Tata Volunteering Week 12 Volume No. 19   
 
  Celebration of Gandhi Jayanti Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
To mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi this year Tata Power DDL conducted activities around across all 350 women literacy centres and 18 vocational training centres across 12 operational districts in North and North West Delhi namely Shakti Nagar, Model town, Civil Lines, Mangolpuri, Keshavpuram, Pitampura, Moti Nagar, Rohini, Shalimar bagh, Badli, Narela & Bawana. The campaign aimed to create sensitization on reduction of violent acts, tolerance level, Swachhata Abhiyan of Central Government of India and Say No to Plastic. The drive witnessed the huge participation of employees, WLC & ABHA women, and vocational training beneficiaries. The activities conducted also included Best out of Waste, Session on Climate Change, Session on Waste management & others.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
To mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Volunteers of from all the district offices of Tata Power-DDL have organised an cleanliness drive and plantation activity at the nearest district park and at government schools. Volunteers also generated awareness about Tata Power-DDL's initiative on Say no to Plastic and make green plant among the people at park.
 
  Mentor-mentee program Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
Senior leadership team from various department of Tata Power-DDL conducted mentoring session with students of electrical trade of Industrial training institutes., Jahangirpuri and Dheerpur, Delhi. They helped them to choose better career option, work on soft skills and importance of technical skills in life.
 
  Community reach out program Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
Volunteers of operation team, District & Zonal team and ABHAs of Tata Power-DDL organised Community Reach out Program (CROP) to conduct socio-economic survey at Juggi Jhopdi clusters of 6 Districts of Tata Power-DDL; Shalimarbagh, Rohini, Narela, Model Town, Civil Lines and Badli. In addition to this, Volunteers disseminated awareness in the life of community members about CSR initiatives like vocational training, women literacy program, mobile dispensary services etc.
 
  Awareness session on health Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
Volunteers of Tata Power-DDL organised an activity in Juggi Jhopdi Clusters in association with Eduquest (NGO Partner) in the operational area of Tata Power-DDL. Volunteers conducted awareness session on Health issues, Sessional diseases, problems raised in infants pregnant ladies and lactating mothers, malnutrition etc. Volunteers also shared information about the type of food items and level of clean water required by human being. They shared the pollution and diseases level increased in youth and women due to plastic products.
 
  Awareness session on Say No to Plastic Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
Volunteers from Customer Hearing Cell of all the district offices and commercial centre of Tata Power-DDL conducted awareness session for public where they inform about the recyclable products and plastic products. Volunteers covered topics like clear all the plastic products from your surrounding and home, use the E-Bills instead of paper bills, awareness on Tata Power- DDL's initiative to banned the plastic etc. Volunteers and beneficiaries have taken the pledge for not to use the plastic products and they will also generate the message on it to others.
 
  Blood donation drive Ginger Hotels   |   Chennai
 
Blood Donation camp was organized by Ginger Chennai Vadapalani along with Lions blood bank foundation. Around 21 Team members of Ginger Hotel Chennai Vadapalani and Family members voluntarily donated blood.
 
  POSH awareness program The Tinplate Company of India   |   Jamshedpur
 
POSH Awareness program was organized by the female employees of TCIL for the CHP trainees at Tinplate Hospital. It was an interactive session with the girls where the employees laid more emphasis on self-respect and women rights. Few of them even shared their practical life experiences and how they overcome from the situation.
 
  Play room in school Tata Consulting Engineers   |   Jamshedpur
 
TCE volunteers created a play room for the children of School of Hope. The whole concept was to create the room where the children feel happy and joyous with an intent to create a space that facilitates creative patterns of use, paying attention to their sensory needs, which will help them to develop and learn. 15 TCE volunteers took 4 days to complete the art work.
 
  Cleanliness drive Ginger Hotels   |   Mangalore
 
Volunteers cleaned the entire premises under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, installed lights on the terrace, served snacks and soft drinks to the police team members. All the team members also understood that police station is a friendly place for the honest, straightforward and ethical person.
 
