Hinduja Foundation Corporate Responsibility Newsletter 2020
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For the latest updates, click to follow us on Hinduja Foundation @hindujafoundation NEWSLETTER, June 2020 OUR FOUNDER HUDDLE AT OUR HQ, MARCH 3, 2020 L to R, seated: Niyati Sareen, Hinduja Foundation; Paul Abraham, Hinduja Foundation; Sasi Kumar, Ashok Leyland; Dr Avinash Supe, Hinduja Hospital, Khar L to R, standing: Manish Thirumalpad, Hinduja Global Services; Adwait Hebbar, IndusInd Bank; Rajdeep Rudra, IndusInd Media; Shilpa Harsh, Hinduja Global Services; GV Subramanyam, Hinduja Renewables; Srinivas Reddy, IndusInd-Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited; Dr Ashish Bondia, Hinduja Foundation; VA Durai, Hinduja Power; Joy Chakraborthy, PD Hinduja Hospital; Freddy Martis, Hinduja Foundation; Anju Palani, Hinduja Tech; Rajshri Mehta, Hinduja Group “I WORK SO I CAN GIVE” FROM OUR PRESIDENT ~ Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja lived unsustainably. We have forgotten that this world is a community of citizens at its core, regardless of the Our Focus Areas boundaries of geography and history imposed on us. We need to protect Together, our projects deliver on and preserve our natural resources all 17 of the UN’s Sustainable because they are the essence of life. Development Goals (SDG) We need to develop a new paradigm in education because the knowledge WATER imparted by our current methods has Creating surplus obviously failed us and hasn’t taught for companies and RURAL communities us to understand and prioritise the DEVELOPMENT real issues confronting the planet. 1 Making measurable, The healthcare challenges facing sustainable impact 2 EDUCATION countries today is unprecendented, starkly exposing the fragility of our Strengthening educators, delivering We at the Foundation have been busy infrastructure, social responses and HEALTH results these past few months trying to do our planning mechanisms. Our handling Linking science of mass migration to and from villages 3 bit to mitigate the distress caused by to the people lays bare not only the inherent COVID-19. This quarterly newsletter HERITAGE comes to you in the midst of one of the inequities of the rural landscape but 4 Deepening appreciation most significant moments in the history also the terrible conditions in which for Indian art and history of humankind. Never before have we migrants to urban centres live. 5 seen the likes of this pandemic and We at the Foundation will continue its chilling impact on society. And to contribute meaningfully in the areas yet, never before have we been more of water, education, healthcare, rural convinced of the Foundation’s mission, development and appreciation of our which is core to the agenda as the heritage. I hope you will read with world deals with the aftermath of the empathy and join us in our journey. pandemic and charts our collective There is much to be done. This world path forward. is—and must remain—a beautiful place. COVID has taught us that we have ~ Paul Abraham CLEAN WATER FOR EVERYONE Water stewardship is the 14 lakh lives impacted flagship theme of our We have recharged Foundation, recognised across 14 states and enough ground water by all Hinduja group 348 villages to fill3.8 million water companies. All water- tankers related activities are 15 lakes, 121 springs, carried out under the We have revived land for brand nameJal Jeevan. 8 rivers & 1 stepwell agriculture equivalent to restored & revived 3 lakh football fields We have dispensed enough drinking water to fill 31 million cans SECURING THE SOURCE In 2018, Ashok Leyland initiated a project to improve water security in Uttarakhand. Together with Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG), the project aims to restore and rejuvenate springs, build rooftop water harvesting structures and provide safe drinking water to schools. The program has started showing results COUNTERING CLIMATE CHANGE in the areas of community mobilisation. Locals are now With most agriculture Development Programme result in higher incomes restoring springs themselves being rain-dependent, in 2018-19 in collaboration and social upliftment. and this has bolstered not just water availability becomes with WOTR (Watershed The program covers 63 their quality of life but their crucial for the economic Organisation Trust) to help villages across Madhya earning capacity as well. and social progress farmers transition to year- Pradesh, Jharkhand, of rural communities. round farming by adopting Odisha and Maharashtra, IndusInd Bank embarked sustainable farming benefitting over 43,430 on its Watershed practices, which will villagers. Case Study: Thalambur Lake, Chennai One year after the Jal Jeevan project started, the lake’s waterspread area went up nearly seven-fold, from 3.1 hectares to 21.1 hectares! This project was funded by Hinduja Leyland Finance and implemented by Care Earth Trust. 