Tata Volunteering Week 10 Volume No. 12  
 
  Vegetable gardening Tata Africa Holdings  |  South Africa
 
TAHL and TACSA visited Oliver's Village in Benoni to cultivate a vegetable garden. The activity focused on ensuring food security for their beneficiaries. The team conducted various activities such as preparation of soil, plantation of seed and watering the vegetable garden.
 
  Visit to a slum Ginger Hotels  |  Mangalore
 
40 employees from Ginger Hotels visited and cleaned a slum. They served snacks to the residents & donated bath towel etc. They also explained the importance of hygiene to the children.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Steel  |  Kharagpur
 
A team from Tata Steel visited NAVA JYOTI SADAN, a home for girls. The team distributed some bedsheets, steel plates and umbrellas for residents.
 
  Sanitation awareness Coastal Gujarat Power   |  Mundra
 
Volunteers from Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (Tata Power) organised a handwashing and sanitation awareness program in the Tragadi Primary School. The session was arranged to make the students aware about global problems of Health Facility- Acquired Infections (HAI) and the adoption of best practices to overcome them. During the session, a practical demonstration was also conducted along with a lecture on the importance of health and hygiene.
 
  Visit to a non-profit Tata Capital   |  Ludhiana
 
12 volunteers from Tata Capital Ludhiana organized an interactive session for senior citizens to share their experiences. The food was served to them by the volunteers.
 
  Street play on girl child Tata Motors  |  Pune
 
A team from Tata Motors conducted a street play on Beti Bachao at Nandanvan Society More basti Chikhali, Chinchwad, Pune.
 
  Women orientation training Tata Sponge Iron   |  Odisha
 
A group of 8 volunteers organized an orientation cum training program for rural women to promote group business enterprise on industrial sewing. The program focused on promising opportunities with proper utilization of their newfound skill sets.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Projects   |  Chennai
 
Tata Projects ICF Project Chennai organized an Enlightenment Program to school students at Chennai Rail Museum with CSI (SPG) Primary School, Perambur, Chennai. Employees from different departments spent half a day with children and organized a few activities such as story-telling, songs and games.
 
  Cleanliness drive JUSCO   |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO PHHS department volunteers organized a cleaning drive at Dumuhani Ghat Sonari. The team was involved in ghat cleaning for uses of local people. They were also cleaned the drain area.
 
  Cleanliness drive JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO, PHHS dept. volunteers organized a cleanliness drive at Roop Nagar Sonari. The team discussed with people about proper cleaning & garbage removal process apart from the importance of cleanliness in their localities and home.
 
  Cleanliness drive JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO PHHS department volunteers organized a cleaning drive at Sati Ghat Kadama. The team was involved in ghat cleaning for local people. Volunteers also cleaned the local area drain and path.
 
  Visit to a school JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO HR/IR department volunteers organized a 'fun activity' for special children of School of Hope. Volunteers also distributed drawing books and crayons to all the children.
 
  Plantation drive and quiz competition JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
CSR, FMC, MD Office, F&A department volunteers organized a 'Green Initiative' fruits-tree plantation at Primary School Pindrabera and they also conducted quiz competition session with students. They also distributed sweet to students.
 
  Wall art painting JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO DE&TP department volunteers organized a 'Wall Art painting' on the wall of Anandpur Anganwari. They drew flowers, butterfly and balloons on the anganwari wall. The team members also organized fun activities for the angawari students and distributed sweets.
 
  Cleanliness drive JUSCO  |  Jamshedpur
 
JUSCO PHHS volunteer organized a cleanliness drive at Shastri Nagar Kadma. They cleaned the drain area and path.
 
  Awareness session Tata Consulting Engineers   |  Pune
 
Volunteers from Rourkela Smart City project conducted an awareness session on the harmful effects of plastic usage.
 
  Plantation drive Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Jamshedpur
 
5 volunteers from CDQ project site in Jamshedpur took part in a tree plantation drive near Dimna Lake in Jamshedpur. 8 Tree saplings were planted.
 
  Career guidance Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Vijayawada
 
TCE volunteers from Amrut City Project conducted a full day workshop for 70 Civil Engineering Students at Aditya Engineering College, Madanapalle. The workshop included practical demonstration on construction markings and presentation of career guidance. The institute also provided him with a certificate appreciating his valuable insights provided.
 
  Visit to an school Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Guntur
 
Volunteers visited an orphanage cum school and delivered a motivational speech to school students. They distributed basic amenities to students like soap, oil etc.
 
  Plantation drive Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Raipur
 
9 Volunteers from IIM Raipur site participated in a tree plantation drive. 15 neem trees were planted in the periphery of IIM Raipur.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Technologies   |  Jamshedpur
 
Tata Technologies Jamshedpur organized a mass blood donation drive at TML blood donation centre, 60 volunteers from Tata Technologies participated in mass blood donation drive and total 38 unit of blood was collected.
 