  Say No to Plastic Tata Steel   |   Jharia
 
As part of the ongoing Swachta Hi Sewa program, a no plastic campaign cum plantation program was organized at the Chat Ghat in Lalbunglow area. The objective of the program was to raise the awareness regarding the harmful effects of plastic, proper management of plastic waste and importance of plantation in environment building.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Steel   |   Tarapur
 
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Oct 2nd, officers and family members of Tata Steel Cold Rolling complex - West organized a rally to spread awareness on the use of cloth bags and why to say no to plastic. The participants urged the shopkeepers , street vendors and people around to avoid single-use plastics and explained them about hazards due to the use of plastic bags.
 
  Mega plantation drive Tata Steel   |   Kalinganagar
 
Employees of Tata Steel Kalinganagar pledged to keep their surroundings clean and green. As part of this campaign a mega plantation drive was organised at Kebalgadiya & Dabhali Village. The volunteers dug the pits and planted trees.
 
  Support to farmer Tata Steel   |   Sukinda
 
Mr. Maheswar Pradhan' a BPL farmer of Nator village lost all his belongings and his house due to a fire outbreak. Volunteers from Sukinda provided basic grocery items, blankets and small basic amenities to the family to meet their immediate needs.
 
  Sports and personal hygiene session Tata Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
Members of the JDC visited their adopted school and organised sports for the children. The winners of the different events were felicitated followed by lunch. The team also took a session on personal hygiene and general upkeep.
 
  Interaction with kids Tata Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
Chief SSTG along with his colleagues visited their adopted school and Kasidih village and interacted with the students. He delivered a talk on Harmful effects of using Plastic. The team organised a football match among the students and awarded the best team.
 
  Movie screening for kids Tata Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
CRM JDC organised a movie screening for the students of their adopted school. Members of the JDC visited the school and brought the students to Centre for Excellence where in a children movie was screened. This was followed by lunch of all the members with the children.
 
  Day of volunteering Tata Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
Many volunteers spent the entire day on different activities ranging from donation of clothes, visit to a nearby village, interaction with underprivileged kids and organising drawing competition at Bagunhatu.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata Steel   |   Noamundi
 
A mega cleanliness drive was organised at Noamundi township with the message of no plastic and clean environment. Sr. Officers of OMQ division volunteered for this activity.
 
  Blood donation drive Tata Power Solar Systems   |   Bangalore
 
Volunteers from Tata Power Solar Systems organised a blood donation drive.
 
  Plantation drive JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organized a tree plantation drive at a pumping station and dosing area Bomkimuhan Puri. They were specially planted neem plants for healthy environmental growth in future.
 
  Cleaning drive JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO BE volunteers organized and visited Gandhi Ghat Subarnarekha for a cleaning drive. They collected waste materials and plastics waste form the river bed side.
 
  Career counselling session JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO CSR & NGO TRCSC volunteers organised a career counselling session at Utkramit High School Dugni. They arranged expert faculty for counselling. Total 160 students class X students were benefited from this career counselling session.
 
  Road safety awareness JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organised road safety awareness and rally at Gomardih. The local administration, students', employees and vendors' employees were also involved in this initiative and benefited.
 
  Say no to use of plastics JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO DE&TP volunteers organised a 'Say No Use to Plastics' awareness session for the females of Sewing Centre Dugni. They were told about why we should avoid the plastic material in day to day life and make use of cloth bags for daily use.
 
  Sports material distribution JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO ICS & CSR department volunteers organised a visit to UMS Purusili and distributed sports materials – carrom board, lodes, badmintons, chess for schools' students. They also distributed guide Books for class VIII examination preparation. The team spent quality time with all the children which left unforgettable memories for all.
 
  Stationary distribution JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organised a visit to a school and distributed stationary, educational materials & new cloths to each student and spoke to them about the importance of education. The team spent quality time with all the children.
 
