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  Essar Foundation bags award for agriculture and rural development initiatives:
Essar Foundation’s project, was declared 1st runner-up at The CSR Journal (TCSRJ) Excellence Awards 2017 in the Agriculture & Rural Development category. Read more...
     
  Promoting inclusive education and spreading joy:
UMANG – A platform for Essar Ladies Club organised a function for children with special needs at Waidhan, Singrauli (MP).Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation trained Teachers on vision screening of students:
With the objective to empower teachers on eye care and identification of children with refractive error, Essar Foundation recently organized training for teachers.Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation concluded a comprehensive eye screening camp for school children in Malkangiri, Odisha:
Over a lakh children in Malkangiri receive comprehensive eye-screening under Project Bal Jyoti Read more...
     
  Greening drive for environmental preservation:
Essar Bulk Terminal Salaya Ltd (EBTSL) in collaboration with Essar Nand Vidya Niketan School Jamnagar, recently carried out a large scale greening drive. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation and Essar Power Gujarat organise coastal-clean up drive on World Ocean Day:
Essar employees volunteer by conducting an elaborate coastal clean-up drive at Narara Marine National Park Jamnagar. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation organises Malaria prevention awareness drive:
District Panchayat Jamnagar-Dwarka and Essar Foundation came together to organise a drive in three surrounding villages to tackle the outbreak of malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Read more...
     
  Knowledge Series convention held on Monitoring & Evaluation of CSR Health Programs: 
Essar Foundation’s multi-stakeholder discussion forum Knowledge Series, in collaboration with John Snow, Inc.(JSI), recently held a convention in Mumbai on ‘Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of Health Programs’ in Mumbai. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation celebrated International Yoga Day across locations: 
Essar Foundation conducted Yoga sessions at neighboring schools of Essar's manufacturing facilities....Read more...
     
  Observing World Environment Day 2017: 
In keeping with the theme for the year, ‘Connecting People to Nature’, students from Class VI-VIII of Bharana Girls Primary School participated in a range of activities marking World Environment Day on 5 June 2017.....Read more...
     
  Instilling New Lease of Life: 
Integrated Community-based Water Management in Coastal Gujarat....Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation observes World Earth Day with Environment Education in Gujarat school: 
100 students from Std. VI to VIII participated in the session which revolved around pertinent issues of global warming & greenhouse effect via short animated films....Read more...
     
  Depression and the rural poor: 
This World Health Day, Essar Foundation attempts to educate and inform about the fact that mental illness is as much a concern as physical illness is...Read more...
     
  Unmukt – Visually impaired school girls in Pune experience popular film ‘Gandhi’: 
Unmukt, Essar Foundation’s national program for differently abled, is a structured attempt at making mainstream entertainment accessible to the visually impaired...Read more...
     
  Foundation celebrate International Women's Day 2017 
The objective of this initiative is to bring out such change agents from the villages and recognize their endeavours on the eve of International Women’s Day...Read more...
     
  Steel, Foundation conduct 3rd edition of inter school talent hunt competition - Anmol Sitare 2017: 
Anmol Sitare 2017 was conducted recently as a part of promoting the local talents and giving them a competitive platform to showcase their talent in singing and dancing and acting. ...Read more...
     
  Be Bold For Change: International Women’s Day 2017: 
EAs women around the world break stereotypes, empower each other, and stand for justice and equality; women at Essar are leading this change in their respective fields, inspiring their peers and the community! Here are a few voices of change makers at Essar...Watch video...
     
     
  Essar Foundation bags CSR leadership award: 
Essar Foundation was adjudged the winner for 'CSR Leadership Award' at the '7th National Conference and Game Changer Awards'...Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation CEO conferred CSR Leadership Award: 
The award was conferred as an acknowledgement of his continual efforts in shaping the CSR programmes of Essar...Read more...
     
  Awards galore for Essar Foundation: 
Essar Foundation won the Platinum Category award at the Energy and Environment Foundation Global CSR Awards, held on 17th February, 2017, in New Delhi...Read more...
     
