Annual Report 2013-14

Fulfilling Aspirations Transforming From The Chairperson

am pleased to present the second Annual Report Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research of Reliance Foundation. In 2013-14, we continued Centre will be operational later this year. our steadfast focus on translating our vision Reliance Foundation recognises the importance of of building an inclusive India – where both channelizing the energy of youth in the right direction economic welfare and social well-being co-exist through the medium of sport. Sport inspires children to Ithrough empowered and engaged citizens who positively strive for excellence and embeds in them the right values and productively contribute to their communities. We and life lessons for a productive and purposeful life. Our look forward to contributing to this goal by continuously focus is on the grassroots development of talent. This year, reinventing and adapting our development initiatives – in partnership with the National Basketball Association focused on our five core pillars: Rural Transformation, (NBA), we launched the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Education, Health, Urban Renewal, and Arts, Culture and Programme to build a holistic sports culture among Heritage. By responding to the rapidly changing needs of children through basketball. the communities in which we operate, through innovative, Reliance Foundation School at Koparkhairane, Navi practical and sustainable solutions. started sessions this year. Through our network For those who encountered the fury of nature in of 13 schools, we are committed to providing holistic Uttarakhand last year, memories of the disaster would education to over 15,000 students. The Foundation has never fade away. Massive destruction caused by the floods been supporting meritorious students to pursue college was of a scale that few had witnessed before. Within a few education through the Scholarship days of the traumatic tragedy, the Reliance Foundation Programme. Till date, 10,000 students across India have team swung into action to minimize suffering in some of benefitted from this programme; of this, about 25% are the most inaccessible and remote locations affected by it. specially abled. We were among the first few organisations to deploy relief This year, through Reliance Foundation Drishti, 1,200 services including a team of doctors and development cornea transplants were carried out and cumulatively professionals to reach out to over 100 villages. Our long- this programme has brought light into the lives of over term efforts towards sustainable livelihoods will continue 12,800 people from the underprivileged segment. Reliance in the region. Foundation Drishti, an International Braille newspaper At Reliance Foundation we continue our efforts towards that is published in Hindi every fortnight, reaches out to enhancing the quality of life of people from some of the thousands of visually impaired readers across India and 17 most marginalised and vulnerable communities. Currently, other countries. the Foundation is engaged in over 5,500 villages and urban Reliance Foundation’s efforts and accomplishments locations across the country. During the year, Reliance over the last few years always inspire us to set new Foundation catalysed development through an integrated benchmarks in inclusive and sustainable development. The approach, by reaching out to more than a million people Foundation will continue to widen and deepen its efforts, through its various initiatives. Needless to say, all work by collaborating with individuals and institutions who are has been done in true Reliance spirit to maximize societal committed to engendering positive and profound societal value. Reliance Foundation was established in 2010 as impacts. Reliance’s leading social development vehicle. In a short I look forward to your support in Reliance Foundation’s span of over 3 years, the Foundation has impacted the lives journey in contributing to our nation’s collective aspirations of over two million people. And, Reliance’s CSR initiatives – let the many strands of our commitment and work have cumulatively touched the lives of over four million converge to make it a true movement. people across the country. Reliance Foundation is leveraging technology to positively impact the lives of people by providing them need-based information in the areas of health, livelihood Regards, and disaster management. In just one year, Reliance Foundation Information Services Programme has reached out to 7 States and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Nita M. Ambani During the year, the Foundation scaled up its efforts in promoting sustainable agricultural practices, with the Chairperson and Founder objective of ensuring food security and supplementing nutritional intake for marginal communities. The Foundation continues its endeavours towards providing integrated healthcare to all. Launched last year, the health outreach programme has reached out to over 350,000 people belonging to the weaker sections, providing them quality primary and preventive healthcare. In tertiary care,

2 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 3 “At Reliance, growth is not just centred on profits; we place sustainable development at the core of our business decisions and align our sustainability strategy with our business goals. This means our concern for safety, environment and communities percolates our decisions to design, build and develop all our projects. We therefore take it upon ourselves to produce, provide and deliver in the right way.”

Mukesh D. Ambani Chairman & Managing Director

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1/ Overview 8 Education pg no 22 2/ Highlights - The year in brief 10

3/ Rural Transformation 14

4/ Education 22

5/ Health 30

6/ Urban Renewal 38

7/ Arts, Culture and Heritage 39 8/ Disaster Response 40 Health pg no 30 9/ Technology to Empower 44

10/ Change Delivered 52

Reliance Foundation’s activities focus Core Pillars on the following five core pillars: Arts, Culture Urban Renewal & Heritage pg no 38 pg no 39

Rural Transformation pg no 14

6 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 7 The Foundation has a technology for development India, integrating them into the comprehensive approach towards solutions. The Foundation has mainstream development process development with the overall a model of direct engagement of the country. Reliance Foundation objective of creating and supporting and is involved directly with spent `517.18 crores on various Overview meaningful and innovative activities the community through trained initiatives during FY 2013-14. to address some of India’s most professionals. Within a short In addition, RIL has spent some pressing developmental challenges. span of over three years, the amount directly on various CSR Reliance Foundation has a holistic Foundation has worked with initiatives and the total amount approach towards development some of the most vulnerable and spent by and lays emphasis on leveraging marginalised communities across Limited is `711.72 crores.

eliance Industries responsibility initiatives over the education and healthcare, capacity Limited (RIL) has made last many years. These efforts have building for employment generation, significant contributions substantially improved the lives access to good infrastructure and and measurable of some of the most marginalised ecological conservation. progress towards a communities across India. In order to strengthen Reliance’s Rvision of inclusive development Reliance collaborates with commitment and enrich the lives of in India. Sustainable development the communities right from the marginalised, Reliance Foundation strategies have helped the group to need identification to project was set up in the year 2010 as the create thriving eco-systems enabling implementation and involves the umbrella organisation for all the profitable growth and development communities extensively in the social sector initiatives of the Group. of its multiple stakeholders. Reliance decision-making process. Over the These efforts of Reliance have goes beyond its business activities years, through social responsibility cumulatively touched the lives of to create societal impact through initiatives, the group has worked over four million people across the its diverse initiatives. The group with the communities to ensure their country in over 5,500 villages and has been involved in various social wellbeing through access to quality urban locations.