  Say to use of plastics JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organized a say no use to plastics awareness to students at a primary school in Bamnipal. They also arranged a cultural activity and distributed gifts to each student.
 
  Plantation drive JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organised tree plantation drive at R.R Colony Gobarghati. Volunteers planted neem plants. Local people were also involved in this initiative. The team also enlightened the local R.R Colony people on how to save the environment by planting trees.
 
  Say no use to plastics JUSCO   |   Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO KPO volunteers organised a 'Say no use to Plastics' awareness programme for local people at building -F. They spoke to them about no use plastics in our day to day life and try to use cotton bags for daily use.
 
  Cleanliness drive for plastic waste collection Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Sriperumbudur
 
Tata BlueScope Steel Sriperumbudur plant conducted "Cleanliness drive for plastic waste collection" where 30 volunteers participated. The volunteers collected plastic wastes in South Main Road, Irrungattukottai, Sriperumbudur. Around 300 KG of waste was collected this time.
 
  Nesting campaign for birds Tata Consulting Engineers   |   Mumbai
 
21 volunteers from TCE, Mumbai office participated in the nesting campaign for birds-"Chidiya ka Ghonsla". The nests had been prepared from the old shoe/gift boxes. Volunteers supported this environmental cause to increase the bird population which is getting depleted every year.
 
  A day with kids Coastal Gujarat Power   |   Mundra
 
The volunteers from Coastal Gujarat Power Limited organised the TVW-12 in a very unique style and arranged ‘Educational kit distribution along with plantation in Sagarshala’ which is an informal tent school established by CGPL where the children of transient fishermen study for 8 months during the fishing season. During the event, the volunteers briefed the students on importance of education for all.
 
  'No Plastic' awareness Indian Hotels   |   Jodhpur
 
An awareness rally along with cleaning drive was organised by Taj Hari Mahal team volunteers carried out a rally on 'say no to plastic' from Mandore Bus stand till garden gate. This event was organized to make people aware about hazardous effects of plastic on humans as well as the ecosystem and how banning of plastics will be beneficial to us in the long run.
 
  Collection of plastic waste Ginger Hotels   |   Mangalore
 
Volunteers participated in a cleanliness drive. They were geared up for this Tata volunteering activity and enjoyed every bit of it. The public road was cleaned to wherein the beneficiaries were the general public. They could walk on a litter free space. 23 employees actively took part in the Hygiene & cleanliness drive.
 
  Menstrual hygiene awareness drive Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Mumbai organized a menstrual hygiene awareness drive for women residing in the slums. A significant percentage of menstruating women in the slums do not have access to sanitary pads. Menstrual health and hygiene is still a stigmatised topic. The employees organized an awareness drive in collaboration with Aarna foundation and distributed sanitary napkins among women.
 
  Children's visit to Star Bazaar Trent Hypermarket   |   Ahmedabad
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Ahmedabad organized an educational visit for Children in collaboration with Tiny Tots School at the Store. During the visit the children learnt about the different types of vegetables, cereals, and bakery products. The staff spent quality time with the children and offered them snacks.
 
  Single use plastic ban awareness Tata Coffee   |   ICD Theni
 
Volunteers conducted rally at Vaigaiputhur jointly with Vaigaidam higher secondary school students to spread awareness on ‘Single use plastic ban’ among local villagers. At the end, they distributed sweets and gifts to school students.
 
  Road safety awareness drive Trent Hypermarket   |   Ahmedabad
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Ahmedabad organized a road safety awareness drive in collaboration with Ahmedabad Traffic Police Cell.
 
  Children's visit to Star Bazaar Trent Hypermarket   |   Ahmedabad
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Ahmedabad organized an educational visit for children in collaboration with Tiny Tots School at the Store. During the visit the children learnt about the different types of vegetables, cereals, and bakery products. The staff spent quality time with the children and offered them snacks.
 
