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Essar Foundation helps youths improve employability: Essar Foundation has been focusing on education and training to help improve the employability of the poorest in communities neighboring Essar company operations. Read more... | |
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Essar Steel Paradip celebrates Universal Children's
Day: Students of the Nuagada Upper Primary School visited the
plant for an enjoyable learning-cum-fun experience organized by employee
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Essar Foundation offers Toy Trunks at workshop: Employees at Jamnagar volunteer to train anganwadi workers in use of imaginative tools for effective early childhood education. Read more... | |
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Essar Shipping organizes unique Diwali celebrations:
Essar got together some employee volunteers and an origami resource
to offer students at the Vatsalya Trust Balikashram a fun-filled learning
experience. Read more... |
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Essar Steel boosts income-generation opportunities for community: Essar Foundation and Essar Steel work with women's SHGs to improve economic independence. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation: Nurturing Young Minds of Chhattisgarh: With an aim to enhance the spirit of learning and reading among the children in our villages,the Essar Foundation has been regularly organizing various education based projects, workshops and festivals to provide opportunities to India's rural youth to rise to their potential. Read more... | |
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Honing skills at the Salaya Stitching Centre : The stitching centre helps to develop skills, improve the employability and livelihood options of the local women and even provides a platform for socializing. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes football tournament at Chandwa with Essar Power Jharkhand Limited : Essar Foundation and Essar Power Jharkhand Limited organize an inter-village football tournament at Chandwa. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation supports Power Ministry campaign: The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Union Power Ministry, in its campaign to raise awareness about energy conservation measures, conducts annual painting competitions at schools across the country. Essar Foundation helps organize competitions at several sites. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation and Essar Power, Mahan conduct health camp for the community: Essar Foundation conducted a free health camp at Nagwa Gram Panchayat in collaboration with the District Health Committee and Women and Child Development Department, Singrauli. Read more... | |
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Painting competition on energy conservation: Essar Foundation conducted a painting competition in Junagam Primary School, Hazira to educate children on the importance of energy conservation. Read more... | |
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Spreading smiles: The Essar Foundation is extending its support to communities across India through programs that promote holistic development. Read more... | |
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Making teaching child's play: Volunteers from the Essar Foundation introduced the tribal teachers in Dahanu to some unconventional and expressive mediums of teaching. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation Hazira facilitates participation of village children in Science Fair: The Foundation provided support and transportation for 10 local students to attend the annual fair. Read more... | |
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Creating stories through movement: Essar Foundation organized an exciting and creative session with children's playwright Sananda Mukhopadhyaya for students of a Mumbai civic school. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation conducts eye-care camp at Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh: Gets close to 600 registrations for free eye examinations and eye-care advice. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation celebrates International Literacy Day 2012: Conducts a story-telling and book-making session for children at a Mumbai school. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation supports Gujarat government's school enrolment drive in Salaya: School kits were distributed to 535 children at the Shala Pravesh Utsav. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation marks Teachers' Day 2012: Commemorates
the occasion by organizing celebrations at schools near Essar sites. Read more... |
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Essar Foundation organizes Independence Day Football Trophy in West Bengal: Sixteen teams participated in the three-day event held at Akandara Village in Raniganj. Read more... | |
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Steel Pune employees spend day with individuals with special needs: Members of the ESPF Employee Credit Co-operative Society visit Jeevan Jyoti Vasatigruh, a hostel for mentally challenged adults. Read more... | |
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Bridging the gap: Essar Foundation helps young management students enhance the teaching skills of tribal teachers. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes vaccination camp in Hazira village, Gujarat: Held at the Public Health Centre, Hazira, around 200 families attended the camp. Read more... | |
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Foundation launches volunteering initiative at Jamnagar: The first activity under the program involved helping anganwadi care-givers hone their teaching skills. Read more... | |
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Foundation organizes volleyball tournament for schools near Hazira complex: A total of 540 students from 10 schools in the vicinity participated. Read more... | |
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Making children school-ready: Foundation distributes over 800 uniforms to school children in Madhya Pradesh. Read more... | |
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Foundation marks Independence Day by reaching out: On August 15, 2012, the Essar Foundation celebrated Independence Day at its sites by reaching out to underprivileged children. Read more... | |
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MBA students sign up to volunteer with Essar Foundation: Over the next three months, two days a week, these students will work with the Essar Foundation team, visiting the various beneficiary groups. Read more... | |
