The CSR Journal

For the ongoing campaign for ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’, Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) activated a mega clean-up drive at the Juhu beach post Ganpati Immersion. Almost 100 AEML employees collected the waste that got washed back by the water, after the Ganpati immersions. This was done in a bid to make the beaches litter free. Swachhta...

Apollo Hospitals announced the Apollo Heart Challenge on the occasion of World Heart Day today. By downloading the AskApollo app anyone can participate in the challenge of completing 10,000 steps per day. The Apollo Heart Challenge is part of the Apollo Healthy Heart Program. It is a personalized Cardiac Health Management Program that helps...

Samsung India has inaugurated a new campus with six new classrooms at the Kembodi Government School in Karnataka’s Kolar district. This will help the school scale up to accommodate up to 300 students, up from 156 students earlier. So far, students from three different classes were forced to sit in the same classroom for...

Villages of Kharonda in the district of Palghar, Maharashtra, receive surplus rainfall. However, it is water deficit for over 8-9 months of the year. This is due to the lack of water storage facilities in the village. As a result, villagers were forced to migrate during these months. The problems of the villagers of...

Wienerberger India’s robotic plant produces over 70,000 large format hollow blocks every day for the construction industry. It has moved to sustainable electricity sources including wind and solar energy. Initially, Wienerberger India’s factory in Kunigal, 70 Kms from Bangalore, was dependent solely on conventional energy sources for electricity. This meant operating heavy duty robotics and...

The UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The world agency expressed hope that this decision sets the trend and is followed in other countries to remove unjust laws criminalizing homosexuality. IPC Section 377...

Access to quality and affordable health care services is a challenge in Becharaji and surrounding villages, especially as rising industrial and economic activity in the region causes a rapid increase in population. Maruti Suzuki India Limited, which has undertaken CSR projects in water, sanitation, infrastructure development and school education in its 26 adopted villages...

The Government of Jharkhand’s Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEAL) hosted a consultation workshop with NGOs on ‘Transforming Education through Partnership’. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Uma Shankar Singh, State Project Director, Government of Jharkhand and Manmohan Singh from Piramal Foundation to work together for improving student learning outcomes in Government...

To offer clean drinking water at an affordable price, Maruti Suzuki simultaneously operationalized 11 water ATMs across multiple villages. The Company, which has a stockyard in Sompura from where it serves customers in South India, had recognized that clean drinking water was a critical need of local residents. With rapid industrialization and growth in...

Most adolescent girls who hit puberty in India suffer from nutritional deficiencies and other health issues due to lack of healthy and hygienic practices during their menstruation. Though only 18% women in India have access to a proper sanitary napkin, there is a major population that follows the age old customs and continues to...

Countries in Asia-Pacific have committed to accelerate efforts to promote the rights of, and eliminate violence against, children and adolescents with disabilities. The pledge came as part of the regional launch of the Global Campaign for the ‘Good Treatment of Girls, Boys and Adolescents with Disabilities in the World’ held in Bangkok on 25 September. Jointly...

Ford has announced the expansion of its ‘Happy Schools’ initiative in Gurgaon/NCR. Focused on bridging the gaps with the introduction of a unique art-based-curriculum, the Happy Schools program in Gurgaon/NCR will cover 10 Government/ Aided primary schools in the first phase, benefiting more than 1000 children. The Happy Schools is Ford’s ongoing initiative to improve...