  Awareness drive on World Heart Day Trent Hypermarket   |   Surat
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Surat organized an awareness drive on occasion of World Heart Day. A 3 step note on ways to keep the heart healthy was attached to the bill copy of all customers. The employees also put up posters and flyers in the store to spread awareness among the customers.
 
  International deaf awareness Trent Hypermarket   |   Surat
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Surat organized an appreciation session for the specially abled colleagues on the occasion of the International Deaf Awareness Week. The Store Manager along with other colleagues also organized a small get together and distributed chocolates and snacks among the colleagues. The specially abled colleagues were also given value cards as token of appreciation for their good work.
 
  Keeping the Heart Healthy Trent Hypermarket   |   Ahmedabad
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Ahmedabad organized an awareness drive on occasion of World Heart Day. A three step note on ways to keep the heart healthy was attached to the bill copy of all customers. The employees also put up posters and flyers in the store to spread awareness among the customers. Employees also personally engaged with the customers to spread awareness on the importance of following a healthy life to keep the heart healthy and shared "Be a Heart Hero" stickers.
 
  Visit to Palna Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
Volunteers of IT Team and Social Innovation Group of Tata Power-DDL visited Palna – Children’s Home, to spend some quality time with children. In addition to it they also distributed chocolates among beneficiaries and basic amenities for their daily use. The administration of the Home praised the contribution of Tata Power DDL and invited for many such visits.
 
  Cleanliness and waste collection drive Tata Power Delhi Distribution   |   Delhi
 
The campaign aimed to create sensitization on reduction of Plastic Waste & in reference to this cleanliness drive was organized at various locations. The drive witnessed the huge participation of employees and business associate employees. The activities conducted also included Best out of Waste, Session on Climate Change, Session on Waste management & others.
 
  Darling house for kids Tata Global Beverages   |   Canada
 
TGBL Volunteers visited Darling House for Kids, where they helped with Halloween decorating, indoor/outdoor window cleaning, outdoor furniture cleaning and garden weeding.
 
  Cleaning a beach Ginger Hotels   |   Mangalore
 
29 team members were absolutely thrilled for this activity as many of our own hotel guests visit this beach frequently. During the cleaning time all staffs worked hard to clean the better part of the beach.
 
  Plant distribution Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Mumbai distributed 100 plants to customers and requested customers plant the sapling and help keep Mumbai green and healthy.
 
  Visit to an old-age home Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Mumbai visited Golden Care Old Age Home on the occasion of International Day for Older Persons. Employees utilized this opportunity to spend quality time with senior citizens and also distributed snacks among them.
 
  Centre for children with special needs Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, visited Mann NGO. The employees utilized this opportunity to spend quality time with specially abled children and also served them lunch.
 
  Road safety awareness drive Trent Hypermarket   |   Hyderabad
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Hyderabad organized a road safety awareness drive and distributed self-made pocket sized cards on golden rules of road safety.
 
  Plantation drive Trent Hypermarket   |   Bangalore
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Bangalore, organized a plantation drive along with the community members. The employees utilized this opportunity to spread awareness on the importance of keeping the plant green and clean.
 
  Visit to an old age home Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Mumbai visited an Old Age Home. Employees utilized this opportunity to spend quality time with senior citizens and also distributed snacks among them.
 
  Plant exhibition Trent Hypermarket   |   Bangalore
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Bangalore organized a plant exhibition in collaboration with Association of People with Disability (APD) NGO. The proceeds of the sales went to specially abled individuals associated with APD.
 
  Cleanliness drive Indian Hotels   |   Bengaluru
 
Taj MG Road Bengaluru in collaboration with all the Bangalore Taj Hotels took up a plastic clean up drive at Nandi Hills Bangalore. Quite a famous tourist spot, Nandi Hills is also monumentally phenomenal because of Tipu's Summer Palace. Hence this drive was taken up as an attempt for the restoration of a Heritage Site in the City.
 
