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The Rainbow Project, Essar Foundation’s transgender sensitisation initiative, reached out to the community in Paradeep. Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd, in collaboration with Paradeep Municipality, has been providing kits to the Paradeep Transgender Association since the lockdown. Each kit includes rice, dal (5 kgs each), soap, sanitizer, face mask and detergent.

Essar Foundation, the CSR arm of Essar, further expanded the reach of its menstrual hygiene initiative, Sahej, to Maharashtra’s Dhule and Nasik districts. In collaboration with National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Essar Foundation distributed over 100,000 sanitary napkins to women belonging to the migrant community and daily wage earners who have limited access to […]

Essar Foundation has been working tirelessly, and in a hyper-focused manner, towards menstrual hygiene awareness and management. Hence, May was an extremely important month for us, with Menstrual Hygiene (MH) Day attracting the world’s attention on this issue, especially since it came at the backdrop of the Covid-induced lockdowns. The pandemic has forced governments to […]

Meal Project: 20 lakh+ mealsHealth Project: 1.55 lakh+ medical suppliesRainbow Project: Supporting 2,000 transpeopleSahej Project: 6 lakh+ sanitary napkinsTogether for progress, together we progress.

In today’s episode of Jagran New Media’s #NayaBharat series, Jagran HiTech Editor Siddhartha Sharma was joined by CEO, Essar Foundation and Group President, HR, Essar, Kaustubh Sonalkar. During the conversation, the two talked about the impact of the Covid-19 on the industry and the challenges post the Covid-19 period. Siddhartha Sharma- How has Covid-19 impacted […]

Essar Foundation, under its ‘Essar Cares’ initiative, recently handed over 13,000 masks, 3,000 gloves and 3,000 sanitisers to the Rajkot administration. Ms Remya Mohan, District Collector – Rajkot, and Mr Chetan Nandani, Additional Municipal Collector of Rajkot, received the supplies on behalf of their respective departments. Mr Nandani received the kits on behalf of Mr […]

HER safety, dignity and pride – that’s the focus of Essar Foundation Sahej, our marquee menstrual hygiene initiative! This Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020, here’s a look at how Sahej stepped up in the wake of Covid-19. We distributed 500,000 sanitary napkins across Maharashtra, Jharkhand & Kashmir! We also launched the Sahej app, which strives to […]

Essar Foundation’s app, Sahej, is a one-stop platform that provides menstrual hygiene education to women and girls. It also houses an e-store for menstrual products manufactured by women-led micro-enterprises and SHGs. With rapid advancements in technology, it’s common to find mobile applications for numerous activities. There is an app for everything – from texting to […]

Essar Foundation’s Sahej is an Android-based app that offers a one-stop solution for menstrual hygiene management. The app features a one-of-a-kind e-store of menstrual products manufactured by women-led micro enterprises and SHGs. It also provides a platform to donate sanitary napkins to underprivileged women, as well as equip Aanganwadi workers with the right information for […]

‘Essar Cares’, an initiative to help the Nation’s fight against Covid-19, was recently featured on Essar Radio, an internal engagement platform that connects all Essarites working from home and from operations sites. Amidst some peppy music, the radio-styled audios give them daily updates on the company, along with leadership talks. Essar Cares, which featured on […]