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continuing post-disaster more than rehabilitation efforts in uttarakhand through a full-scale livelihood 1,40,000 programme and primary children trained in basketball healthcare facilities. under reliance foundation jr. nba programme to promote health, fitness and an 460 active lifestyle. Village Farmers’ Associations (VFAs) formed to promote

and undertake sustainable Information on agriculture practices. agriculture, marine fisheries, health provided to beneficiaries More than The Andhra Pradesh across Marine Police used the technology 10,000 5,500 meritorious students, villages using different platforms of Reliance including over technology platforms. Foundation during Phailin, Leher and 2,000 Helen cyclones to specially abled students, Positively influenced the circulate warnings across India awarded nutritional intake of nearly scholarships under and alerts that helped the Dhirubhai Ambani reduce loss of life. Scholarship Programme. 16,000 families through Reliance Nutrition Gardens.

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Among the first Reached more than organisations to respond to the 3,50,000 disaster individuals through the in Uttarakhand, Reliance Foundation reached more than “HEALTH FOR ALL” 100 affected programme. villages with food and medical services. Created water Restored the sight of visually- harvesting structures impaired through more than with capacity to store over 12,800 More than corneal transplants conducted Productivity of over 15.2 million cubic under Reliance Foundation 10,200 metrEs of water. Drishti since inception. 31,000 compost manure facilities hectares of uncultivable land enriched. created across India. Built capacities Enhanced of more than livelihoods of over

71,000 40,000 farmer households Hindi Braille Newspaper farmers in reaches thousands of sustainable across 19 visually-impaired agro-ecological readers every fortnight agricultural across India and 17 other practices. sub-regions of India. countries.

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14 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 15 lmost 70% of India’s source of livelihood for a country Reliance Foundation directly transformed into Dharti Farms, mitigate risk. This is impacting Gardens (RNGs) provide vegetables population resides in like India with a long coastline with engaged with more than 40,000 enriched and brought under their livelihoods positively. Vital and fruits to more than 16,000 the rural areas with more than 0.9 million active fisher households in 461 villages across cultivation with an increase in the information for increasing yield, families and ensure that their basic heavy dependence on population. The Foundation works India to help them collectively crop yield through the adoption of improved germination, potential nutrition needs are met. agriculture, marine on various livelihood generation undertake sustainable agricultural sustainable agricultural practices fishing zones, weather information The increase in the crop produce fisheries,A livestock farming and other activities with farmers and practices in their respective like bunding, mixed cropping, and pest and disease management through Dharti Farm activities and allied activities for their livelihood. fisher-folk and provides information communities. To ensure that the integrated pest management and is relayed to them through use of supporting advisories to improve Rain-fed agriculture in India support to enhance their livelihoods communities take ownership of use of farmyard manure. Steady technology. productivity has contributed to the supports 40% of the population and improve their knowledge base. the initiatives and to institutionalise and optimum productivity has been food security of farming households. (484 million), occupies 60% of the same, the Foundation organises achieved to ensure food security Location-specific advisories are the net sown area and the quality marginal farmers into Village and an increased income for the Food and Nutrition Security provided to fisher-folk through of resources in this area is steadily Livelihoods Farmers Associations (VFAs). The households. which they can effectively plan their declining due to over-utilisation. VFAs use community institutions Farmers, especially marginal sea routes, navigate directly to fish Low and erratic rainfall adversely for gatherings, take collective farmers, do not have access to n its endeavour to improve aggregation zones and return with affects the productivity of crops eliance Foundation has been decisions followed by collective either accurate information or Inutrition security, Reliance heavier hauls in lesser time. and the yield in rain-fed areas is only Rmaking systematic efforts at actions to improve productivity and knowledge. To bridge this need- Foundation has supplemented Improved productivity of 25-50% of the attainable yield. It de-risking farming, minimizing yields in their small farms. This gap the Foundation, through the the nutritional intake of rural the farm lands, introduction of becomes imperative that soil and external dependencies, encouraging encourages collective ownership, use of various platforms such households through promotion of RNGs along with the rise in fish water conservation techniques are sustainable practices, helping builds local capacities and throws up as mobile phones, cable TV and small kitchen gardens. These gardens catch of marine fisher-folk has been adopted so as to enable farming improve the overall lives of local leadership for sustaining the audio conferences, provides timely are spread over 710 square feet of a major step towards ensuring in dry lands and bring fallow lands small and marginal farmers and initiatives. information to farmers, marine area with a radius of 15 feet and food and nutrition security and under cultivation. gradually bridging the rural-urban More than 31,000 hectares fisher-folk and livestock farmers are constructed near the house for self-sufficiency among the Marine fisheries form an important development gap in the country. of uncultivable land is being to enhance their productivity and easy access. The Reliance Nutrition marginalised communities.

