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Breastfeeding has an important role to play in ensuring the growth, development and survival of children around the world, and is the foundation of lifelong good health for babies and mothers. Each year the world observes World Breastfeeding Week to promote breastfeeding. This year’s theme for the week is ‘Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life’. Essar Foundation […]

Due to its unparalleled popularity and association with positive values, sport is definitely one of the most effective ways to help development of people and communities. It is also a powerful tool that breaks down all barriers and helps the youth channelise their energy positively, especially in districts like Dantewada that are impacted by insurgency. […]

Surat, Gujarat For the 6th year in a row Essar Foundation has joined hands in the grand celebration of new enrollments in state-wide initiative of Govt. of Gujarat. The drive named ‘Shala Praveshotsav’ was celebrated for newly enrolled students in 4 schools and 5 anganwadi centers in and around Hazira village. At the events held in […]

The Hindu Speaking to students during a plantation drive jointly undertaken by The Hindu and the Essar Group at the Chandrampalem Zilla Parishad High School near Madhurawada marking the World Environment Day, the SP said efforts must be put in to ensure that that the spent resources was replenished to maintain a healthy environmental balance. Deliberating on […]

Singrauli, MP 1,000 days – starting from a woman’s pregnancy (270 days) to a child’s 2nd birthday (730 days), are most crucial for both the mother and child when utmost care is essential. Health & nutrition of the mother & offspring during this period impacts the child’s ability to grow healthy and provides essential building […]

Nagwa, Singrauli (MP) For the last six years Essar Foundation has been closely working with the Saraswati Shishu Mandir school in Nagwa village of Singrauli, supporting keenly in improving the infrastructure, resources and quality of education in the school. The school has consistently been on an upward drive, with students performing better in academics, arts […]

Sahaj, an initiative of Essar Foundation, has empowered the women of a self-help group in Palnar village in Dantewada to open a sanitary napkin manufacturing unit and spread menstrual health awareness. Rekha Balakrishnan https://yourstory.com/ Palnar village in Kuakonda block in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh is classified as a Naxalite area. Despite the backwardness of […]

The Economic Times The Companies Act 2013 that came into effect in April 2014 in India created a mandate for large companies to spend 2% of their net profits on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The mandate gave an impetus to CSR in India, both as a concept and as a practice. India now has almost […]

India CSR Network Essar Foundation which is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Essar, committed to fuelling development of communities around Essar’s business presence. Functional across more than 500 villages in eight states of India, the Foundation facilitates wide-ranging CSR initiatives in health, education, livelihoods, inclusion, women empowerment and skill development. The Foundation reaches […]

The release of Inclusive Business List was done by Institute of Competitiveness in association with Hindu Business Line. The list features Essar among the biggest and most reputed names in business, including Abbott, Amazon, Tata, ITC and Jindal. The list was released by Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog at the Shared Value Summit in December, 2017. The […]