  Blood donation drive Indian Hotels   |   Bengaluru
 
Taj MG Road Bengaluru, in association with the Bangalore Medical Services Trust organized a Blood Donation Camp at the premises of the Hotel. The volunteers were sensitised about this event and awareness created about the upcoming camp. A total of 12 units from 12 volunteers was donated in 03 hours of the camp. A Team of 05 volunteers organized the event to run smoothly and encourage participation from all the Associates.
 
  Visit to children’s centre Trent Hypermarket   |   Mumbai
 
The employees of Star Bazaar, Mumbai in collaboration with Arana Foundation visited the children center in Thane and spend time with children teaching them English and Math. They also distributed snack among the children.
 
  Awareness session on Plastic Use Ban Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Bhiwadi
 
Tata BlueScope Steel, Bhiwadi volunteers from conducted awareness session on Single Plastic Use Ban for the students of Jodiya Mev Govt. Primary School. Volunteers explained the types of plastics, their usage and their negative impact on the environment and human life.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Bhiwadi
 
Volunteers from Bhiwadi did a cleanliness drive in RICCO area outside the plant premises. Volunteers collected plastics waste, papers and other litters and spread the awareness on "Say No to Plastics" and "Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan"
 
  Forest protection Tata Communications   |   Madrid
 
Forest protection and conservation activity where volunteers planted 200 seeds and completed audit of trees of over a 600 square metre area.
 
  Visit to children center Tata Communications   |   Herndon
 
Volunteers helped in the packing of 175 backpack-size bundles of food for distribution to school children in lower income families.
 
  Food Sorting Tata Communications   |   Santa Clara
 
Volunteers visited the Second Harvest Food Bank and sorted 8300 pounds of fresh fruit to distribute to the hungry and low income families.
 
  Lunch boxes for community centre Tata Communications   |   Herndon
 
Volunteers packed 60 lunches containing two sandwiches, snacks, and water for Embry Rucker Community Center. These lunches were provided to both residents of the shelter as well as drop in clients.
 
  Food bank Tata Communications   |   Montréal
 
Employees volunteered at a local food bank and labelled and packed 7400 cans and filled 350 food boxes.
 
  Hygiene session Indian Hotels   |   Goa
 
The associates of Taj North Goa, organized a hygiene session at Abade Faria government primary school, Candolim. This school provides education for underprivileged local children. Volunteer from the HR team explained the importance of Personal Hygiene to the 7 students of the class. And also Dettol hand washes were distributed to the students.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
Under "Swachchata Hi Seva" 2019, TBSPL Jamshedpur volunteers initiated "Clean Pujo" campaign by arranging customised dustbins at four Puja Pandals along with Clean Pujo awareness banners. Volunteers conducted cleanliness drive and started with picking up all the litters spread across the New Sidhgora Puja Pandal, Cinema Maidan and did mass awareness on "Say No to Plastics" and proper disposal of the same. Volunteers made a great effort in clearing the plastics and other litters and urged all the people (who had come to visit the pandal), stall vendors and committee members to help us in keeping the surrounding clean and use the dustbins. Around collected 50 kgs of plastics waste was collected.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
Under our ongoing "Clean Pujo Campaign", TBSPL Jamshedpur volunteers selflessly and dedicatedly conducted cleanliness drive on the 3rd day on the day of Ashtami Puja in Oriya Puja Pandal. Volunteers discussed with the committee members about cleanliness is godliness. The Pandal was found quite neat in comparison to other Puja Pandals and the committee members shared their insights on their smooth execution of the entire work and task during Durga Puja with focus on cleanliness.
 
  Cleanliness drive Tata BlueScope Steel   |   Jamshedpur
 
On the day of Navami Puja, TBSPL Jamshedpur volunteers continued their cleanliness drive under "Clean Pujo Campaign" in Amalsangh Puja Pandal, Sidhgora. Volunteers from Sri Sathya Sai Seva Org also joined the cause and conducted the cleanliness and awareness drive.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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