ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Under Sub-section (vi) of Schedule VII of Companies Act
In FY 2023-24, Care Today Fund continued to implement the environment sustainability project, specifically executing an all-encompassing plan to improve the cleanliness and overall aesthetics along the banks of the Shahdara drain at J.J. Colonies, Sectors 16A, 17 & 18, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Installed floating gardens with phytoremediation plants and bio-cords whereby reducing water toxicity, pollutants and improving the quality of water and air; heightening the aesthetic appeal of the area.
Trash barriers installed in order to curtail floating wastes from further falling into the Yamuna River and sustaining the local ecology.
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Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Conducted daily cleaning, waste disposals, and maintaing 16,000 conocarpus trees along the drain.
Installed 55 out of 160 planned floating gardens with phytoremediation plants, bio-cords, and trash barriers to reduce water toxicity, pollutants and curtail floating wastes.
Created employment for seven people.
Significantly improved cleanliness, aesthetics, and greenery in the area, benefiting over 12,000 slum dwellers.
Drastically reduced water toxicity, improved water quality, and curtailed waste flow into the Yamuna River, sustaining the local ecology.
PROMOTING EDUCATION
Under Sub-section (ii) of Schedule VII of Companies Act
In FY 2023-24, Care Today Fund implemented six projects promoting education in 10 districts from 6 States and 2 Union Territories in collaboration with six NGOs – Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Samaarambh Foundation, ActionAid Association, Eureka Forbes, Indian Social Responsibility Network and Saakshar Hum Foundation.
400 girls in remote rural villages of Jharkhand received bicycles, providing accessibility to faraway schools and increasing school attendances.
The residential space established within the Government Middle School in Koyul, Leh, supporting 30 nomadic children for their abode and unhindered education.
Online education and computer skills imparted to 82 tribal dropouts in Kerala, enhancing academic dignity and employable opportunities.
(Left) Established 35 reading blocks/libraries benefiting over 2500 students; and (Right) Installed RO to provide clean drinking water, ensuring good health of 2,635 students and staff.
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Ranchi, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Village Koyul, Leh, Ladakh (UT)
Thirunelly Panchayat, Mananthavady Block, Wayanad, Kerala
Faridabad, Haryana
Shahdara, New Delhi
Village Supi, Kapkote Block, Bageswar, Uttarakhand
Village Bhalar Bhalona, Bakras Block, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh
Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Rural Cycle Bank:Distributed 400 bicycles to girls in remote Jharkhand villages, accessing and increasing school attendance.
Residential Space:Established in a Government Middle School in Koyul, Leh, supporting 30 nomadic children for their abode and uninterrupted education.
E-learning Access Centre:Provided online education and computer skills to 82 tribal dropouts in Kerala, enhancing academic dignity and employable opportunities.
Water Purifiers/RO Systems:Installed in two government schools in Delhi and Haryana, benefiting 2,635 students and staff in providing clean drinking water.
Smart Schools:Transforming two Government schools in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh with STEM labs, libraries, WASH facilities, and installing sanitary pad vending machines.
Libraries:Established 35 libraries in seven government schools in Uttar Pradesh, benefiting over 2,500 students.
Promoted education among underprivileged children, especially girls, increasing school attendance and reducing early marriage mind-sets.
Improved reading and learning outcomes, enhanced computer skills, and created employable opportunities.
Provided clean drinking water, maintaining attendance, ensuring good health and longevity and reducing waterborne diseases.
Provided free access to libraries, fostering curiosity and higher education aspirations.
Transformed government schools into smart schools with advanced infrastructures.
EMPLOYMENT ENHANCING VOCATION SKILLS AND LIVELIHOOD ENHANCEMENT
Under Sub-sections (ii) and (iii) of Schedule VII of Companies Act
In FY 2023-24, Care Today Fund implemented six projects in providing livelihood support and employment enhancing skills in 7 districts of four States and 2 Union Territories in partnership with 4 NGOs – Lok Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan, ActionAid Association, United Way of Chennai and Anuprayaas Solutions.
A group of women undertaking training on incense (dhoopbatti/agarbatti) stick-making skills. A total of 200 women were trained on incense stick-making skills in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
Individual tailoring machines were distributed to 65 women who were trained in Almorah, Uttarakhand.
500 women in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu are being trained on palm leaf product-making skills, enabling them to earn a sustainable income source.
Batter making machine was provided for livelihood skills training and as income earning source.
Women were trained on beautician course, enhancing their skills for a sustainable livelihood income source.
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Dehradun and Almorah, Uttarakhand
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Accessibility for Disabled:Installed customized products at Haridwar railway station, including braille indicators, portable ramps, sign language videos, and wheelchairs, for visually disabled individuals.
Women's Training:Provided livelihood skills to 464 economically poor women in Rishikesh, Almorah, Bangalore, and Srinagar, including tailoring, incense stick making, soap and paper making, mushroom cultivation, food product preparation, beautician skills, vending, and setting up petty shops.
Livelihood Support:65 newly trained women were provided with new sewing machines for earning their livelihood income.
Palm Leaf Product-Making:Training 500 women in Tamil Nadu to create sustainable income through palm leaf products.
Livelihood platform:Developing an e-platform to connect artisan’s handmade products with sellers.
Improved accessibility at Haridwar railway station, empowering people with disabilities to travel independently.
Enhanced women's livelihood skills, enabling sustainable income and contributing substantially towards family well-being.
PROMOTING PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE
Under Sub-section (i) of Schedule VII of Companies Act
In FY 2023-24, Care Today Fund implemented two projects aligned to promoting preventive healthcare in two districts of two States in partnership with two NGOs – Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra and Arthik Anusandhan Kendra.
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Deoghar, Jharkhand
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Facilitated cataract surgeryof 500 rural poor in Jharkhand. Support included organizing eye screening camps in remote villages, transportation of patients to the eye hospital, two-day hospitalization, food, all pre-tests, pre and post-operative medicines, surgeons and para-medical staff charges.
Constructed 220 household toiletsfor the economically weaker families, providing them clean and hygienic sanitation facilities in Uttar Pradesh.
Restored eyesight of rural poor, enabling them continue to see the beauty of creation.
Contributed immensely towards accessing basic sanitation facilities poor households, hugely improving their health and hygienic conditions, cleanliness, well-being, respect, dignity and overall quality of living environment; and enhancing their privacy, safety and comfort; and most importantly, making their village open defecation-free.
PROMOTING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SPORTS
Under Sub-section (vii) of Schedule VII of Companies Act
In FY 2023-24, Care Today Fund implemented one project promoting nationally recognized sports in partnership with Samaarambh Foundation.
Mini bus, that was handed over to the Sports department, Narendranagar, Uttarakhand to shuttle 20 youngsters to their coaching ground for enhancing their sporting skills and to help them pursue their dream in becoming a national/international player in the near future.
Youngsters enrolled for Cricket Coaching at the Sports Department, Narendranagar, Uttarakhand, in front of the mini bus handed over by Care Today Fund for easy and comfortable transportation from their hostel to the coaching ground.
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A mini bus was handed over to the Sports Department, Narendranagar, Tehri district, Uttarakhand, supporting young cricketers’ in order to support their daily commutation for a distance about 16 km from their cricket hostel in Narendranagar to their cricket ground in Muni-ki-reti, Rishikesh.
Enhanced the Sports Department of Narendranagar to shuttle young cricketers regularly and timely to the coaching ground for enhancing their sporting skills, providing them the opportunity for daily practice for very good daytime and fulfil their dream in becoming a national or/and an international player in the near future.