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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 […]

Hazira, Gujarat Healthy competition with the intention of strengthening the teaching-learning experience in the Government Primary schools is encouraged to promote intellectual stimulation. An inter-school quiz competition was recently conducted by Essar Foundation covering eight Government Primary schools across the Hazira belt. The initiative also helped the students prepare for their internal term exams, generated […]

Keonjhar, Odisha Excellence in sports is an index of progress and development of youth, as it contributes towards the physical, mental and psychological health in a big way. Essar Foundation continually encourages sports to provide a platform to nurture rural sporting talents. On 16th December Essar Foundation supported the Annual Sports Meet at Shree Gupteswar […]

Paradeep, Odisha Women led Self Help Groups, under Project Aajeevika, have been a dynamic force, having successfully demonstrated how to mobilize and manage thrift, appraise credit needs, maintain linkage with the banks, and work with the federation. They have been strengthening their groups by undertaking income-generation activities through the project. Worth a mention is the […]

Book Donation Drive for Reading Promotion An enthusiastic group of Essarites and their families volunteered to conduct a book donation drive at Essar township, Waidhan (Madhya Pradesh). This was done to promote reading at Essar Foundation supported Saraswati Shishu Mandir school. In the three-day drive from 26-28 Nov, 2017 volunteers managed to collect as many […]