Tata Volunteering Week 14 Volume No. 01   
 
  Teachers’ day celebration Rallis India   
 
On 5th September 2020, Volunteers from Rallis India Limited, Lote Unit organized an Online ‘Teachers day’ celebration for the teachers and conducted a ‘Speech competition’ with the students. A total of 67 students were present in the online celebrations and 14 students enthusiastically participated in the competition.
 
  Drawing competition for children Rallis India   
 
Rallis India organized a drawing competition with students of Shenve Girls Ashram School on the theme ‘Save Trees Save Water’. The Lote Unit of Rallis also organized a drawing competition with students of Z P School, Lotemal, Lote on the theme ‘Environment Protection’. 25 students from Shenve Girls Ashram School and 10 students Z P School participated and drew beautiful drawings.
 
  Handwriting competition for children Rallis India   
 
Rallis volunteers organized ‘Handwriting competition’ for the students of Shenve Girls Ashram School near Shahapur. Students were asked to write 10 lines from their Marathi book. 20 students actively participated in the activity.
 
  Teachers’ day celebration Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, Volunteers from Tata Consulting Engineers kicked off TVW 14 with their first activity 'Meet and Greet teachers'. The company partnered with Door Step School (DSS), an NGO who connected about 50 underprivileged kids through video calls for an engaging activity. The students connected on video call along with their teachers from DSS across 10 different locations. It was an engaging session, as the volunteers shared the positive impact teachers have on their life and motivated the kids to continue their studies. Some fun activities were also organized which included preparing greeting cards or sketching for their teachers.
 
  Conducting a banking session Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
Along with NGO partner, ISST’s community Centre, TCE conducted ‘All About Banking’ online session with under-privileged children. 22 children benefitted with the online session. The activity included basic banking information covering the importance of documents required for opening an account, acquittance with different bank symbols etc. Quiz was also held at the end of session as a refresher for the children.
 
  Eco-friendly Ganesh idols Tata Motors   
 
To sensitize the future generation towards environment, Tata Motors team has organized eco-friendly Ganesh idol making workshop every year since 2015. Even the pandemic did not let the volunteering spirit diminish. The volunteers of Tata Motors continued with the initiative by distributing ‘Shadu mati’ (eco-friendly raw material to create idols) packets and organized an online workshop to create beautiful Ganesh idols. More than 200 kids along with their family enthusiastically participated in the online eco-friendly Ganesh idol making workshop.
 
  HIV Awareness session Tata Power   
 
HIV Awareness session was organized by Tata Power volunteers at their Trombay location for the contract labourers. This was the first online format session for the team and was very well received by the participants and presenters.
 
  Teachers’ Day celebration Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd organized an online cultural programme with S.N High School & UHS Dugni (class IX, X), Anadpur village students and JUSCO Super 20 [Batch- II ] students. The programme witnessed the importance of guidance and education provided by teachers and sense of gratitude was build n among the students for their teachers.
 
  Awareness session for women Tata Power Delhi Distribution   
 
Volunteers from Tata Power-DDL in association with Prayas (NGO Partner) and ITI Narela organized ‘ We Power’, an online session with ABHAs and female beneficiaries of Vocational Training Center –Narela, Delhi. The objective of the session was to motivate females to adopt technical fields for higher education. The session witnessed the involvement of 49 participants.
 
  COVID awareness session Tata Power Delhi Distribution   
 
Volunteers of Tata Power-DDL organized an online awareness session in association with Eduquest (NGO Partner) for ABHAs. The session focused on Health and other issues, with a special focus on COVID-19 related problems, prevention and precautionary tips. About 23 beneficiaries were sensitized during this session.
 
  IT awareness session Tata Power Delhi Distribution   
 
To create awareness on Cyber security, volunteers of IT Department of Tata Power-DDL organized an activity for beneficiaries of Vocational Training Center – P4 Sultanpuri, Delhi. The awareness session was conducted through presentation and small virtual games on IT application and Cyber security for about 35 beneficiaries.
 
  *This update covers only some of the activities undertaken by companies.
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