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Training the trainers: In an effort to foster quality education, the Essar Foundation launched a supplementary education support program in West Bengal, India, which combines training for teachers with the use of a unique multimedia kit. Read more... | |
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Maths through Origami workshop enthralls children of migrant workers in Kharghar: Essar Foundation organized an origami workshop on August 4, 2012, at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, to help children of migrant workers understand mathematical and geometrical concepts. Read more... | |
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Foundation supports government family planning program in Jharkhand: The three-day health camp was aimed at educating villagers residing near the Essar Power plant site on the various family planning measures available. Read more... | |
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Essar volunteers make learning aids for school children: On July 27, 2012, 12 Essarites came together to create effective visual aids to be used in Essar Foundation-supported schools. Read more... | |
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Foundation distributes notebooks to students of Hazira village schools: Sets of notebooks were distributed to over 300 students from different schools in and around Hazira village in Gujarat. Read more... | |
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Essarites at Tori (Jharkhand) site line up for Foundation blood drive: Sixty-four employees from EPJL and Essar Projects stepped up to support the cause at Essar Power Jharkhand's power project site. Read more... | |
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Essarites spread smiles at Mobile Creche center: Fourteen Essarites from Mumbai spent some quality time with children attending the Agripada center of Mobile Crèche. Read more... | |
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Essar Power, Foundation mark World Population Day in Mahan: The initiative reached out to 150 villagers, spreading awareness on the reproductive health services and facilities available in and around the area. Read more... | |
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Essarites volunteer to spread the message of eco-conservation: The Essar Foundation organized a unique volunteering activity where Essarites accompanied 50 kids on a nature trail in the bustling city of Mumbai. Read more... | |
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Essarites volunteer to make learning fun: On July 13, 2012, Essarites volunteered to help make teaching and learning aids for children of schools supported by the Essar Foundation. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation launches fight against malnutrition in Gujarat: The Essar Foundation launched the 'Shishu Mangalam' project that will target nearly 5,000 malnourished children in the Khambhaliya taluka of Jamnagar District. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation launches Supplementary Education Support Program in West Bengal: The Foundation is reaching out to 22 schools in the state through the program that designed to introduce a holistic and integrated approach to education. Read more... | |
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Helping build a reading India: Essar is, in a special way, lending its support to promoting something beyond literacy, even beyond education - helping to foster a love of knowledge. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation flags off Mobile Health Van for Gujarat villages: Extending its health services in the rural area around the Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, the Foundation flagged off a new medical van to serve four more villages. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Oil commemorate World Blood Donor Day in Durgapur: The event was organized in association with the sub-divisional hospital of Durgapur, West Bengal. Read more... | |
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First-ever career fair at Maoist hotbed in Chhattisgarh receives positive response: Organized by the district administration in collaboration with the Essar Foundation, in a bid to help students break free of political and social shackles. Read more... | |
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Essar's Hazira Primary School enrols 230 village children: On June 15, 2012, the school opened its doors to new entrants from the neighboring anganwadis. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes anti-malaria camp in
Vadinar, Gujarat: Organized at the Mota Mandha village of Khambhalia
district on June 21, 2012, the event was part of the Foundation's Aarogya
scheme. Read more... |
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Essar Foundation supports Shala Pravesh Utsav in Gujarat; distributes 1,500 school kits: The idea behind the initiative was to encourage children, especially girls (many of whom are not encouraged to attain primary education) to enroll in schools. Read more... | |
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Foundation organizes eye check-up camp in Hazira, Gujarat: A team of six ophthalmologists conducted medical examinations and advised patients on prevention and care of eye ailments Read more... | |
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Essarites prepare 1,000 school kits for underprivileged children: Organized in association with the Mumbai-based Umang Foundation, the event was held at Matoshri Ramabai Ambedkar Vidyalaya, Ulhasnagar, Mumbai Read more... | |
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Essar's CSR initiatives in East India: Besides its robust business operations in four Eastern states, the Essar Group has also undertaken focused welfare initiatives for the region's rural communities Read more... | |
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Empowering women, enabling change: The Essar Foundation is driving social change in rural areas by empowering women through education and training. Read more... | |
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Essarites add color to local Mumbai school: A group of 14 volunteers, joined by the school children, unleash their creativity to paint school premises. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation provides supplementary education support to Durgapur schools: The initiative reaches out to 4,500 students of 22 schools in Burdwan District, West Bengal, where Essar Oil's CBM project is located. Read more... | |
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Paving the path to rural development: The Essar Foundation is working closely with government agencies to provide sanitation and drainage facilities, common civic infrastructure, safe drinking water and electricity in rural areas. Read more... | |
