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Under the ‘Pillar of Health’, Essar Foundation, Odisha with Essar Bulk Terminal Paradip and Essar Steel extended support to Odisha’s District Government Health Department for transporting the vaccine carriers from Government hospitals to the respective booths/immunisation points at Paradeep and Dabuna as well as monitored the immunisation drive. 8408 children of less than five years […]

A week long Women’s Day celebration at Essar was a truly engaging one.Essarites started the week with a Sanitary Pad drive, that aimed at creating awareness about hygienic practices and donating pads to women and young students from the underprivileged section. A refreshing panel discussion was also organised where male employees shared their perspective on […]

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2019, Essar Foundation Odisha celebrated the Day with women from self-help groups, village health workers, Anganwadi supervisors, and teachers. Essar Foundation organised a special program and felicitated women achievers within the community who are making a difference with their contribution to the society in their respective fields. More […]

A small step such as an eye check-up can go a long way in ensuring that students give their optimum performance in academics and other co-curricular activities. An eye check-up camp was organised by Essar Foundation for the students of Saraswati Shishu Mandir School, Nagwa, in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. In all, 150 children got their […]

Chances are that cancer if detected early can be treatable. Women may be diagnosed late because of lack of awareness and reluctance to go to doctors. Under the ‘Pillar of Health’, Essar Foundation organises various kinds of health awareness programmes for students, majorly women, from rural schools and Essar Lok Vikas Kendras (ELVKs). Essar Foundation observed […]

Organises a field trip for 150+ Hazira women to a garment manufacturing hub in Surat Essar Foundation’s ‘Essar Lok Vikas Kendras (ELVKs)’ is a programme enabling financial independence in rural India. Under the ‘Pillar of Livelihood’, various initiatives towards women empowerment have been implemented by the ELVKs in Hazira, Rajgiri, Junagam, Damka, Mora and Bhatlai. […]

6th & 7th December 2018 Chitrakonda is one of the remote areas of Malkangiri District in Odisha, which has been repeatedly hit by Maoist and extremist groups. Essar Foundation team reaches out to the population in the interior sections of Chitrakonda sector, with various social welfare initiatives. Some of these villages such as Palankarai, Sarkubandha, […]

Essar Power MP, kick-started its celebrations of the “National Energy Conservation week” at its Bandhaura site on 14th December 2018. The week-long celebration started off with an Oath-taking ceremony, “to conserve and efficiently use energy (Electricity)”, by all Executives of the site. The Essar Power MP team organized series of events through the week so as to […]

“Determination has no disability” — Robert M Hensel. Essar Foundation, in association with Surat’s Vikalang Kalyan Society Trust, organised the Freedom Cup 2018, a unique cricket tournament for the differently-abled. It is an initiative that the Foundation has been supporting and is now in its fifth year. Like ever year, the outstanding players who participated in […]

This week, International Disability Day was marked globally. Here’s a look at the District Disability Rehabilitation Center in Sukma, Chhattisgarh where the passionate Essar Foundation team works closely with the DDRC program officers to aid and counsel individuals who are differently-abled. The state-of-the-art rehabilitation center supports 3,000 individuals and aims at providing them with training […]