  Blood donation camp Tata Technologies   |  Thane
 
Volunteers from Tata Motors conducted a blood donation drive at Thane location. Around 25 employees donated blood for the noble cause.
 
  Visit to a school Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
Tata Steel Gomardih volunteers visited and interacted with the students of Gariamunda Primary School and discussed their areas of concerns and challenges in their lives. Volunteers organized various activities for the children like singing, poem, and stories competition. They also distributed glasses and chocolate among the kids.
 
  Visit to a village Tata Steel  |  Jamshedpur
 
Volunteers from West Bokaro visited Sarubera village and interacted with the villagers. The team spent happy moments with anganwadi children and distributed study materials. Cleaning of the area was also undertaken by the team.
 
  Awareness session Tata Metaliks   |  Kharagpur
 
An awareness session on Adult literacy, Girls education,Formation of SHG and Saving in bank account was organized for the women's of Village Benasole, Paschim Mednapur West Bengal by the employees of Tata Metaliks.
 
  AutoCAD Training Tata Consulting Engineers   |  Jamshedpur
 
TCE employees organized Auto CAD training for the ITI students of various institutes in Jamshedpur. Over 50 students attended the training.
 
  AutoCAD training Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Jamshedpur
 
TCE employees organized Auto CAD training for the ITI students of Foremen training institute, Jamshedpur, Govt Polytechnic campus, Adityapur -832109, Jamshedpur in TCE Office. Total 18 students attended the training.
 
  AutoCAD training Tata Consulting Engineers  |  Jamshedpur
 
TCE employees organized Auto CAD training for the ITI students of Swarnrekha Pvt. ITI - NCVT, Near Government High school, Chandil-832401, in TCE Office Jamshedpur. Total 53 students attended the training.
 
  Helmet drive session Trent   |  Hyderabad
 
Volunteers from Trent conducted a 'Helmet drive' session at Hyderabad.
 
  Awareness session Tata Sponge Iron   |  Odisha
 
A group of 19 volunteers visited the Residential Bridge Course (RBC) Centre at Biliepada and conducted a program on environment awareness. The mission was to mainstream them into regular curriculum through special tutoring & mentoring. Awareness session was followed by fun games.
 
  Visit to an old age home Indian Hotels   |  Gurugram
 
A group of volunteers from City Centre Gurugram visited an old age home, Nirmal Chhaya at Chhattarpur New Delhi. The event started with the Meditation, Relaxation and some easy yoga aasan's. They arranged a small entertainment programme and antakshari.
 
  Medicine distribution drive Amalgamated Plantations   |  Assam
 
A free medicine distribution drive was arranged at Kakajan Adarsha M.E. School by Amalgamated Plantations. The program was attended by Management Staff, Medical Officer, Welfare Officer and school staff.
 
  Wall e-awareness painting Tata Consultancy Services   |  Chennai
 
TCS Maitree volunteers painted the walls at more than 5 locations in Chennai for example bridges, railway stations etc where environmental conservation messages were drawn on the walls. Each wall was painted with a theme, for example beat the plastic, water conservation, public transport utilization ,save our lakes/rivers etc.
 
  Health and nutrition session Ginger Hotels   |  Vadodara
 
12 volunteers from Ginger Vadodara-RCR visited "Gujrat Sampalan Deepak Foundation" and spent time with their nutrition department and kitchen team to redesign child nutrition food process.
 
  Blood donation camp Indian Hotels   |  Faridabad
 
Vivanta by Taj Surajkund organized a blood donation camp in association with Rotary Blood Bank Charitable Trust. Preliminary tests were conducted of all donors to ensure all basic parameters were met prior to the donation.
 
  Health check-up camp Coastal Gujarat Power  |  Mundra
 
Volunteers from Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (Tata Power) arranged a mega general health camp. Specialized doctors came to Kutch to extend their expertise free of cost. During the event, free medicine along with free medicinal consultancy was given to the community.
 
  Blood donation drive Ginger Hotels  |  Mangalore
 
Volunteers from Ginger Hotels conducted a blood donation drive at Mangalore. 43 donors took part in this activity.
 
  Plantation drive Coastal Gujarat Power  |  Mundra
 
The Volunteers from Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (Tata Power), along with the business associates took the initiative to plant trees. The pit digging, arrangement for watering, area cleaning all was done by the volunteers. The volunteers took the pledge to undertake efforts for the survival of plant to grow as a tree.
 
  Safety awareness session Tata Metaliks  |  Kharagpur
 
Tata Metaliks organized a safety awareness program which includes Industrial safety, Domestic safety, Electrical safety & Digital safety for the students of Tata Metaliks Skill development center in Mednapur. 10 volunteers participated and 100 students took the benefit of the programme.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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