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Ensuring good health in India's villages: The Essar Foundation actively seeks to improve the health and happiness of people in communities close to its operations. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes summer activity camp for Lonavla schoolchildren: Over 100 children attended sessions on spoken English, art, craft, music and painting. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes health camp, financial management program in Paradip: The two events reached out to villagers and laborers living near the Essar facility in Odisha. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation supports sustainable livelihoods in rural Odisha: The Foundation has supplied 20 brick-making machines to the district administration in support its youth employment program. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation celebrates Earth Day in Vadinar villages: The events focused on spreading the message of conservation among women and children. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation promotes modern teaching methods in Keonjhar government schools: Essar Foundation organised a training programme for teachers on the centuries-old abacus arithmetic computation system at Keonjhar district, Odisha, India. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Hindu conduct poster contest on Earth Day: In Visakhapatnam, close to 300 students from classes V to X took part in designing the posters using water colors, crayons. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes health check camp in Jamnagar: Over 150 families attended the camp to avail of diagnostic tests and medical advice. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes Kahaani festival for Dantewada children: The fun-filled three-day festival was designed to introduce children to alternate mediums of reading and learning through story-telling, movies, puppetry, dance and music. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation celebrates joyful learning through Bal Vividha: The two-day event organized at Kataberia village in West Bengal saw over 2,800 children participate in the fun-filled learning activities. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes blood donation camp at Paradip, Odisha: Organized at Balidia village of Nuagarh Gram Panchayat (GP) in Paradip, camp makes collection of 40 units. Read more... | |
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Lonavala school inaugurates library supported by Essar Foundation: Essar Foundation therefore invests in library inclusion programme feeling it is critical to the learning development of students. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation celebrates Women's Day with local communities: The Essar Foundation promoted the theme 'Connecting Girls, Inspiring Women' in local communities around our locations in India, through a variety of activities. Read more... | |
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Mumbai employees bring cheer to the elderly: The Essar Foundation arranged for a group of Essarites to visit a home for the aged, in a Mumbai suburb. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation inaugurates Salaya Stitching Centre: The initiative will provide skills training and create new business opportunities for the women living near the Salaya facility. Read more... | |
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Essar awards 14 scholarships to meritorious Hazira students: CSR Hazira awarded scholarships to students scoring 75 per cent marks in the Board exams of Class 10 and 12. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes health camp for community at Paradip: A multidisciplinary medical team, experienced paramedics and pharmacists administered medical advice and assistance to over 250 locals who visited the camp. Read more... | |
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Vadinar employees donate books for planned children's library: The Essar Foundation organized a Pledge-a-Book drive at Vadinar, where Essarites could donate towards building a collection of books to open a community library for children. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes health camp at Lonavala school: The camp included initial screening for nutritional deficiencies and dental, ENT and skin tests for the students of the NK Ruia High School. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation wins award for best CSR practice: The Foundation was recognized at the National Quality Excellence Awards presented by the Stars of the Industry Group. Read more... | |
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Foundation facilitates visit to nature park, exhibition for Hazira villagers: The activities were undertaken as part of the Essar Foundation's effort to provide children and rural women new learning experiences and improve their awareness. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation's library inclusion programme at Jamnagar: Essar Foundation organized a Library Inclusion Program workshop covering 25 schools in Jamnagar district. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation brings multimedia technology to rural school: Essar Steel Pune installs multimedia tool at village primary school. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes Bal Vividha to celebrate diverse approaches to learning: Essar Foundation organizes Bal Vividha festival. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Vadinar team support government traffic safety program: In support of the Gujarat government's Traffic Safety Awareness Month, 400 village schoolchildren participated in traffic and fire safety programs by the Essar team. Read more... | |
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Essar Projects, Foundation organises Republic Day community events: Essar Projects organizes a sports meet for migrant workers at Vadinar; the Foundation, for Hazira village school in Gujarat. Read more... | |
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Chhattisgarh CM, others, give away Essar Foundation scholarships on Republic Day: Scholarships were awarded to deserving students in three districts of Chhattisgarh and one district in Odisha. Read more... | |
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Essar Steel helps organize an annual sports event for local schools: The CSR team of Essar Steel in Dabuna helped a group of schools to organize their 12th Annual Sports event on January 24-25, 2012 on the premises of Gupteswer High School, Dabuna. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organises financial literacy workshop for laborers: Migrant workers residing adjacent to the Essar Mahan Power plant, Singrauli, were educated on savings and other related aspects. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation launches mobile medical service near Paradip: Essar Foundation in association with NGO HelpAge India commemorate Republic Day with the launch of health services. Read more... | |
