Essar Foundation intensifies Covid-19 relief efforts with 2 million meals initiative

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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

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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 […]

Essar Foundation provides medical supplies at Sion Hospital, Mumbai

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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

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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, […]

Essar Foundation provides meals to Govandi slum dwellers

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Essar Foundation fights Covid-19 one meal at a time by providing meals to the slum dwellers of Mumbai. In addition to Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, we are serving over 13,000 meals per week in collaboration with Mumbai Roti Bank India and Janjagruti Vidyarthi Sangh, a local NGO of volunteers from the slums of Govandi.

Essar Foundation supports Kanksa Block, Durgapur with food essentials

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The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted communities in India’s remote villages. We are humbled to have supported the entire Kankska block of West Bengal’s Durgapur district with food essentials. In collaboration with Shri Anirban Koley, Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Durgapur Sub-Division, Essar Foundation has provided vegetables, lentils and cooking oil to over 200 people comprising migrant labourers, […]

Kaustubh Sonalkar speaks on Essar’s Covid-19 initiatives

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We stand strong with the nation in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Our teams are going all out to ensure that food and medical essentials are being met for communities in need, says Kaustubh Sonalkar, Group President HR, Essar, and CEO – Essar Foundation Essar Press Statement – https://bit.ly/3e4q747