REPORT on CSR ACTIVITIES in FY 2018-19 1. Aravind Eye Hospitals
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REPORT ON CSR ACTIVITIES IN FY 2018-19 1. Aravind Eye Hospitals - The Govel Trust. a non-profit organization is running the Aravind Eye Hospitals at Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Coimbatore City centre, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Tirupur, Udumalpet, Dindigul, Salem, Chennai and Tirupati. It was founded in l976 by Dr. G. Venkataswamy as an eleven bedded hospital in a rented facility, with a mission to eliminate needless blindness by providing appropriate, compassionate and high-quality eye care to all. GIC Re have contributed approx. Rs. 2.73 cr towards their project wherein the main aim is to reduce vision impairment. The projects spans over 2 years. 2. Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) - is a Section 8 company functioning under the Administrative Control of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for providing aid & appliance to the disabled at totally free of cost. The objective of this project is the upliftment of poor and needy disabled beneficiaries by bringing them into main stream of society to lead a normal life through their need assessment and provision of requisite appliances. GIC Re has agreed to conduct 10 camps across pan India at following places Firozpur, Haridwar, Amravati, Indore, Kozhikode, Aurangabad, Adilabad, Darjeeling, Mysore, Vishakhapatnam. The project cost is Rs. 5.00 cr. 3. Amar Seva Sangham- It is a premier organization in the field of disability management. GIC Re stands by its commitment to construct Stage 3 and 4 in their school which would have 1 Lab, 3 classrooms, corridors, one toilet each for girls, boys and staff and ramp. The approx. cost of the project is Rs 1.27 cr. 4. Ashray Social Welfare Foundation - They work in the sectors of Women Empowerment, Community Health and Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Education, Skill and Community Development. GIC Re has contributed Rs. 19.75 lakhs for a pre-fabricated van which will be used as a medical mobile unit to provide primary health care services. The medical services would be provided in 12 villages of Santalpur Taluka, Gujarat. 5. Annamrita Foundation - formerly known as ISKCON Food Relief Foundation implement the Midday Meal program in municipal, government aided and non-aided schools for the benefit of underprivileged children. We have contributed Rs. 15.20 lakhs for two food delivery vehicles to supply their mid-day meals to the various schools in Mumbai and Jaipur. 6. Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahyata Samiti- The main objective of BMVSS is providing mobility and dignity to the amputees especially to those who are below poverty line. They provide amputees and polio patients artificial limbs and other aids and appliances totally free of charge. GIC Re has been associated with them since the last 4 years. This year we have contributed funds for about 3 projects • Rs. 25.00 lakhs for their Jaipur centre which covers their running expenses for about 3 months. • We have committed Rs. 4.04 cr through BMVSS. The funds have been spent on patients availing their services across the eight centres in Rajasthan viz. Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Kota, Pali, Udaipur and Bharatpur. This would also include camps conducted in Rajasthan and camps conduced outside Rajasthan through these centres. • Rs. 6.20 lakhs were spent on a camp conducted through their Ahmedabad centre. 7. Bosco Net - is a secular organization working towards the goal of empowering the young. It believes in empowering change, especially for the young people who are citizens of tomorrow’s world. Their vision is to attain a just and harmonious nation where the youth and marginalized communities are the protagonists of social development through the services rendered by Don Bosco all over South Asia. GIC Re has contributed approx. Rs. 99.00 lakhs for 5 school buses. They `ll be used in Don Bosco schools at Punganur, Ravulapalem; AP and Mariapuram, Wyra in Telangana. 8. Ciigma Health Foundation: -CHF is a healthcare support organization representing the voice of deprived, excluded and vulnerable population especially the Marathwada region in Maharashtra, regardless of their race, creed and gender. It strives to offer effective interventions in health. We have contributed Rs. 24.00 lakhs for 60 cancer screening camps. 9. Dhan Karunai Ilam-. Their mission is to build people and institutions for development innovations and scaling up to enable the poor communities for poverty reduction and self- reliance. GIC Re has been associated with Dhan Karunai Ilam since the last financial year. • We have already completed a project for construction of compound wall for the girl`s orphanage for Rs. 8.99 lakhs. • We have also contributed funds for construction of boy`s hostel, compound wall and a workshop building for apprx Rs. 2.00cr. 10. Deep Vidya Mandir Samiti - is an NGO for the empowerment of the people in the underserved rural areas for the past 25 years. They work in the field of Rural and urban Development, Health, Education and Hunger Dedication plan of child or eradication of social Evils. GIC Re has contributed funds for a van and an ambulance. The ambulance will be used to ferry the needy patients in the area and the accident victims to the government run hospitals. The van will be used to ferry disabled children to and fro to school. GIC re s contribution stands at Rs. 23.00 lakhs approx. 