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Essar Projects team, Durgapur, lend support to local orphanage: The team spent the day with children and distributed basic necessities. Read more... | |
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Essarites run for a reason at Mumbai Marathon 2012: 220 Essarites participated in the Dream Run, raising funds for Mumbai NGO CHildren In Pain. Read more... | |
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CBM Raniganj team reaches out to differently-abled children: Essar employees participate in a voluntary fundraising effort; visit differently-abled children in Durgapur. Read more... | |
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CBM Raniganj and Essar Oil, Durgapur, sponsor 24th Burdwan District Book Fair: The objective of the fair is to promote Bengali literature and culture, and to give budding writers and novelists a platform to showcase their work. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation intensifies health related initiatives in Odisha: Essar Foundation, along with Essar Steel, Odisha, supported a blood donation camp organized by Maruti Club, at Bamebari in Keonjhar, on January 8, 2012. Read more... | |
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Essar Power, Foundation, help the needy combat cold wave in Jharkhand: Essar Power Jharkhand and Essar Foundation rushed to the aid of the poor in the state's Chandwa block, which is in the grip of a cold wave. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Vadinar, organizes unique exchange program: About 220 schoolchildren from two schools - one urban and one rural - spent the day together, interacting and participating in group activities. Read more... | |
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Odisha: Essar Steel's Bus service brings smiles on faces of children at Paradeep: Company donates bus to Sri Satya Sai Jnana Vikash School in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, thus providing transport to children from 12 villages. Read more... | |
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Essar Oil and Essar Foundation, provide warm clothing for tribal community near Raniganj: A total of 150 families were provided blankets, sweaters and woolen caps. Read more... | |
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Essar Steel Orissa, Foundation, nurture growth through women's self-help groups: Essar team adopts a two-pronged approach to improve the working of these groups. Read more... | |
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Essar Energy, Foundation associate with international sustainability conference: The 2nd International Conference on Sustainability: People, Planet and Prosperity, organized by IIM Shillong, promotes the spirit of sustainable living. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, NGOs take Bookaroo in the City to Delhi schools: The Foundation joined hands with three Indian NGOs - Pratham Books, Teamwork and the Bookaroo Trust - to celebrate a children's literature festival in Delhi. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation engages with young scientists through IRIS 2011 in Chandigarh: The Foundation sponsored the National IRIS Fair 2011, at Chandigarh, where 200 young geniuses participated. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Power Mahan, organize health camp for villages in malaria affected area: Essar Foundation, under its 'Aarogya' (community health) programme, and Essar Power, Madhya Pradesh, organised a one-day Health Camp on November 25, 2011, near the site of the Mahan power plant project. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation is participating sponsor at UN Round Table on women's empowerment: Essar Foundation was a corporate participating sponsor at the 12th United Nation's Round Table (UNRT) on Communication for Development, at New Delhi on November 14-17, 2011. Read more... | |
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Steel Odisha gives new lease of life to poor: The corporate social responsibility team is providing healthcare services to nearly ten thousand people in the area. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation treats Hazira village children to day out on Children's Day: 52 kids were introduced to the enchanting world of children's cinema on their day out in Surat city. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation, Power, bring back joy of being in school at village near Tori site: Fully furnished school building is handed over to the local administration to commemorate National Education Day. Read more... | |
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Essar supports the Read India Movement: The Essar Foundation is actively supporting the Pratham Books 'Read India Movement' to make good quality books available to every child. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes 'unusual book fair' for NGOs, in Mumbai: The proceeds from the book fair were pledged to NGOs working in the area of children's education. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation Vadinar, celebrates Joy of Giving week: Essarites make generous contributions to the donation drive organised by the Essar Foundation. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes community celebration of local festival: The Essar Foundation organized a special group dance programme for the ladies of Hazira village, Gujarat. Read more... | |
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Essar Foundation organizes eye camp at Vadinar: A team of seven eye specialists administered free medical assistance to over 360 villagers. Read more... | |
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Flood-relief camp in Orissa: A two-day relief camp was organized to extend assistance and support to villagers affected by the heavy monsoon rains and flooding in the state's rural areas. Read more... |
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Essar Foundation organizes health camp in Zimbabwe: The one-day camp provided about 500 members of the rural community of Mwanesi with free medical consultation and drugs. Read more... |
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Celebrating the joy of giving: The Essar Foundation celebrated the Joy of Giving Week from October 2-8 this year. Read more... |
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Blood donation camp at Vadinar: Essar Oil donates 55 blood bottles at a camp organised on September 18. Read more... |
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