Tata Volunteering Week 14 Volume No. 07   
 
  Session on various Google applications Rallis India   
 
Volunteers from Rallis India organized a session on importance of digital technology and shared knowledge on various application of Google such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Doc, Google Sheet, Google Drawing, Google Forms & Google meet. 75 students have participated in the event and actively participated in the quiz.
 
  Health and Hygiene awareness Indian Hotels   
 
Human Resources team of Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa organised an activity to disinfect the local old aged home Arc of Hope Candolim. Coordinating with the old age home’s incharge, the team went fully armed with vapour, mist, fog and fumigators to clean and disinfect the home and its surroundings. While the housekeeping did their job in the rooms, Mr. Rohan Patil from Human Resources team spent time with the elderly and briefed them on hygiene and sanitization. He explained them in their local language so that they could understand easily. He advised them to wear masks if they had cold, cough or fever to not infect the others and maintain cough etiquettes. During times of isolation and quarantine, older people need safe access to support their physical health. Mr. Anmol Ahluwalia, General Manager – Taj North Goa applauded Rohan & the team’s efforts in sincerely caring for our community.
 
  Awareness session on COVID-19 Voltas   
 
Voltas volunteers organised an educational and awareness session on COVID-19 for the group of NGO staff who work for covid-19 relief. The session was informative and about 40 beneficiaries participated.
 
  Making Planters from Pet Bottles Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
Mr. Upendra Joshi from TCE Mumbai, conducted ‘Making Planters from Pet Bottles’ activity for their employees. 38 beneficiaries enthusiastically participated in the activity. To avoid going into plastic waste the pet bottles were reused adding value to the green footprint. The session was aimed to use minimal use of water.
 
  Mentoring and counselling session Tata Projects   
 
Volunteer from Tata Project mentored a student to understand her problems and challenges in terms of choosing right career path. Volunteer guided her and discussed about various aspects that would help her build her career such as resume preparation, mock interviews, post-graduation programme that can be done through distant learning, etc. They also discussed about physical wellbeing, Social responsibilities, financial independence and women empowerment in brief. It was an enriching experience for the student as well as volunteer.
 
  Career counselling session Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
Volunteers from Tata Consulting Engineers Limited conducted Career Counselling session for school students of MASOOM NGO. The activity involved 30 beneficiaries. The children were explained on why they need to focus on learning in their life. A small exercise was conducted to build in self confidence amongst the students. They were asked to share life stories. The session was very interactive & all participants shared their life experiences. They were oriented on how to face the interviews. We also focused on communication skills & emphasized them to have a MENTOR in their life for better future.
 
  Experience sharing session Rallis India   
 
Rallis India, Lote team volunteers organised an Online experience sharing session with 2020 SSC toppers. Four Toppers in SSC 2020 shared their experience with 72 SSC students of two schools in Lote area. Their sharing includes time management, prioritizing subjects, daily scheduling of all activities, preparation for examinations, reading general knowledge, focusing more on tough subjects etc. The students asked many questions to the toppers and clarified their doubts. The entire session was well accepted by all the participants.
 
  Awareness regarding nutrition Rallis India   
 
As part of TVW14, volunteers from Rallis India Limited, Ankleshwar unit arranged and awareness sessions regarding nutrition and nutritional deficiencies for 6th to 8th standard girls from Primary School, Andada. Ms. Manasi Amdekar, psychologist conducted the session and covered several points like body changes, precautions to be taken during menstrual cycle, how to dispose sanitary napkins etc. 20+ girls participated this session.
 
  Stress Management session Rallies India   
 
Volunteers from Rallis India, Ankleshwar Unit organised a Stress management session for Teachers & parents of children with special needs. Dr. Priyanka Behrani, psychologist conducted the session and shared some ideas & tips about how to avoid stress. 30+ teachers & parents participated in this session.
 
