Tata Volunteering Week 11 Volume No. 06  
 
  Women's day celebration Rallis India  |  Dahej
 
Rallis India Dahej Unit celebrated Women's day at factory premises. Women of surrounding villages, teachers of nearby schools and employee family members were invited. Women's day celebration started with a home safety session. All women participated in different games which were organized for them. Women also planted trees in the factory premises and shared their views on gender equality. Winner of the games was also given gifts and prizes.
 
  Making of toys Rallis India  |  Panvel
 
Rallis volunteers organized a science toy making workshop to reduce fear and develop their interest in science subject. They made toys like a straw sprinkler, paper vestal, boomerang and loop glider and explained the basic science behind the toys creation.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Projects  |  Jaipur
 
Team members at Dravyavati River Project, Jaipur site office participated in a cleanliness drive. A total of 184 participants came together, promoting hygiene, safety and benefits of keeping the surroundings clean. The team members were provided with project t-shirts and caps, along with safety gloves and face masks to protect themselves from dust and bacteria.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Motors   |  Sanand
 
Employees of spare parts division along with partners organized a blood donation camp at Sanand Vendor Park, wherein more than 100 employees participated in awareness program and 25 units of blood was collected.
 
  Cleanliness drive Ginger Hotels   |  Kochi
 
10 volunteers from Ginger Kochi participated in a cleanliness drive conducted at the Infopark road.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Motors   |  Sanand
 
Employees of Sanand plant organized a talent hunt program through activities like quiz among the primary school students of Jolapur village. More than 600 students participated in the program.
 
  Women's day celebration Rallis India  |  Lote
 
Rallis Lote Unit along with Rotary Club Lote celebrated International Women's Day and organized a "Women Empowerment" programme at Gawaliwadi, Ghanekunt village. This session was conducted by Rallis Volunteers and Rotary Club Members. They conducted a session on home safety and talked on how to handle an unsafe situation at home, role of woman in a happy family life etc. They organized fun games for the participants like musical chair competition, ball & bucket game, etc. At the end of the session, prizes were distributed to the winners.
 
  English literacy program Rallis India   |  Lote
 
Rallis Lote Unit volunteers along with an English literacy development teacher organized a session at Nutan Vidyalaya Lote for their 7th Standard students. In continuation of English Intervention classes, they covered an exercise of basic word formation, its meaning in Marathi, a right pronunciation of words with its meaning, grammar exercise, creating Marathi words to English, etc.
 
  Awareness session Rallis India  |  Lote
 
A group of five volunteers from Rallis India Lote Unit arranged an awareness session on Contagious Diseases for the students of Z P School, Matwadi, Songaon. A total of 115 students were present in the programme. Volunteers explained the symptoms of contagious diseases like Typhoid, Malaria, Chickenpox, Allergy & skin related issues etc.
 
  Safety quiz Rallis India  |  Lote
 
Volunteers of Rallis India Lote Unit conducted a Safety Quiz Competition for the associates and drivers at Lote MIDC. They prepared questions related to Industrial safety, use of personal protective equipment, road safety & traffic rules, disaster management, First Aid to the Injured person etc. 42 associates and drivers participated in the quiz competition. At the end of the session, motivational prizes were distributed to the winners.
 
  Coaching session Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
A volunteer interacted with the tennis trainees of JRD at United Club, Jamshedpur. These trainees were kids between the age group of 7 and 14. He shared tricks and tips involving skills, fundamentals and technique to improve the strokes necessary to improve the tennis game. He demonstrated the techniques by practicing with the kids.
 
  Visit to an old age home Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
Seven volunteers visited Ashirwad Bhawan, an old age home in Jamshedpur. They interacted with the residents along with distributing fruits, biscuits, hair oils and shampoos.
 
  Women’s day celebration Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
8 volunteers conducted a women's day celebration & facilitation program at Pellet Plant, Jamshedpur. The event comprised of Women's Day "Rangoli", interactive sessions on "Know Your Rights", "Female Health Awareness" and "Financial management" followed by cake cutting.
 
  Self-defence session Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
A self-defence training was organised by the Tata Steel Global Wires at Girls Seva Ashram School. 9 volunteers facilitated it.
 
  Health check-up camp Tata Steel  |  West Bokaro
 
A Matri Shishu Mela was organised by TSRDS West Bokaro Unit. The volunteers interacted with the SHG women and health check-up was conducted.
 
  Hair donation Indian Hotels  |  Bengaluru
 
Indian Hotels invited their colleagues to stand by these people who have lost their hair due to cancer. They partnered with the organization Cope With Cancer and called on their lady associates to donate their hair in order to make wigs for these people and helped them feel beautiful again.
 
  Visit to a school Rallis India  |  Panvel
 
Rallis volunteers visited Z P School Bhingar to have fun and learn with the students 3rd to 5th standard. Group of students were given various puzzles to solve. Puzzles served the purpose of memory improvement, time management, reading spellings and numbers.
 
  Lake cleanliness drive Tata Projects  |  Hyderabad
 
A group of 10 volunteers from Tata Projects, Hyderabad took an initiative on "Lake cleaning drive", in and around Neknampur Lake, Hyderabad. This was an initiative to work closely with the community to save our environment. The volunteers cleaned the lake and collected all the litter in big bags for disposal. Refreshments were distributed to volunteers.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Chemicals  |  Mithapur
 
A beach cleaning program was organized at Mithapur by TCL volunteers. More than a tonne of trash, including plastic waste like carry bags, cups, straws, empty bottles, fishing net pieces, thermocol pieces, discarded footwear, pieces of waste clothes and pooja material was collected and removed.
 
  Painting a block Trent  |  Palghar
 
Trent employee volunteers & their family members actively participated in sanitation block paintings, at Kev gaon, in Palghar, near Wada. The volunteers painted 10 toilets blocks. Post painting the employees helped the rural farmers in vegetable harvesting at their farms.
 
  Blood donation camp Trent  |  Pune
 
Trent employee volunteers in Pune from (Fiora) support services came forward for a blood donation drive, in support of Janakalyan Raktpedhi. 34 employees donated blood.
 
  Medical camp Tata Chemicals  |  Porbandar
 
Tata Chemicals Limited, Ranavav Mining office at Porbandar conducted a medical camp in Aniali Villages. Total of 304 patients from different nearby villages benefitted from this camp.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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