16 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 17 in rural households. The shift to using replenishing practices. In its initiative Environment, Ecology a cleaner and environment-friendly to reduce dependency on monsoons, and Energy fuel has led to reduction in indoor air the Foundation has built rain water pollution thereby resulting in healthier harvesting structures to harvest and eliance Foundation has made women and families. In addition to store 15.2 million cubic metres of Rsignificant efforts in promoting this, composting has been encouraged rain water which act as critical sources ecological sustainability through to convert waste into organic manure of irrigation for communities living resource conservation, promotion thereby reducing dependence on in dry and rain-dependent areas. of biodiversity and use of cleaner chemical fertilisers. More than 10,200 The community is also encouraged energy sources. More than one composting facilities have been to undertake construction of check million saplings have been planted created. dams, farm ponds and recharge wells in individual and common lands to Agriculture is one of the largest through voluntary participation. promote bio-diversity and preserve consumers of water and the the environment. Through soil diminishing water table is a matter and moisture control activities, of serious concern especially for a Capacity Building over 1,19,000 tonnes of soil has country like India where a majority been conserved thereby ensuring of population is dependent on eliance Foundation focuses sustainability. agriculture. With this grim situation in Ron building the capacity of The Foundation has helped mind, the Foundation encourages the communities that it works with. construct more than 900 biogas plants adoption of water conservation and Capacity building of the community

18 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 19 Member Households Enrolled Dharti Farms Established (in ha.) Member Households Enrolled Dharti Farms Established (in ha.) 50000 35,000 31,010 50000 40,722 40000 30,00035,000 40,722 31,010 40000 25,00030,000 30000 20,00025,000 30000 20,721 15,314 20000 15,00020,000 20,721 15,314 20000 4,233 10000 1,326 10,00015,000 1,400 10000 4,233 0 1,326 10,0005,000 1,400 0 Oct’10-Mar’11 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 5,0000 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 Oct’10-Mar’11 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 0 Present and Future Scenario of Indian Marine Fisheries, Dr. P.U. Zacharia, CMFRI Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14

Present and Future Scenario of Indian Marine Fisheries, Dr. P.U. Zacharia, CMFRI

VFAs Organised RNGs Established 461 500 VFAs Organised 18,000 RNGs Established 461 16,292 500 16,00018,000 400 14,00016,000 16,292 400 290 300 12,00014,000 290 300 200 10,00012,000 200 75 starts from the time the Foundation 100 10,0008,000 4,118 engages with them by ensuring their 75 8,000 100 4,000 1.003 participation in resource mapping 0 276 4,118 2,0004,000 1.003 and planning exercise. Multiple 0 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 2,0000 276 need-based training programmes Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 Oct’10-Mar’11 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 are also undertaken to further Rain-fed agriculture could meet the challenges of food security in India, 0 enhance their skills and knowledge. K.D. Sharma, National Rain-fed Area Authority. Oct’10-Mar’11 Oct’10-Mar’12 Oct’10-Mar’13 Oct’10-Mar’14 Rain-fed agriculture could meet the challenges of food security in India, The Foundation’s initiatives have K.D. Sharma, National Rain-fed Area Authority. helped build the capacities of over 98,000 small and marginal farmers, women, and fisher-folk and have empowered them through knowledge transfer. Training in sustainable agricultural practices, soil and water conservation, pest management, feeding and fodder management for livestock, use of organic fertilisers, hygienic handling of fish, sea safety etc., have been imparted.

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22 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 23 or a country to develop, education is still a challenge. needs for financial support and to their mark in different sectors it must have competent the differently abled meritorious after pursuing education from DAS Scholars Education For All and adequate human students. The scholarship is award- some of the premier institutes in resources. Education Dhirubhai Ambani ed to students for pursuing college India and abroad. Reliance Foun- plays a critical role in Scholarship Programme education in diverse domains like dation organized the Dhirubhai he Education for All (EFA) Ini- Fhuman development and primary Engineering, Medicine, Law, Arts, Ambani Scholarship ceremony in Ttiative by works education forms the foundation Science and Management etc. and Mumbai to felicitate 393 scholars to address the issues of access for creating an efficient workforce aunched in 1996, the Dhirubhai supports their tuition fees and other selected for the scholarship this and quality of education. Through for the future. Poor quality of ed- allowances for the entire duration year. The award ceremony was 53% partnership with several NGOs, the LAmbani Scholarship (DAS) Pro- 47% ucation results in low levels of learn- gramme has been working towards of the academic coursework. The attended by the scholars, their EFA initiative has positively influ- ing and thereby hampers the growth Shri Dhirubhai Ambani’s vision scholarship programme has played a parents and alumni. The pro- enced the lives of thousands of of the youth. India is expected to of breeding leadership within the key role in building confidence and gramme has so far benefited more underprivileged children during the become the youngest country by future of the country, its youth. This motivating students to excel in their than 10,000 young and budding last few years. This year, EFA part- 2020 with a median age of 29 years. scholarship is awarded to merito- lives. scholars including more than 2,000 Female nered with some prominent NGOs But access to good quality primary rious students with demonstrated The DAS Scholars have made differently-abled. Male working in the field of education,

