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preventive health measure. Approximately, 3,000 people institutions. during the year, 1,060 households were provided
were supported with general health treatment services. tap connection for supply of water and supported with
construction of toilets.
Tata Chemicals is implementing a ‘Holistic Nutrition’ project
in Amravati, Maharashtra and Barwani, Madhya Pradesh Under Samriddhi project, a joint project of Uday Foundation
which aims at holistic improvement of community health and Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation, the Company
by improving the nutritional intake of women and children focussed on ensuring safe drinking water for the rural
(0 to 2 years). Under the project, activities like screening households in different parts of India through generating
of women for anaemia, identification of Severely Acute awareness and supporting them with water purifiers.
Malnourished (‘SAM’) & Moderately Acute Malnourished Approximately, 90,000 people were made aware and
(‘MAM’) children and facilitating in treatment of anaemic sensitised for using clean and safe drinking water. Another
women and malnourished children were taken up. during objective of this project is to generate employment &
the year, more than 8,549 women and 9,975 children livelihood through entrepreneurship in rural areas. At
benefited through this. present this programme supports around 30 district level
entrepreneurs and more than 400 village level entrepreneurs.
Education: With the launch of the Swach Tarang project, the Company
Education programmes at all locations have been taken is targeting reaching to the poorest of the poor families in
up based on the need of the area with a target of zero some of the remote parts of India which are higher number
drop-out of students at all levels of education starting of people from the Affirmative Action Communities. The
from pre-primary education. The focus has been on Company has implemented the programme in north eastern
improving quality of education in schools, providing states and have supported 8,500 families with water purifiers.
scholarship support to meritorious students, providing
basic infrastructure support to schools, imparting bridge Building social capital
courses and providing required coaching support to youth The Company is reaching out to the socially backward
for their academic and professional growth. during the year, population of the community, specially the women, scheduled
Education programmes like E-Library, Learning Enhancement
programme, Teacher Training, Scholarships, Child Learning caste and the scheduled tribe. The objective is to mainstream
and Improvement Programme, Shreemati Nathibai damodar them by inclusion in all the developmental programmes.
Thackersey Women’s University (‘SNdT’) Centre, Career The Company undertakes Affirmative Action programme,
Resource Centre, Shala Pravesh Utsav, Adult Literacy which focusses on improving the lives of the marginalised
classes, Residential Summer Camp on Spoken English and population through its Employment, Employability,
Personality development, project for primary school children Entrepreneurship development, Education and Essential
with Sir Ratan Tata Trust were implemented, benefiting Amenities initiatives.
approximately 13,900 children.
To create self-sustaining models, the Company has set up
A separate initiative ‘Learning And Migration Program’ social enterprises, okhai Centre for Empowerment and
(‘LAMP’) is being carried out in seven districts of gujarat
for the migration affected villages. The programme is run Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation.
in partnership with American India Foundation which okhai Centre for Empowerment - Sustainable social business
with the help of implementing Ngos is working closely targeting artisans livelihood.
with community and government schools to strengthen
the school governance system and quality of education. Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation (‘Ncourage’) focusses
Learning Enrichment Program (‘LEP’) and Learning Resource on promoting affordable clean and safe drinking water
Centre (‘LRC’) are two important components of the LAMP through Tata Swach range of household and community water
programme in which innovative models of teachings have purification systems and this year has initiated intervention on
been adopted. More than 6,900 children were benefited by animal health and nutrition. Ncourage has started engaging
the programme. with grassroot level organisations – especially those engaged
in activities related to agri produce or value-added products.
Clean Water and Sanitation: The objective is to create suitable linkages for making the
products reach markets as main stream commercial activity
The Company has partnered with WASMo for undertaking
drinking water and sanitation activities under CAdP project. and help getting them equitable returns.
The project aims to provide drinking water facilities to the Infrastructure development Program is the key to rural
rural households of okhamandal with the help of village development as it helps improve rural economy and quality

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