Women and Children

Did you know that the pandemic affected over 32 crore of students in India according to a UNESCO report? Thanks to the shift to online learning during COVID-19, children are now spending more time online. The exponential rise in children’s use of the Internet has increased their vulnerability to risks/threats such as cyberbullying, online sexual abuse, access to harmful/explicit content, and trafficking. In an increasingly digital world, protecting children and young people is a pressing priority. With a mission to “Educate, Empower, Enrich” vulnerable children and youth, WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), the CSR arm of WNS, implements a wide spectrum of education-led initiatives. Cybersafety has been a dominant theme that cuts across the multiple programs that WCF conducts across the

New Delhi, February 10, 2022: Vitamin Angels India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OmniActive Health Technologies (OmniActive) to provide Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in Buldhana, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Dhule and Parbhani district of Maharashtra. OmniActive has provided a grant to Vitamin Angels India to reach 50,000 children under the age of five over a period of four months. Vitamin Angels India will also undertake capacity building of 300 frontline workers for the distribution process. Despite the progress in recent years through POSHAN Abhiyaan, Vitamin A deficiency continues to pose a major public health challenge and remains a primary cause of childhood blindness and a contributor to malnutrition in India. The problem is particularly acute in hard to

Chennai, India – Friday, February 4, 2022 — Although India has generated leaders who create jobs, unemployment slightly persists at a higher side. In order to contribute their bit to the society, Lumina Datamatics® Limited, one of the largest service providers to global publishers and e-Commerce companies, has joined hands with Aaruthal Foundation, a non-governmental organization in Chennai, to help with skill development among youth. Aaruthal Foundation is working to help unemployed youth from underprivileged families find gainful employment and improve their socio-economic conditions. It partners with private organizations to organize training to develop specific skill sets. The Foundation designs this training based on their assessment of the education level of the target beneficiaries. It conducts these training sessions at

PHDFWF in association with Inner Wheel District 301 distributed 10 E-rickshaws to needy women living in different resettlement colonies of Delhi at the PHD house, New Delhi. E-rickshaws were distributed to these underprivileged women to make themselves self-reliant to support their families and betterment for their children’s education. Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, Hon’ble Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture, Govt. of India virtually conveyed her blessings on this special occasion and congratulated PHDFWF and Inner Wheel District 301 for supporting these deprived women. Hon’ble Minister encouraged the beneficiaries to use this opportunity to become role-model for others. Ms. Anuradha Goel, Chairperson, PHDFWF shared that the income generated from these E-Rickshaws will make the women Atma-Nirbhar as envisioned by our

Delhi/Rajasthan, January 18, 2022: PNB Housing Finance has announced that it has set up two spice units in Baran and Chittorgarh districts of Rajasthan to empower women from vulnerable communities and bring socio-economic change in their lives. Collectively, these units provide employment to close to 75 women in these districts. The launch of the two units is part of PNB Housing’s CSR initiative – Pehel – to support the financial inclusion of women from the weaker sections of society and help them become financially independent and self-reliant. The program covers end to end solution and provides financial support from setting plant and machinery, packaging, and marketing expenses and operating expenses. While the Baran unit produces ginger-garlic paste etc. that is

India, January 2022: Retail titan Marks & Spencer aligned profits from sales of masks (M&S product) in stores to Goonj to support the livelihood of women making masks and MyPads for distribution with family kits to rural communities in Uttarakhand, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, etc. Two hundred thousand masks and twenty-six thousand clean cloth sanitary pads (MyPads) were produced by 40 women from less privileged communities in Goonj’s processing centers in Delhi, Chennai and Rishikesh over six months. These women were paid for making the masks and My Pads during that time to support their livelihood. In collaboration with Save The Children, India, Marks & Spencer distributed four

Gurgaon/Gurugram, December 17, 2021: As part of its commitment to reduce carbon emission, PNB MetLife, one of India’s leading private life insurance companies, has launched Glow Green, an initiative that aims to plant and nurture 40,000 trees in the next three years in eco-sensitive areas across 4 locations in India. This is expected to prevent approximately 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere and produce about 9,000 tons of oxygen over the next three years. Glow Green,’ is an integral part of the insurer’s commitment to creating sustainable community-led change.  The plantation drive was launched by Ashish Kumar Srivastava, MD & CEO, PNB MetLife along with Shri Sunil Soni, Chief General Manager, Punjab National Bank, who planted the

Mumbai, December 16, 2021: RBL Bank’s flagship CSR initiative ‘UMEED 1000’ Cyclothon, a social endeavor to support Inclusive Education, culminated successfully today, having raised funds worth 5.20 crores. 159 cyclists, including 59 RBL Bank employees, collectively covered a distance of 1,14,289 kms. The proceeds of the initiative will be donated to Udbhav RBL School, in Fatehnagar, Hyderabad, a school adopted by the Bank in 2019 and catering to underprivileged children and also to the new school adopted by the Bank for children with special needs under the Udbhav RBL School franchise, in Nallasopara, Maharashtra. As part of the Bank’s effort to promote Inclusivity, there were multiple cyclothons organized across India, which saw participation from senior bureaucrats and the Indian Army

Child and maternal malnutrition continue to be the most challenging risk factor for health loss in India. There has been an alarmingly high rate of under nutrition and child stunting among children in India. The Global Hunger Index (2020) — which is calculated on the basis of total undernourishment of the population, child stunting, wasting and child mortality — places India at the 94th spot among 107 countries. Through its health initiative ‘Aarogya’, Tata Motors in association with the Manav Seva Trust (MST) in Sanand, Gujarat, undertook several initiatives to address malnutrition and undernutrition in the state.  Besides fulfilling its immediate goal of improving nutritional levels of the children, the initiatives were also aimed at raising awareness among mothers concerning