24 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 25 Aarambh, Aseema Charitable Trust, The Akanksha Foundation, Meljol, Mumbai Mobile Crèches and Ummeed. The EFA initiative along with the NGOs works towards: Ÿ Aarambh: Educational support to underprivileged children in Tur- bhe Slum area, Navi Mumbai. Ÿ Aseema Charitable Trust: Educational support to pre-pri- mary section children at Santacruz Municipal School in Mumbai, Ÿ The Akanksha Foundation: Education support to three Akanksha centres and extension of the facilities of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, to 50 children of sur- rounding low-income group hous- ing colony. Ÿ Meljol: Support to the ‘Aflatoun Social and Financial Education Programme’ to reach out to chil- dren in 150 schools in states of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh Ÿ Mumbai Mobile Crèches: Sup- port towards the cost of providing educational materials to children and the salaries of teachers across 26 centers Ÿ Ummeed: Support towards the cost of running the Early Inter- vention Centre to run their vari- ous programmes. Reliance Foundation supports the EFA initiative and togeth- er they have improved the lives of more than 25,000 children through monetary support as well as providing important life-skills. Under the EFA programme this year, 10,000 children in the age group of 6 to 17 years were invit- ed to watch the IPL match be- tween Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede stadium. EFA also launched a book donation drive across 72 schools in Mumbai and with the objective of providing access to books to the underprivileged chil- dren. 40,000 books, including text- books, storybooks and dictionaries were collected and distributed to NGOs that work for the educa- tion of underprivileged children.

26 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 27 ready conducting youth basketball sensitive topics, engagement programmes. The partnership is in community activities like a three-year long comprehensive cleanliness drives etc. were programme that will reach over undertaken. More than 2,500 one million youth. children across 30 villages The Foundation launched a were engaged under this pro- programme for children in the gramme in Agar District of rural areas to bring about a pos- Madhya Pradesh. itive change in attitudes related to education, gender inclusivity and fitness through active par- Reliance Foundation ticipation of parents and the lo- University dation encourages learning using basketball. The programme features 40 schools of the Municipal cal community. The programme Sports For Development sports as a medium in both rural a combination of in-school and Corporation of Greater Mumbai used sports and activities as a and urban areas. after-school activities along with (MCGM) that had no previous tool for development to bring eliance Foundation is In partnership with the National basketball competitions and has access to basketball or infrastruc- about positive change. Engage- Rplanning to set up a world ports is an effective medium Basketball Association (NBA), Re- engaged with more than 1,40,000 ture for the game. In addition to ment with children through class, multi-disciplinary Uni- Sthrough which important val- liance Foundation has launched the children through the comprehen- working with schools, Reliance fun and play sessions, friendly versity in soon. ues such as team-work, discipline Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Pro- sive school-based youth basketball Foundation and the NBA will mentoring support from com- The University will provide an and commitment can be inculcated gramme to build a holistic sports programme. partner with community organ- munity youth, off-field activities enabling environment and among children. Reliance Foun- culture among children through The Foundation engages with isations in each city who are al- to reinforce learning and handle cutting-edge research facilities.

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30 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 31 n India, the inequities in three, access, quality and affordabili- and diagnostic camps and a world tackle the problem of access to The hospital will offer the finest has been actively engaged in dis- healthcare permeate all three ty, a patient does not get appropriate class tertiary hospital. Reliance healthcare by reaching out to the medical care, nursing care and global semination of information to raise crucial aspects of this critical healthcare. More than 52 lakhs per- Foundation supports various health beneficiaries and providing them facilities at affordable prices. awareness about the reproductive service: physical access to sons died in India due to non-com- initiatives in rural areas as well as consultations and medication. The The Foundation also organises health of women, importance of healthcare facilities, quality municable diseases like heart diseas- urban locations. SMUs provide diagnostic facilities multi-diagnostic health camps that child immunisation, anaemia, cer- Iof the healthcare and affordability. es, diabetes, chronic lung disease. In along with consultation and a focus not only provide services for chron- vical cancer, menstrual hygiene and Due to the lack of physical access, Mumbai alone, more than 20,000 on chronic diseases like hyperten- ic and other diseases but also help health and sanitation of adolescent individuals are forced to increase persons have died due to hyperten- Health Outreach sion and diabetes. Professional and raise awareness among the popula- girls. The information is provid- their expenditure on acquiring sion and more than 12,000 due to trained MBBS doctors, nurses and tion. These camps provide consul- ed in the form of SMS advisories healthcare services thus making it diabetes in the last five years. social workers cater to the primary tations, diagnosis and medicines to and through special programs for unaffordable for those in the lower The Foundation is committed to he Reliance Foundation Health medical care needs of the patients. the needy. Many such medical camps adolescent girls in schools, health income group. Where access is its vision of “Health for All” and its TOutreach Programme proves More than 3,50,000 individuals have were held during the year providing camps and health bulletins on cable available, the quality of healthcare is integrated healthcare model pro- medical care through Mobile enrolled to avail health care services specialised care in the fields of ma- TV. This year, too, the Foundation a challenge. This aspect of quality is vides quality and affordable curative Medical Units (MMUs) and Static in Mumbai. Sir HN Reliance Foun- ternal and child health, geriatric care organised camps with special focus often neglected to compensate for and preventive healthcare through Medical Units (SMUs) at selected dation Hospital and Research Centre and non-communicable diseases. on women’s health covering issues the physical access or affordability. various primary health centres, mo- locations in Mumbai, Uttarakhand is being rebuilt to global standards With special focus on Maternal like anaemia, menstrual hygiene and In the absence of any one of the bile medical clinics, health awareness and Madhya Pradesh. The MMUs to provide world class tertiary care. and Child Health, the Foundation others in several states.