02 QUALITY HEALTHCARE SHOULD BE UNIVERSAL 2 lakh patients We believe that quality healthcare is a human treated by our right and aim to make mini health clinics it accessible to people MEDICINE ON THE MOVE across all strata of Deployed in partnership with the society. From attending 425 Type 1 Diabetics PD Hinduja Hospital, our MMUs or to emergencies in mobile medical units travel into the enrolled in our remote villages to interior regions of the tribal belt of T1D program investing in research Jawhar taluka in Maharashtra, where for better outcomes in healthcare delivery is scarce. MMUs the long-run, we take a function as both clinic and ambulance, 75,000 patients holistic approach. depending on the need. Our goal is treated in remote to bridge the gap in health access, especially for women and children Maharashtra in rural areas. Over 75,000 citizens across 46 villages of Jawhar have been treated through this program. “My son was one-and-a-half years old when he was ~ GANESH GHULE diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. When I got the news, the ground slipped from under my feet; this is an expensive disease and we are poor. Then I found out about the THINK BIG, treatment at KEM Hospital, Pune. Today I am relaxed, all thanks to the Hinduja Foundation. My son gets treatment GO SMALL free of cost and we are also regularly updated on his treatment and health status. FOR THE CHILDREN We at the Foundation have identified and add to scientific knowledge. Our Type 1 or Juvenile Diabetes as a partners for the program are KEM Champion Cause, and are committed Hospital, Pune; Madras Diabetes to impacting it with our T1D Program, Research Foundation, Dr Mohan’s IndusInd Bank has supported the which seeks to improve the lives of Diabetes Specialities Centre, setting up and running of 280 underprivileged children suffering Chennai; and PD Hinduja Hospital & Mini Health Clinics (MHCs) in 24 from the disease, create awareness Medical Research Centre, Mumbai. backward districts across the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These centres serve as temporary OPD clinics where all consultations are free of cost and the medicines are heavily subsidised. So far, over 2,00,000 patients have been treated at our MHCs and over 6,00,000 citizens have attended our preventive healthcare sessions. 03 EDUCATION LEVELS MAKING A START THE PLAYING FIELD The most secure 75,000 children reached investment we can through Road to School make is in India’s classrooms. For years, In Maharashtra’s Jawhar Hinduja Foundation 1 lakh students & taluka, our Foundation has been working with 7,000 teachers reached runs a project called educators, government through early learning Saksham. It consists of an bodies and private in-school program that program in Haryana partners to make a is currently supporting meaningful impact 2,493 students from 14 on the quality of 1,300+ scholarships schools over a period of education in India. awarded every year six years; an after-school program that covers 1542 children from 14 villages ON THE ROAD and 69 hamlets; and TOGETHER professional development and mentoring programs Road to School (RTS) and that work with over 100 Road to Livelihood are educators from 14 schools. broad-based programs The Foundation’s Gyan that reach thousands of Shakti program based in schools mainly through Worli, Mumbai works with primary-level interventions 11 schools, 783 students that build learning and and 43 teachers in six lifestyle skills. They are languages to develop supported by a healthy Odisha and Maharashtra. the requirements of digital literacy and aid sport and nutrition So far, 823 schools and all stakeholders who professional development. support mechanism, and 75,000 children have take risks and ensure offer guidance to the been reached through outcomes in the field — child’s community and RTS, which provides this intervention works ecosystem. Road to School holistic development on early learning literacy is supported by many opportunities for all and supports 100,000 Hinduja group companies, children, including both students and 7,000 including Ashok Leyland, slow and gifted students. teachers in seven districts “Now I feel closer to IndusInd Bank, Hinduja The group has also of Haryana. We believe my dream of becoming Leyland Finance, experimented with in building capacities for IndusInd-BFIL in Tamil new instruments like adults too, whether in the an IAS officer, thanks Nadu, Rajasthan, Andhra Development Bonds world of finance or through to Ashok Leyland" Pradesh, Karnataka, to try and address technical skills. Farzana lives in Athipattu, a village in the outskirts of North Chennai. She studies at the Government High School in Minjur, 8km away from her home. Getting to school and back by train used to take over three hours every day. But thanks to the bicycles provided by Ashok Leyland to girls of 8th and 9th grades as part of its Road To School program, going to school is less of a chore for the 14-year-old. Farzana’s father is a daily wage-earner in Chennai and his family supports their daughter’s ambitions.