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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