32 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 33 higher centres of care, the electronic through virtual patients and state Consultations on Chronic Illnesses Technology in medical records help in a seamless of the art clinical reasoning tools. Healthcare Delivery transfer of patient information. These tools will help reduce di- Advisories on various health agnostic errors and could help in 4% issues like, diabetes, asthma and saving millions of lives globally. The eliance Foundation is working allergy, hypertension, awareness programme will be piloted in Reli- Rtowards leveraging technology messages on vector borne diseases, ance Foundation’s Sir HN Reliance to revolutionise the way healthcare is alcoholism and others issues are Foundation Hospital and Research delivered. Through the convergence provided through various direct Centre in Mumbai. 29% of technology and healthcare, the and indirect interventions and Foundation aims to improve patient programmes. 49% care and enable better and faster Reliance Foundation and the Reliance Foundation Drishti delivery. University of Chicago have entered Electronic medical records of into an innovative collaboration 5% the beneficiaries who have availed that will use technology for training, he Foundation has brought services at the SMUs and the MMUs competency evaluation and clinical Tlight into the lives of more than are maintained which enables easy decision support. The collabora- 12,800 visually impaired from the 13% and real time access to the medical tion is aimed at improving clinical under-privileged segment of society records of patients in the case of diagnosis and supporting doctors in through corneal transplants, 1,200 repeat visits. The emphasis is on real-time and evidence-based clinical of which were conducted this year. Hypertension & other cardiac related shifting to a paperless system of decision-making. The transplants are done in associ- Asthma Diabetes records while still ensuring easy The programme will implement ation with the National Association Thyroid disorders and quick access to previous med- cloud-based software applications for the Blind through a network of Others ical records. In case of referrals to to train medical professionals 59 hospitals. In order to increase

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38% 62%

Female Male

Patient Consultations: Age Group Wise

50% 44% 40%

30% 24% 17% 20%

10% 4% 7% 5%

0% 0 TO <5 5- < 12 12- < 18 18- <35 35- <60 60+

awareness about the importance of on the outskirts of Mumbai but no her lumbar spine which was poking eye donation among children, art one had a cure and it kept recur- her spinal cord causing severe pain. and essay competitions are organ- ring. Smitha (name changed) almost Smitha had a tubectomy operation ised every year. An International gave up hopes of cure. But she over 12 years ago where she had Braille newspaper in Hindi is pub- wanted relief from the pain and been given spinal anaesthesia, and lished every fortnight and reaches turned up at the mobile medical it was suspected that the needle thousands of visually impaired van that visited her neighbourhood. had broken and lodged in the readers across India and 17 other While the doctor prescribed pain vertebrae. countries. medication for quick relief, he ad- Smitha was referred to Neuro- vised a digital X-Ray of the spine. surgery Department of KEM Hos- Surprisingly, it showed a foreign pital and further treatment has been Cure at the Doorstep body in her spine and some osteo- planned in the hospital. Timely help porosis. The doctor advised a lim- by a diligent doctor in the MMU ited exposure CT scan to evaluate visiting her neighbourhood finally ackache was a burden she had the foreign body and she was pre- helped her head in the right direc- Bcarried for 12 years. She had scribed additional medications. The tion to seek treatment for the pain seen many doctors in her locality CT scan showed a broken needle in she suffered from for 12 years.

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eliance Foundation recognizes the value of preserving the rich her- itage, arts and culture of India for its future Rgenerations and has made conscious efforts to ensure its continuity. In an era of fusion music and rise in the popularity of western music, Reliance Foundation realises the need to spread awareness and promote Indian classical music among the youth to keep them con- nected to our culture. The Founda- tion paid tribute to the great artists of yesteryears during the Kashish s a part of the Urban Renewal concert in October 2013. Reliance initiatives the Foundation aims Foundation supported Ustad Zakir to focus on enhancing quality Hussain for his annual concert, of life in India’s rapidly growing Abbaji, in memory of his father, urban areas. Reliance Founda- Ustad Allah Rakha Khan. The con- tionA has been actively examining transformative cert featured renowned artists who approaches to planning for enhancement of came together to pay tribute to the public spaces and has partnered with municipal legendary guru. bodies to undertake urban planning and im- The Foundation has partnered provement of public spaces. with Samanvay Prathisthan, an Reliance Foundation has partnered with the institution working in the educa- Nashik Municipal Corporation in developing tional, social and cultural spheres. the park on the banks of river Godavari. The The Foundation supported Sa- development of Goda Park includes construc- manvay in organising the “Vasant tion of various civil structures like jogging Bal Mahotsav”, a cultural festival tracks, walkways, children’s park, senior citizen’s in Mumbai. Over 50,000 students park, horticulture activities, etc. participated through music, dance and other cultural activities.

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Mission Rahat

eliance Foundation is committed Rto reaching help to communities in crisis situations and bring lives back on track. When one of India’s biggest natural calamities struck Uttarakhand in June 2013, Reliance Foundation demonstrated its capacity to rally re- sources and personnel and be one of the first to respond on site. The Foundation’s relief operation, “Mission Rahat”, was launched within one week of the disaster. Thousands of people were stranded and hun- dreds had lost their lives after the damage caused by the floods. Reliance Foundation sent a team of 50 volun- teers to begin immediate relief activ- ities and pushed ahead to places that had become inaccessible, using mules, ropes or just trekking it by foot. More

