- Key focus areas on Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Health, Education and Women Empowerment
- By the end of FY 2022-23, more than 45,000 lives were impacted across Madurai and Manapparai
- GHCL Foundation teams organizes the rural community by encouraging volunteers and conducts need based intervention programs in partnership with government departments as ‘Knowledge Partners’.
NE BUSINESS BUREAU
MADURAI, MANAPPARAI, TN, JULY 14
GHCL Foundation Trust, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of GHCL Limited, announced that it has extended its CSR activities in Madurai district and Manapparai town under the municipality in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu. The key focus areas of the CSR activities are on agriculture & animal husbandry, health, education and women empowerment.
The CSR initiatives were introduced in 2019-20 with primary focus on health impacting more than 500 lives to begin with followed by more than 11,000 in 2020-21; over 14,000 in 2021-22; and more than 15,000 lives in 2022-23 in Madurai and Manapparai.
Today CISS (Children in Street Situation) program organised by District Child Protection Unit. Educational kit distribution to all children with the help of GHCL foundation CSR fund. Motivate them towards school education.@CMOGuj @InfoGujarat @InfoGirsomnath pic.twitter.com/d1iwJxTh6h
— H K Vadhvaniya, IAS (@HKVadhvaniyaIAS) May 6, 2023
By the end of FY 2022-23, more than 45,000 lives were impacted across Madurai and Manapparai in the areas of health, agriculture and animal husbandry, education and skill development and women empowerment.
Promoting #health, a free eye screening #camp was organized by #GHCLFoundation at Poigaipatti village in TN in partnership with Trichy Joseph #eye #hospital. 202 #patients examined, 33 spectacles distributed, & 33 patients referred for free cataract surgery. pic.twitter.com/4oBiyTivef
— GHCL Limited (@GHCLLimited) December 6, 2022
The CSR programmes in the area of health, education and skill development for the community are conducted on a periodic basis as per the community need which is assessed during field visits/ and through partners (Govt. line depts.). In addition, GHCL Foundation has detailed Need Assessment reports for reference. These programmes have predetermined objectives and outcomes based on various parameters for identification and assessment in order to improve and develop the lives of people living in communities close to plant locations. Initiatives such as health awareness camps, sanitation, water purification, livelihood development support, school education support, women empowerment programs, etc. are some of the major programmes contributing towards the overall development of both employees and the community.
GHCL_foundation celebrating the #joy of #childhood…
Celebrating #Childrensday2022 pic.twitter.com/FGxJvAWyB4— GHCL Limited (@GHCLLimited) November 14, 2022
The GHCL Foundation works with the rural community through direct and indirect mode of intervention. GHCL Foundation teams organizes the rural community by encouraging volunteers and conducts need based intervention programs in partnership with government departments as ‘Knowledge Partners’.
Commenting on the impact of the ongoing CSR programmes, Balakrishnan R, CEO – GHCL Textiles Limited said, “GHCL Foundation has always been at the forefront of spearheading CSR activities on ground that help the underprivileged rural families in achieving social status. We also aim at creating a holistic development of the communities and are committed towards providing our support in more ways than one. We have attained significant impact in making the communities self-sustainable through our focus on agriculture & animal husbandry, health, education and women empowerment. We will continue with similar programmes in the area of waste management and organic farming as per the need of the community.”
As an indirect mode of intervention, GHCL Foundation has collaborated with NGOs such as HelpAge India for ‘Mobile Health Unit’ services in Manapparai; Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) on rural health and sanitation programs, Formation of Educational Development Centre for Rural Organization and Training (FEDCROT) for skill training programs for women empowerment and adolescent girls; and Annai Institute of Vocational Training (AIT) for Skill training for women empowerment programs.