  Quiz competition Rallies India   
 
On 18th September, 2020, Volunteers from Rallis India, Lote Unit conducted an online general quiz competition for 9th standard students of Nutan Vidyalaya, Lote. 32 students enthusiastically participated in the Quiz competition and scored a maximum of 95% marks each.
 
  Storytelling session Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED, conducted a storytelling session called ‘Once Upon a Time’, an online activity with NGO partner ‘Door Step School (DSS)’. Stories are our primary tools of learning and teaching, the repositories of our lore and legends & the same has been well executed by our storytellers during the scheduled activity named as “Once Upon A Time“ on 11th September 2020. Storytellers/Volunteers ensured to involve kids during the session, they encouraged kids to communicate & express themselves.
 
  Session on Green Energy Tata Power   
 
Volunteers conducted an online Session on Green Energy for the students near Tata Power site of Indo Rama Renewable Energy Limited, Jat, Sangli, Maharashtra. More than 400 students and teachers attended the session.
 
  Distribution of kits Tata Motors   
 
Tata Motors, Pune volunteers came together with thought to do something for poor needy people, suffering in COVID times. They designed kits consisting of items required for livelihood & distributed in the area of in Pimple Saudagar,Pune.
 
  Cleanliness Drive Indian Hotels   
 
Volunteers from Ginger Hotel, Pantnagar conducted a cleanliness drive activity in the surrounding area. 24 volunteers actively participated in this activity.
 
  Tree plantation activity Tata Power   
 
Under Tree Mitra Intervention , Haldia Plant of Tata Power organized Tree Plantation Drive in Local communities. 100 fruit saplings were planted and over 10 employee volunteered for this activity.
 
  Distribution of educational material Tata Power   
 
Volunteers from Tata Power, Trombay Plant contributed and distributed education material to the poor students from surrounding area . 100 students benefitted from this activity.
 
  Scientist in making Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
Tata Consulting Engineers, collaborated with Door Step School (NGO) who connected with 67 underprivileged kids through video call for an engaging activity. The activity was titled as ‘Scientists in making’ where volunteers exhibited insightful science experiments to the children of DSS. The volunteers interacted with children about importance of Science in our day to day activities. Students were shown and guided science experiments on video call. The students enjoyed the experiential learning.
 
  Drawing competition for orphans Tata Consulting Engineers   
 
Volunteers from Tata Consulting Engineers organised a drawing competition for orphanage kids. Sai Nele Foundation, NGO partner gave the opportunity to visit their orphanage. Around 20 kids connected via Microsoft teams video call along with their care takers from the orphanage for engaging activity of Drawing competition for the kids. Towards the end, basic color mixing tutorial video was shown to the kids.
 
  Mentoring session Tata Projects   
 
As part of TVW14, volunteers of Tata Projects organized a Mentoring & Counselling session and students on 19th & 20 of Sept 20. The Volunteers mentored the students to overcome their problems and challenges which they face daily.
 
  Science Project Session Rallis India   
 
Volunteers from Rallis India along with our Science Intervention Consultant Mr. Abhay Yawalkar arranged an Online Science Projects session for the students of nearby schools of Lote area. In the session, students learnt to make a model of Aircraft by using material like A4 size paper, straw, broom stick, old invitation card, etc. Consultant explained the methodology and science applied in making an Aircraft model. Students also had a hands-on experience to make the Aircraft model with the materials available with them. Approximately 36 students actively participated in the session and enjoyed the session.
 
  Distribution of food items Indian Hotels   
 
Taj SATS and their NGO Partner, Sahamarmi, took a noble initiative of helping the villagers of Sundarbans area who are below the poverty level and are hit hard by the COVID 19 as well as by the cyclone “Amphan”. Volunteers distributed essential food items like rice, pulses, flour, ata, oil, sugar, salt, masala, soya bean and flatten rice. Volunteers went to the remote villages of Sundarban district such as Kumarmari, Mollakhali, Sathjelia, Rangaberia and Lahiripur. The food items were distributed among 1428 poor families living in these areas.
 