40 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 41 than 5,500 relief kits were distribut- ed to cater to the immediate needs of the affected with enough ration to last at least 15 days. A team of 20 doctors was also stationed across several locations to provide immedi- ate care to the disaster-affected. More than 8,000 patients received medical care. The Foundation partnered with the Gramin Sudhar Avam Sramik Sanstha (GRASS) to provide shelters for 75 families in Uttarkashi and Rudrpray- ag districts which were rendered homeless. It has been engaged in the reconstruction of two Government schools to enable them to resume operations. Over 2,000 families have been equipped with solar back-up for power. As a part of Reliance Founda- tion’s long-term engagement in Uttarakhand, a mobile medical unit with all basic medical amenities under the supervision of a general practi- tioner continues to operate there. The Foundation has also posted two teams in Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi to work in 40-50 most-affected villages with focus on disaster risk mitigation, de- veloping sustainable livelihoods, food security and nutrition management To improve disaster preparedness, the Foundation supported training programmes in disaster management for the local Uttarakhand Police and community volunteers to equip them to respond swiftly in crisis situations. Several training programs in masonry and electronic manufacturing were undertaken to help people earn a livelihood. Cyclone Alerts in Andhra Pradesh

uring the three cyclones, Phail- Din, Leher and Helen, the tech- nology platforms of the Foundation were used by the Marine Police of Andhra Pradesh to deliver early cyclone warnings and alerts in the form of SMS and audio advisories. Timely circulation of these messages helped the Police reach out to max- imum people and minimise the risk of loss of life.

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ccess to information is a Achallenge for a majority of the rural areas. Reliance Foundation Health has created in-house technology Health & Sanitation, HIV / AIDS, Women platforms which are used across all and Child health, programmes to cater to the need for Youth & Reached over Nutrition information. Through extensive use and Education leveraging of technology Reliance Information on scholor- 5,000 ships, examinations, Foundation adds value, empowers career counselling, em- villages the communities and achieves scale ployment services across different sectors using Disaster multiple communication media in an Response integrated way. The information is Cycione, High Wave disseminated in regional languages Livelihoods Alert, Flood and ad- verse weather Condi- through: Agriculture, Horti- tions (eg. Hail Strom, Ÿ audio/text advisories culture, Livestock, Heat Waves, etc.) Microenterprises Ÿ audio conferencing between two and Marine Fisheries or multiple locations Ÿ cable TV-based live phone-in-pro- grammes

46 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 47 fisher-folk get larger hauls in lesser ries across 5,000 villages in seven Knowledge Network time leading to improved income states and one union territory. and time-saving. Partnerships with institutions like he Foundation has built a Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Agriculture Knowledge Management T strong network of grassroots Technology Management Agency organisations, universities, research (ATMA), Convergence of Agricul- institutions, and other knowledge tural Interventions in Maharashtra he Foundation is also de- providers to provide quality and (CAIM), National Bank for Agri- T veloping a knowledge man- credible information. The Founda- culture & Rural Development (NA- agement system for collecting, tion has partnered with INCOIS BARD) and other organisations processing, packaging and dissem- (Indian National Centre for Ocean help provide relevant and authentic inating demand-driven multi-lin- Information Services) to provide information to the farmers. Fur- gual information aligned with critical and valuable information thermore, this enhances the knowl- local context and culture with about potential fishing zones and edge base of the farmers with multi-media formats to overcome weather forecasts using satellite information related to improving language and literacy barriers. imagery. Information on weather yield & germination and pest & Reliance Foundation is working forecasts helps the fisher-folk de- disease management which can towards the creation of knowl- cide whether or not to venture out further improve their produce. edge societies and equipping rural into the sea which helps in reduc- Information pertaining to agricul- communities to deal better with ing the risk to life. The potential ture, marine fisheries and health are their problems and improve their fishing zone information helps the provided to thousands of beneficia- livelihood security.

48 / Reliance foundation Annual Report 2013 - 14 / 49 the same. He owns a Garmin GPS there for two days and roped in 1,600 Technology to Empower 72 H, which was provided by ATMA kilograms of fish including tuna, seer under a 75% subsidy mobilised by fish, scanieds, pomfret among others. Reliance Foundation. PFZ information derived from Sat- echnology can empower and D. A Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) ellite imagery helps provide specific TArjunarao, a 40-year-old fisher- Advisory received by him through a and scientific advisories to the fish- man from East Godavari, a registered voice message on his mobile phone ermen which in turn helps improve audience member of the Reliance helped him focus his efforts in a their livelihoods. The advisory helped Foundation Information Services particular spot where the probability Arjunarao to optimize his catch and programme, is a perfect example of of good catch was high. He stayed thus save time and earn more money.

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‘Mrs Inspired Me To Become A Community Leader’ VajaBen Vasava Farmer, Chitalda Village, Gujarat

ajaben Vasava of Chitalda village near VAnkleshwar in Gujarat, supports a fam- ily of four children. Like with most marginal rural households the food basket of her fam- ily hardly had any nutritive value. But then Vajaben became a part of the Village Farmers Association under the Bharat-India Jodo (BIJ) initiative. She started a kitchen garden or a Reliance Nutrition Garden, that now produc- es enough vegetables for her family. Now not only has the nutrition intake of her family increased, the programme has helped Vajaben discover the leader in herself.

“The way she (Smt Nita Ambani) interact- ed with us, it seemed like she was just like us. The way she leads the work of Reliance Foundation inspired me. I thought I should also extend a helping hand. That’s how I got inspired to take up leadership in my village to keep the work going. Many farmers from villages all around Chitalda also have ben- efited from BIJ programmes. Small farmers are coming forward…They are learning new techniques of farming and productivity is in- creasing…Financially also we are all getting better.”

