Mumbai Hospital supported with medical supplies
Mumbai being one of the major Covid-19 hotspots, hospitals are scrambling for medical supplies to keep their frontliners safe. We salute the nobility of our Covid warriors, and recently supported Mumbai’s Nair Hospital with 600 PPE kits, 1350 N95 face masks and 10,500 3-Ply masks.
CSR: Essar Foundation’s singular focus is on making grassroots impact
The unimaginable has happened! We are living the history that will be told to our future generations for years. Some are calling it a pandemic, and some see it as Nature taking a much-needed breather. What everyone seems to agree on is that we are living in times when mankind is both the problem and […]
Essar sets up kiosk for COVID-19 sample collection at Chennai hospital
Essar Foundation has recently installed a Walk-in Sample Kiosk (WISK) at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai. The kiosk, inspired by similar models used in South Korea, enables healthcare professional to collect a large number of samples from people who show symptoms of COVID-19. The kiosk proves advantageous as fewer personal protective equipment […]
Essar Foundation intensifies Covid-19 relief efforts with 2 million meals initiative
Mumbai, 23 April 2020: In view of the extension of the lockdown in several Indian states, which will prolong the hardships faced by the disadvantaged sections of the society, Essar Foundation, the CSR arm of the $14-billion Essar Group, has decided to increase its ongoing commitment of providing 1.25 million meals to 2 million meals to […]
Transpeople supported through Essar’s The Rainbow Project Initiative
Our flagship transgender sensitisation initiative, ‘The Rainbow Project’, broadens interventions to help over 2,000 transpeople with food, medical supplies and essentials across the Nation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Kaustubh Sonalkar, Group President HR and CEO – Essar Foundation, speaks to Firstpost about Essar Foundation’s empowering initiatives for the transgender community, and the help extended to […]
Transgender community in Tamil Nadu supported with a month’s ration
Essar Foundation has been at the forefront of eradicating marginalisation of transgender community. Amidst the Covid-19 lockdown, our team reached out to 180 Dalit transgenders, led by activist Grace Banu Ganesan, to support them with one month of rations.
Essar’s Covid-19 initiatives reaches out to affected communities with meals, essential kits & medical supplies
Essar Foundation provides medical supplies at Sion Hospital, Mumbai
Essar Foundation is committed to provide over 1,00,000 units of medical supplies to frontliners combating Covid-19. We supported the doctors and healthcare specialists of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (Sion Hospital, Mumbai) with 200 PPEs, 1,150 N95 and 8,500 3ply masks.
Essar Foundation distributes essential kits in Salaya
Essar Foundation tied up with local authorities to distribute 1,000 essential kits in villages neighbouring Essar Ports Salaya Bulk Terminal, Gujarat. Our team reached out to farm workers and daily wage labourers of villages of Kajurda, Nana Mandha, Mota Mandha & Parodia. The essential kit includes wheat flour, rice, along with mung dal, potatoes, sugar, […]
Swachh Bharat Mission, India recognises Essar Foundation’s commitment during Covid-19
Thank you Swachh Bharat Mission, India, for recognising Essar Foundation’s commitment. It is our single-minded focus to help as much as possible by ensuring business continuity and through CSR initiatives.