11. Impact India Foundation -Their aim is to act in partnership with the Govt of India as a catalyst to bring together NGOs, Corporate Sectors, Professionals and the Community in mass health projects of national priority using the existing systems and infrastructure. GIC Re sponsored the 195th The Lifeline Express (LLE) at Varanasi, UP. The aim was to provide free and modern medical care to the rural and tribal people. GIC Re contributed approx Rs. 57.00 lakhs for this health care programme wherein 5419 persons treated/ or screened. 12. Kerala- Chief Ministers Flood -The state of Kerala was hit by flood in the first week of August 2018. The state was in the midst of an unprecedented flood havoc which caused immeasurable misery and devastation and loss of human lives, infrastructure and crop damages have been reported. GIC Re contributed Rs. 3.00cr for this national disaster. 13. Kendriya Sainik Board: - is the apex body of the Central Govt which looks after the welfare of War-Widows, Armed Forces Veterans (AFVs) and their dependents across the country. The mission of KSB is to provide welfare to the Ex-Servicemen (ESM), Widows, Disabled and Dependents of Armed Forces Veterans and undertake rehabilitation, resettlement and crate re-employment opportunities near his/ her place of residence. GIC Re will be contributing Rs. 9.60cr against penury for 2000 beneficiaries for one year. 14. Language & Learning Foundation - is an education centered NGO where the focus is to upgrade the skills, talents and positive attitude of the teachers working in Government Schools in rural areas through Capacity Building Programmes. We have contributed funds for capacity building and resource package for the Government School Teachers in Chhattisgarh and Haryana. The total project cost was Rs. 47.50 lakhs. 15. Masoom - strives to improve the learning environment and the future prospects amongst the less privileged students of the night schools who work during the day and attend the school at night. Masoom functions in 174-night schools across Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar. Night Schools run in the evening from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm, to serve the migrant/ working class population of the city who have either dropped out of school in earlier grades or have never gone to school. These students cannot go to day school as they are working during the day or age barriers. GIC Re has contributed Rs 46.00 lakhs approx. to bear the partial cost of the 12-night schools. The project will be effective in the next academic year (FY 19-20). 16. NARMADA Nimar Abhyudaya Rural Management and Development Association- was started by Ms. Bharati Thakur in 1995 in Mandaleshwar in Madhya Pradesh. Their focus is on education basically formal and informal education to help and motivate children for schooling. GIC Re has helped them construct a ground +2 structure for a school and provided 2 vehicles. The approx. cost of the project is pegged at Rs. 1.45 cr. 17. NIA Scholarships - GIC Re used to support 50% of the fee structure for meritorious students of the PGDM course in NIA (National Insurance Academy). This financial year 3 students were supported. We contributed approx. Rs. 5.61 lakhs. 18. Contribution to Nagaland Floods - The North-Eastern state of Nagaland is reeling under the effects of severe flooding and landslides. At least 359 locations across the state have been completely cut off, with Kiphere, Tuensang and Phek, bordering Myanmar, isolated for more than 15 days. GIC Re contributed Rs. 3.00 cr for this national disaster. 19. Parivaar Education Society -is a humanitarian organization inspired by the spiritual and humanistic ideals of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, with its chief institutions based in West Bengal, and a recent second branch in Madhya Pradesh. Parivaar has worked towards the total care and overall development of children who are highly vulnerable to exploitation, victimization and trafficking, including orphans, street children, abandoned children and extremely impoverished children from tribal areas. We have funded informal education for 2497 tribal children in Devas district of MP which approx. comes to Rs. 2.92 cr. 20. Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Matri Bhavan - is a woman centered and women empowered institution. It is run fully by women and it seeks to serve poor women and children. Last year it served 45,000 women & children patients through its multi-specialty 100 Bed hospital in Kolkata.