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"We Owe It To Reliance Foundation To Succeed In Life" Gulafsha Khan Student (Centre)

ulafsha, 14, and her friends live in Motilal Nehru GNagar, a clutch of low-income apartments in Mum- bai. Motilal Nehru Nagar is located right on the periph- ery of the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), the country’s financial hub. The physical proximity of Gulafsha’s home to BKC only serves to underscore the fact that these are two different worlds…..Worlds that are brought together by the Dhirubhai Ambani International School. Every day, this school throws open its state of the art infrastructure facilities to Gulafsha, her friends and 50 other children from Motilal Nehru Nagar. They troop in at 3.30 pm for lessons in English and Maths by teachers of Akanksha, an NGO partner of Reliance Foundation. Gulafsha has been coming to the school for ten years now and is proud that she gets to use the facilities that are available to the children of stars such as Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar.

“Coming to this school and being educated in English has given us immense confidence to face the world. Earlier, we used to be afraid to talk to people, now we can engage with anybody. We are grateful to Reli- ance Foundation and Nita Didi for this opportunity. We will work hard to succeed in life. That is the best way to show our gratitude to Reliance Foundation,” says Gulafsha, egged on by her friends.

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Reliance Foundation Is The Light In My Candles Bhavesh Bhatia Candlemaker, Mahabaleshwar

havesh Bhatia, a visually-impaired person, Bhad a small candle-making business. A chance meeting with Smt Nita Ambani in 2008 changed that. Today, Sunrise Candles is a thriving small scale enterprise in Mahabaleshwar employing 230 visually challenged persons.

“We were making candles anyway using these ten-ten eyes (fingers) god has given us. But Reliance Foundation and Smt Nita Ambani have literally put light in those candles, or shall I say lit our lives. The Foundation has intro- duced us to the world and we are now a busi- ness that supports 250 families of visually-chal- lenged persons. That’s a matter of great pride. None of this could have happened without the support of Reliance Foundation.”

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Affordable Care At The Door-Step Under Health For All

ulochana Shirvadekar, 65, is a homemaker in the crowded slums of SSaat Rasta area of Mumbai. She came to the Reliance Foundation primary care clinic with her husband. She was not able to walk without support of her husband due to a long-standing injury to her left foot.

“Initially I ignored it thinking it was a shoe bite but it got worse. We consulted a doctor in our slum but my pain and discomfort remained. One fortunate day my husband saw the Reliance Foundation Mobile van at Saat Rasta from where we were referred to this clinic,” Sulochana explains.

The medical officer at Reliance Foundation Clinic found that her wound was 6 x 7 cm in size with severe fungal infection. Her blood and sugar levels were way above normal making treatment difficult in a clinic. But Sulochana said she couldn’t afford hospitalisation. So the doctor at RF Clinic took it as a challenge to treat her in OPD setting. Sulochana was given care for three weeks with regular dressing of wound. Finally the Reliance Foundation team won the war against the diabetic wound and an injury that would have taken more than three or four months, was healed in six weeks.

“I am very happy. The wound has healed completely and now I can perform my daily work well…Thanks to the Reliance Foundation Clinic team who made it possible even without admitting me in hospital and spending thousands.”

Similarly 3,50,000 persons have benefited from Reliance Foundation's “Health For All” programmes.

Sulochana Shirvadekar Saat Rasta, Mumbai

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Piped Water And Vegetables

For An Entire Village devitala, jamwa ramgarh, rajasthan Woman-members working on the VFA plans

ater and food which we tend to take for granted are Wnot easily available to people in rural areas. The situation at Devitala village in Rajasthan is a representa- tion of what happens in many such villages. Listen to two women:

“Since my house is on a hill, it is very difficult to fetch water. Half my day is spent on getting water,” said one while other added: “We eat vegetables only when we have money.”

That’s when, under the RF-BIJ programme, the Village Farmers Association, VFA, was formed. The VFA took up Reliance Nutrition Gardens (RNG) as its first activ- ity to provide quality nutrition from individual kitchen gardens. But then, two elderly women expressed their difficulty in fetching water to fill the RNG tanks. The VFA members identified a water tank constructed by the government outside the village. It had a capacity of two lakh litres and a continuous water source in the form of a bore well. With official permission, the VFA decided to lay water pipelines to all houses. The government didn’t have budgets so VFA members raised Rs 100,000 from the panchayat, the community pitched in with Rs.70, 000 and RF-BIJ put up Rs 160,000. For a house to get piped water, it was mandatory to set up a RNG. About 60 of the 100 households have water connections and work is on to cover all. Each of the 60 households has a func- tional RNG in their backyard and they have not gone to market to buy vegetables in the last 5-6 months.

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A Helpline That’s Become Veeraswami’s Lifeline

Dudala Veeraswami East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh

udala Veeraswami of Vakada village in the East Goda- Dvari district of Andhra Pradesh, is a happy man. He is getting a very good yield from his 13-acre paddy field, thanks to Reliance Foundation’s mobile-based helpline.

“I first came across the Foundation’s name in a scroll on local cable television. I was curious as to how a big company could help farmers like me. So I contacted the helpline. The staff briefed me and thereafter start- ed sending me regular audio messages on my mobile. Through mobile conferencing scientists discussed and solved the problems I was facing in my farm.”

