Training Association
in Mumbai and Pune.
• 50 women trainees have completed the rigorous
driving training, allied skills and have undergone
a selection process for a leading all-female Taxi
Service, Priyadarshini.
• Check out our Swayam AVs on http://youtu.be/syeEWbGgAB0, http://youtu.be/-66IosRjwe4, http://youtu.be/VVzqfoa8fGs.
• Project Swayam has also received appreciation in the
media for implementing this unique programme.
Swayam
Swayam batch of 35 women at Malawni , a Mumbai Suburb
CEAT Swayam Press Coverage
Soft Skills training
Simulator training imparted
to Swayam Trainees
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The Gram Panchayat – Local Self Governing Bodies have honoured Achoor, Arrapetta and Sentinel Rock estates of Harrisons Malayalam Ltd. for its commitment towards sustainability. Waste Management, Awareness to public, Environment hygiene, Plastic Free Zones, Safe Agricultural Practices etc. are some of the commendable initiatives which have been undertaken by Harrison Malayalam Limited.
Sentinel Rock estate made money out of the plastic waste collected and with that money water purifiers was supplied to the nearest needy school.
HML Team being awarded by the
Local Self Governing bodies for their
commendable work on environment
sustainability
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In keeping with the national objective
of Swachh Bharat/Clean India, Zensar
Employees at Hyderabad & Pune took it
upon themselves to create clean spaces
in and around the office premises. In
addition to this, around 15 to 20 employee
volunteers participated in a cleanup drive
wherein they took to the streets & started
creating awareness on cleanliness and
waste management amongst the public,
street urchins & shopkeepers. They were
also very involved in cleaning the streets
themselves, to set an example to the
general public. The highlight of the event
was when children from the near by schools
were also involved in the cleanup drive.
They happily cleaned their classrooms &
school corridors with the employees.
Zensar’s Flagship Biodiversity Park focuses
on environment sustainability. The 2 acre
Biodiversity Park includes diverse flora and
walking trails with informative signages for
the benefit of students and visitors. This
park is unique as one can learn so much
about plants, vegetation & medicinal plants
through various senses such as taste,
rub, smell etc. Apart from this, the park
has Braille signages that help to engage
visually-challenged visitors. This park is both
educational & therapeutic thereby attracting
various schools that bring their children for
educational excursions or recreation.
Volunteers in Pune
cleaning the school’s
common area
Volunteers in
Hyderabad cleaning the
streets outsidethe
office premises
Visually Impaired Children
enjoying the Udaan Biodiversity
Park reading the Braille signages
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A Yoga & Meditation
session being carried
out for 200 adolescent
girls under project Jeevan
at the CEAT Bhandup Plant.Project focuses on
improving their anemia.
Oral health check-up
being conducted for
school children under
project Jeevan at the
KEC Nagpur Plant. More
than 2000 children are
being supported to date
via this project.
A General Health check-
up being carried out
under project Jeevan for
1050 school children at
the KEC Jabalpur Plant
Children enjoying the
clean drinking water
at Schools at the CEAT Nashik Plant under
project Jeevan. We are
benefitting the health
of 4,000 children via
this project
Provision of nutritious
meals to school for 100
children via project Jeevan
at the Raychem Halol Plant & 500 children at
CEAT Halol plant.
A General Health
awareness session
being carried out
under project Jeevan
for 500 school children
at the KEC Jaipur Plant
Project Jeevan: Our integrated community project—Jeevan, focuses on
improving all-round quality of life in the areas of clean drinking water, overall
health, sanitation and nutrition-based interventions amongst others. These
have been identified as critical local need gaps in the Need Assessment Study
at the communities surrounding our plant locations conducted by Tata Institute
of Social Science (TISS).
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Jeevan
Girls learning
Maternity Care
under project
Saksham –at CEAT Bhandup
Women learning
Sewing & Embroidery
under project Saksham
CEAT Bhandup
SHG group women
put up their stalls
in the village under
project Saksham at
KEC Nagpur
Career guidance
session for youth under
project Saksham at
CEAT Halol
Inauguration of
the beauty parlour
training centre under
project Saksham at
CEAT Nashik
Women learning
Sewing & Embroidery
under project Saksham
at Raychem RPG Chakan
Women learning
Sewing & Embroidery
under project Saksham
at CEAT Halol
Project Saksham: Our multi-skill development programme focuses on providing
vocational training to women for alternate livelihoods e.g. tailoring, nursing &
providing technical skills training and education to youth for employability.
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Saksham
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