ANNUAL REPORT Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation 2012-2013
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ANNUAL REPORT Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation 2012-2013 Annual Report Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation 2012-2013 CONTENTS Introduction 6 Message 14 Executive Summary 16 Andhra Pradesh 20 Kadapa 22 Assam 36 Umrongso 38 Odisha 42 Rajgangpur 44 Tamil Nadu 56 Ariyalur 58 Dalmiapuram 76 Uttar Pradesh 94 Jawaharpur 96 Nigohi 108 Ramgarh 120 West Bengal 132 Kulapachuria 134 Media Coverages 142 Programme Partners 144 Financial Report 146 6 About Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation One of the fastest developing DBGF’s development programme nations in the world, India has seen is aligned to six of the eight unprecedented affluence and hope Millennium Development Goals of for millions of its citizens in the the United Nations. recent yea However, development has brought newer challenges These six Millennium Development relating to health, education, Goals are: livelihood, environment, natural Ǭ Eradicate extreme poverty and resources, urban-rural divide, and hunger, infrastructure. A robust public- Ǭ Achieve universal primary private partnership through self- education, sustainable practices is considered Ǭ Promote gender equality and the only effective way to engineer empower women, social change in a growing Ǭ Reduce child mortality, economy such as ours. With an Ǭ Improve maternal health, objective of playing its role in Ǭ Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and building public-private partnership other diseases to create a better India, Dalmia Bharat Group Foundation (DBGF) To achieve these goals, we was established by the Dalmia are focusing on Livelihood Bharat Group in 2009. Enhancement, Basic Education, Healthcare and Civic Infrastructure DBGF is a registered not-for-profit Improvement. Our efforts are organisation set up under the directed at achieving the following Income Tax Act, 1961; committed by 2015: to carry forward the seven-decade Ǭ No person should be earning long legacy of Dalmia Bharat Group less than R33/day through conscientious corporate Ǭ Each child at the elementary citizenship. level should be in school Ǭ The child and mothers DBGF works towards bridging the mortality rate should be brought huge gaps that exist between rich down to half of what these where and poor in various dimensions of in 2009 life including livelihood, education and health by extending a helping hand to communities which are unable to access the opportunities available from India’s economic growth. INTRODUCTION The Values Pledge Values are the bedrock of our performance. These values not “ We are committed to creating exceptional value only hold the threads of the present, but are also the key to the for our customers, employees, shareholders, future with endless possibilities. vendors and the communities we operate in We believe that our growth and societal growth are mutually and above all the nation, through core values of dependent. Therefore, Corporate Social Responsibility must be about Learning, Excellence, Teamwork and Speed.” creating shared values for both, the organisation and the stakeholders. With this perspective our mission for development through CSR is based on four core values and three exemplary behaviours for each value which form the Values Pledge of Dalmia Bharat Group. Curiosity Meri- Passion tocracy Courage Humility Empowerment Focus Collaboration Innovation Meticulous Trust & Detailing Quick Mutual Respect Implementation LEARNING SPEED TEAM WORK EXCELLENCE Our Four Values 8 The Multi-Dimensional Approach Innovative and inclusive approach is what defines action, and eventually consequences. We believe in keeping our approach simple, and yet visionary. The six dimensions of our approach are: Need Assessment Forging Partnerships Nurturing communities All our programmes start with a Fostering a meaningful dialogue Communities remain at the helm need assessment done by DBGF and actively engaging with our of all our programmes. While we in partnership with the local diverse set of partners is the key to are currently focusing on fulfilling community and village leaders. building long-term partnerships. specific needs of the communities Subsequently we closely involve These partners include local we work with, we are also working these local leaders both at the time governments, schools, hospitals, towards creating an environment of formulation and implementation banks and financial institutions, where community members feel of the programmes. other not-for-profit organisations strengthened enough to come and government institutions. together to take collective action Stakeholder Identification and generate solutions to the social challenges they face. Evaluation of the The next step is stakeholder programme identification where primary Facilitation and secondary beneficiaries, Right from the planning stage, target groups, community our programmes are continuously We work with a belief that we representatives, development evaluated internally to enumerate can be a bridge between the workers, potential partners the phases and activities required Government and rural poor in our and implementing agencies are in an effective implementation programme area villages. To make identified. This identification done of the programmes. We have also sure that various government at the preliminary stage of a project involved external reputed agencies schemes and subsidies reach provides opportunities to further for measuring the programme the deserving villagers, we have align our programmes with societal impacts from time to time. Some of collaborated with several state rural needs and expectations, helping to these evaluation studies have been development departments and the drive long-term sustainability. The carried out by Delhi School of Social district administration. final plan, and later execution, is Work and Partners-in-Change in done on the basis of this baseline the past. identification. INTRODUCTION Our Presence Our programmes cater to the communities around Dalmia Bharat Group plant locations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. We have also started supporting associate companies in Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha and West Bengal. nigohi jawaharpur ramgarh Umrongso Lanka Lumshnong Kulapachuria Medinipur Rajgangpur Number of Villages and People involved kadapa ariyalur 6 2998 dalmiapuram 9 40689 ariyalur Jawaharpur 13 10927 dalmiapuram kadapa 8 8989 Kulapachuria 6 2728 Nigohi 5 4706 Ramgarh 5 3915 Rajgangpur 30 56108 Umrongso 8 3176 10 Our Key Interventions Livelihood and Income Generation Poverty eradication is directly bank accounts opened; giving them community managed fodder plots; proportional to number of livelihood interest free loans (and on interest and ensuring of remunerative prices opportunities a community at some places, where the principal of milk. has access to. Since livestock amount and interest go in to the continues to be the primary and community development fund, In some places, we have also run major source of income for the which is managed by the community vocational trainings and skill farmers in our country, one of our and used for other community building programmes to enable the important livelihood initiatives development programmes); youth to enhance their livelihood is a comprehensive end-to-end livestock insurance; animal check opportunities. In Ariyalur, for programme around livestock. The up and health camps; training in example, a group of young men were programme components include best animal husbandry practices; trained in professionally running identification of beneficiaries training the community ParaVets; a music band, thereby adding an (poorest of the poor); getting their facilitating establishment of extra income every month to their households. INTRODUCTION Children and Education Despite a compulsory Right to where we have helped these have even tried to bridge this gap by Education for all the children up centers improve infrastructure providing trained teachers from the to the age of 14 years and a higher and acquire utensils & teaching- community itself. literacy rate during the last decade, learning equipments. The next the number of children who are not step is to provide remedial support Some of our other efforts in school remains high. Our prime to slow learners (commonly and include rewarding meritorious focus is to -bring all the children erroneously referred to as weak students; providing career up to the age of 14 years -school in students) at primary and secondary counseling; organising sports our project areas. The other area of levels so that they do not drop and extracurricular activities; concern is quality of education. out of school. Absence of teachers and conducting personality Our approach to education is multi- is another reason why quality development classes for the pronged. Our intervention starts education still remains a challenge students and youth. at the level of Anganwadi centres, in the schools. In some case, we 12 Healthcare With the target of 2015 deadline as ante-natal check-ups for on certain special occasions such for the Millennium Development safe deliveries, gynecological as Nutrition and Health Day Goals, we are diligently working & obstetrics counseling and Celebration. We also organise towards reducing Maternal immunisation camps for children medical clinics and camps which Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant under five years of age. focus on specific diseases like Mortality Rate (IMR) in our project cardiac and ENT. villages across all locations. We Other health services provided believe that healthy children by us include health awareness