About Tata Volunteering Week II
Tata Volunteering Week II or TVW II (which we extended to a month, on public demand,
from 5th September to 4th October, 2014) saw large participation not only from Tata
employees, but also their families and retired Tata employees. Over the period of
one month, 20,000+ volunteers participated in 500+ activities across the globe as
the Tata Engage community grew to a total of 55,000+ volunteers, 100+ companies
and 1,000+ locations. A few glimpses of the kinds of volunteering activities undertaken
by our volunteers can be seen below. Many more photos and testimonials from our
volunteers are available at the Experience
Hub and our Facebook
page.
Apart from family participation for the first time, TVW II witnessed a number of
Tata companies coming together to collaborate on social causes, thereby creating
larger impact.
Examples of such collaborations during TVW II included:
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In Canada, volunteers from Tata Sons,
Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Communications and Jaguar
Land Rover helped unpack, sort and distribute 20,000 new books to children in need
in the Greater Toronto Area, in collaboration with First Book Canada.
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In Mumbai, volunteers from Tata Consultancy
Services, Tata Starbucks, Tata Consulting Engineers and CMC came together to undertake
beach cleaning activities after the immersion of clay idols during a popular festival,
at Juhu Beach and Girgaum Chowpatty.
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In Kolkata, around 150 mjunction employees
were supported by 20 family members and 50 employee volunteers from Tata Communications,
Tata Teleservices, Tata AIA and Taj, Kolkata in undertaking volunteering at multiple
partner organizations.
Such collaborations are unique to Tata, and will be a major strength of Tata Engage
going forward.
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