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Thriving Society

from online classes, scholarships, videos
and WhatsApp groups set for education Bringing back confidence
continuity. Our Learning & Migration and happiness
Ensuring environmental Enablers for social, economic Programme helped 6,012 children by Building social capital Other initiatives
integrity and environmental enhancing their learning capabilities and Our inclusion and empowerment We supported the communities Rameshbhai was working as a casual
development labourer. Under the Tata Affirmative
We run biodiversity conservation strengthening the community school initiatives aid vulnerable sections including during the Covid-19 pandemic (refer Action Programme (TAAP), he completed
programmes relating to coral reef, whale Ensuring health and well-being of management system. women and scheduled castes and to page 05). We also provided relief the Rural Entrepreneurship Development
sharks, mangroves and indigenous flora communities tribes. Under the Tata Affirmative Action to disaster-hit people in West Bengal, Programme (REDP) along with electrician
and fauna, along with environmental We implemented a ‘Holistic Nutrition’ TCML provided scholarships to 224 programme, we are working with tribals Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. training. With renewed confidence and
education initiatives at Mithapur. These are project in Amrawati and Barwani, university and high school students. to create Model Tribal Villages. Our social Ample opportunities (through both digital better skills after the training, he got a
aided by our partnership with eco-clubs in targeting child health in the first 1,000 TCE provided career information with enterprise Okhai is facilitating sustainable and physical modes) were provided to job as an electrician in the Okhamandal
local schools. days. Health and nutrition camps were emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, livelihood for artisans; and Ncourage is employees and their family members to Nagarpalika (municipality). Today, apart
organised covering about 14,000 women Engineering and Maths) to Y12 students promoting animal health and nutrition, volunteer for causes. from his monthly job income of ` 8,500,
Our 'Save the Whale Shark' project with focus on girl students. TCE also he earns additional income through
included studies of its habitat, migratory and children. In Kenya, Magadi Hospital helped run school enrichment clubs rural livelihood and access to safe taking up work as an independent
pattern and breeding biology. Under our supported by TCML extended healthcare by providing resource access to drinking water. Magadi Soda Foundation entrepreneur. Higher income has
greening programme we have planted services to local people. In the UK, TCE disadvantaged students. has launched a participatory strategy improved his family’s standard of living;
1.15 lakh mangroves across various sites raised ~£2,000 through fund-raising development process to set community Rameshbhai now sends his four children
along with conservation of local plant volunteering activities for supporting Facilitating safe water and better development priorities. to school. He is now an active advocate
biodiversity at Mithapur. St Luke’s Hospice. sanitation of the TCSRD programmes, encouraging
people from AA communities to join
In Gujarat and Maharashtra, we have Encouraging education Under our Swachh Tarang project, during the programmes.
carried out land development and We run educational programmes across the year, 1,116 households got access
Jal Dhan (water management and locations to ensure zero drop-out and to clean water. Rural sanitation was
conservation) programmes, with a focus improve school lessons. During the improved through our behaviour change
on water recharging, harvesting by check pandemic, 23,000 children benefitted programme, Swachh Bharat Mission
dam and reviving community ponds. Cleanliness Drives and construction of
TCSRD has formed SHGs to operate the toilets and sanitation units.
dry waste processing plant at Mithapur.

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