  Online classes for kids Indian Hotels   
 
Volunteers of TAJ SATS, Chennai Unit conducted online classes for government school students. A group of students from the Government school of Karnataka in the district of Kolar from Std. 4th to 9th joined the classes virtually. Volunteers have been teaching three kids of Std. 6th. They are all keen learners and are working hard.
 
  Session on COVID 19 Indian Hotels   
 
TAJ SATS, Delhi Unit conducted a session on ‘Precautions to be taken during Covid times’. Around 48 kids were covered during the session. It was a very interactive session and kids enjoyed themselves during the session.
 
  Session on Capacity Building & Business Development Rallis India   
 
Rallis India volunteers organized an awareness session on ‘Capacity building & business development’ for the women group in the villages of Karjat. Session was mainly focused on qualities required for one woman to start the business & ensuring sustainability of business. Around 100 women actively participated in the session and raised various queries about the same.
 
  Road Safety awareness session Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. volunteers organised a ‘Road Safety Awareness Session’ for Students of Chas Project Site, Bokaro and JUSCO Super 20 Batch -I Engineering and Batch -II students. Through this session, the students were made aware about various safety measures to be followed while walking on the road, riding a bike, driving a car, etc. In addition, students were also made aware of traffic rules and signals.
 
  Good Touch and Bad Touch session Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Volunteers from Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. organised Good Touch and Bad Touch Session for class 6th and 8th standard students at Oriya Middle School. A presentation and short film related to Good touch and bad touch for students was also shown in this session. They were told that if they feel uncomfortable, they should immediately tell their parents or their teachers.
 
  COVID 19 session Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. volunteers organized Covid-19 Prevention Awareness Session for JUSCO Super 20 Batch -I and Batch -II engineering students. In this session, a presentation was made by volunteers to create awareness about the pandemic and safety precautions that can be followed to be safe from COVID 19. Volunteers also explained how to create home made sanitizer, correct use mask and disposal of mask and regular intervals. Meanwhiles, the students and teachers also removed many doubts related to Covid -19.
 
  PPE kit distribution Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. volunteers organised and distributed PPE kits as per requirement. The needy people of the area of the municipal corporation of Chas Project Site, Bokaro were given 65 jars of hand sanitizer (5 liters in each jar), 20 box gloves (100 nos. gloves in each box), 20 packets Surgical Masks (100 nos. masks in each packets) and 2000 kg Sodium hypochlorite for sanitization of village area by volunteers so that they can use it in this Covid-19 epidemic to protect themselves.
 
  Cleanliness Drive Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Volunteers from Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. organised cleanliness drive in front of MGM Hospital. The area near the MGM Hospital was selected under the cleanliness drive campaign of volunteers of PHS. Volunteers actively participated and ensured that the area is cleaned near MGM Hospital.
 
  Session on Prevention of COVID 19 Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. organized an online session on ‘Covid-19 prevention and awareness’ for students of Oriya Middle school. In this session, volunteers showed precautionary measures that should be undertaken to protect against the pandemic.xtent from this epidemic. Volunteers also explained how we can make sanitization in our homes by making sanitizer, how should we use mask and change the mask at how many intervals. Meanwhiles, the students and teachers also removed many doubts related to Covid -19.
 
  Road Safety Awareness Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Ltd. volunteers organised an online session on ‘Road Safety’ for students of Blika Uchh Vidhyalaya. Through this session, the students were made aware about various safety measures to be followed while walking on the road, riding a bike, driving a car, etc. In addition, students were also made aware of traffic rules and signals.
 
  Counselling session for students Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services   
 
Tata Steel Utilities and Infrastructure Services Volunteers organized ‘Carrier Counselling Session’ for class XII students from Chas Project Site Bokaro and for Class IX & X students of Balika Uchh Vidhyalaya Sakchi. Volunteers provided various career insights such as selecting a subject according to one’s interest will help achieving a goal, never lose courage, etc. Family member of employee also connected from London to share experience and motivate the students.
 
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