“I followed their advice. I’m now getting a yield of 38-40 paddy bags per acre, much higher than before. The Foundation has also helped me understand market behaviour. Previously I used to grow crops that were difficult to sell. But now I understand that farmers should find out the market requirement and sow ac- cordingly. Cultivating the same crop in the same season every season only brings down the price in the market. I now grow seasonal varieties in different times so that I can get a better price. From seed treatment to pest control to weather alerts to government subsidies and the right market price, the Foundation has been help- ing us to earn a better income.” Lakhs of Veeraswamis have benefited from the Reliance Foundation Information Services helplines in 5,500 villages across the country.

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“My Son Is Tilling Our Own Land, What More Can A Mother Ask For?” Vimaltai Meshram Ganeshwadi, Yavatmal, Maharashtra

imaltai Sitaram Meshram, 55, a farmer of Ganesh- Vwadi village of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, is from the Kolam tribal community. Widowed four years back, Vimaltai had five hectares of barren land along the village nala (water canal). Every year during mon- soon, this canal would overflow and flood her farm rendering it impossible for use. This forced her to work as labourer with a yearly income of Rs 12,000. Vimaltai joined the Village Farmers Association, VFA (set up in 2011 with help from RF-BIJ). Digging farm ponds was one of the key action plans under BIJ. Vimaltai proposed to turn the dry well in her farm into a farm pond. VFA members agreed. Not only was a farm pond of width 8m and depth of 5m dug (picture inset), but with RF-BIJ intervention, major activities such as deep- ening and treatment of nala, contour and border bund, land cleaning, de-siltation, seeds and inter-culture oper- ations were carried out in Vimaltai’s farmland, costing Rs 1,14,710. The farm pond with its present capacity of 242 cubic metres of water has become a permanent source of drinking water for Vimaltai’s family and is catering to her other needs too. She is now able to take both Kharif and Rabi crops for the first time in her life. Her farm yields her five quintals of soyabean, three quintals of jowar and two quintals of tuar fetch- ing her Rs 28,000 during Kharif season and Rs 20,000 for blackgram during Rabi. Her family has now at- tained food grain security. Her son has found work.

“Ek maa ko kya chahiye… ki uska beta apne khet pe kaam kare (my son is tilling our own land, what more can a mother ask for)”?

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I never thought that my land could become so Previously, we only got generic information about productive, but today my income has doubled Bhanwarilal Salri P. Sivasankaran storms and rough seas and so our preparedness was and I no longer have to depend on anyone else. Agar, Madhya Pradesh Nagapattinam limited. With the intervention of Reliance Reliance Foundation has brought this change in Tamil Nadu Foundation, we get specific information pertaining the lives of all farmers in our village and now to our location and it is delivered through mobile every farmer has a smile on his face. voice and SMSs. We can now be better prepared for rough seas and weather conditions.

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My Son Got Back His Sight After Nine Years

Ragini Vijay Kachi Housewife

ine years ago Ragini’s son lost his sight Nbecause gutka powder went into his eyes. Ever since she has been running from pillar to post to get medical help and restore his eyesight.

“Nobody helped me…I cried for help but nobody came forward…...then I learnt about Reliance Foundation’s hospital…the people here were very kind…...my son got back his sight after nine years,” says an emotional Ragini.

Her son is one of the thousands of visually challenged persons who have got back their vision because of Reliance Drishti’s cornea transplant programme. Reliance Drishti sponsored 12,839 corneal transplants in 10 years….a stunning number considering that only about 2100 transplants are done in Maharashtra annually.

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Self-Help For Water Security

amalidabara, Netrang, gujarat VFA members working on the check dam

he Village Farmers Association, VFA, of Amalidabara in Ne- Ttrang, Gujarat, holds up a fine example of how communities can channelize their wealth of knowledge and experience to create lasting solutions to long-standing livelihood problems. Under the RF-BIJ Action Plan, the VFA identified water management as a pri- ority area. The first step was to build a check dam to stop the flow of running rain water to ensure water supply for cattle. The success- ful completion of this project encouraged them to turn their focus on to the village river. It had a stop dam and two gated dams but in total disrepair. Same was the case with a causeway that connect- ed two hamlets of Amalidabara. Its cement gates were damaged. The community contributed Rs 5,000 and the VFA invested Rs 60,000 for purchasing new gates. The cement gates were installed but kept leaking. Attempts to plug the leak with plastic and rubber tubes were unsuccessful. That’s when an old woman suggested that red soil and grass could do the trick; after all, their mud houses stood strong even in heavy rains. The solution worked! The dam now holds more than 18000 cubic metres of water and provides drinking and irrigation water for 200 families in five hamlets. This second success emboldened the villagers even more. So, the VFA took up another check dam. The iron gates of this dam were taken away by villagers for personal use. The VFA recovered all the ten gates and revived the dam which now stores 23,000 cubic metres of water. The six-member VFA committee, including one woman, manages and maintains these structures. Detailed bylaws have been prepared outlining the usage of water.

“Earlier we did not get enough water to sow Rabi crops like gram and wheat. This year, our work has generated large quan- tities of water and 17 farmers have sowed in the Rabi season. They are able to irrigate the fields six times – this has never happened before. They are happy as their Kharif production was damaged due to high rainfall. They will now be able to meet the families’ requirement with a good production in Rabi,” says Bipinbhai Vanjibhai Vasava, member VFA.

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Reliance Foundation was set up in the year 2010 to strengthen Reliance Industries’ commitment to enriching the lives of the marginalized. Reliance’s CSR initiatives initiatives have cumulatively touched the lives of over four million people across the country. In a short span of four years, Reliance Foundation has spread its activities to 12 states and the union territory of Puducherry. It is active in more than 5,500 villages and urban locations.

(Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarships are awarded to students from across the country)

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