  Foundation boosts 'Clean Hands Campaign' in Odisha: 
Essar Foundation, as a contribution to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, launched the ‘Clean Hands Campaign’, to promote cleanliness through the practice of washing hands...Read more...
     
  Essar Steel, Hazira and Essar Foundation organise Essar Freedom Cup 2017: 
The Essar Freedom Cup is one of the most sought after sports platforms for the differently abled. It is lauded as a launchpad for cricketing talent especially in the Western region of the country.. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation partners with GCERT to set up first ever Education Innovation Cell: 
To develop a rich repository of more than 10,000 educational innovations by teachers on pedagogical tools, learning and management processes. Read more...
     
  A panorama of possibilities: 
A milestone in our journey, 2016 was a year of many firsts. Expecting 2017 to be a year of greater strides, stronger ties, new opportunities and path-breaking interventions, as it presents before us a panorama of possibilities! Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation’s UNMUKT programme brings an audio-described film ‘screening’ to visually impaired children: 
As part of the initiative, the Foundation screened the audio-described version of popular Hindi film, ‘PK’ for 160 children from 3 schools for the visually impaired in the Pune city. Read more...
     
  Against all odds: changemaker Parvati Kandhar inspires her community: 
Parvati came from challenging circumstances, but she defied the odds to pursue her education and then build a career for herself from it. Read more...
     
  Health ATM - A unique digital healthcare initiative at Dantewada: 
Over 40 different types of medical tests, including cardiac checkup, reproductive and child health related tests, diabetes, infectious diseases, lungs and respiratory checkup services have been installed as part of the Health ATM services. Read more...
     
  Overcoming challenges, enabling the differently abled: 
The Essar Freedom Cup cricket tournament is an effort by Essar Foundation to sensitize society towards the needs of the differently abled. The event is jointly organized by Essar Foundation, Essar Steel Hazira and Viklang Kalyan Society Trust, Surat. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation launches pilot project on solid waste management in three villages: 
Essar Foundation launched its first pilot project on solid waste management in the three villages of Jakhar, Singach and Mithoi on 19 November 2016. Read more...
     
  Women trained at Essar Lok Vikas Kendras showcase their skills in a special contest: 
A convocation ceremony was recently organised to mark the certification of these women in garment manufacturing and beauty therapy. Their newly developed skills were showcased through a special ramp walk and contest. Read more...
     
  CII's CSR Conclave 2016: 
Innovative Approaches towards Nation Building with special focus on Education, Health & Sanitation. Read more...
     
  Essar commemorates two years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: 
Essar Foundation has recently constructed toilets for the students at the Government school in Mithoi village, Gujarat. In the past, it has constructed a sanitary block in a co-educational school in Dihen village, Surat District. In Kirandul village, Chhattisgarh. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation collaborate with the Indian Coast Guard to clean up our beaches: 
International Coastal cleanup Day is observed annually in the 3rd week of September. It is the world's largest one-day volunteer effort to clean up the coast and the surrounding environment. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation collaborates with District Administration in Odisha for Bal Jyoti programme: 
The week long drive involved the school teachers in the area, officials from Education and Health departments as well as the Essar Foundation team. Read more...
     
  Gearing up to battle vector-borne diseases: Setting progressive benchmarks: 
Essar Foundation, in association with the Department of Health, organised awareness camps in the villages of Jagatsinghpur and Keonjhar districts over 4 days. Read more...
     
  Paradeep teens shed inhibition: become feminine hygiene ambassadors: 
More than 60 adolescent young girls, including thirty of the Teen Circle, underwent a health checkup, followed by a counselling session recently. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation : Setting progressive benchmarks: 
Essar Foundation CEO, Mr Deepak Arora spoke at the India Sustainability Conclave organised by FICCI and Essar Foundation participated in the third Plenary Session titled CSR & Sustainability: Creating Shared Value. Read more...
     
  Foundation provides healthcare for communities in remote areas: 
Villages around Chitrakonda in Odisha are geographically remote, and therefore almost inaccessible for government service delivery and are gravely impacted by extremism, preventing doctors and healthcare from reaching these villages. Read more...
     
  Celebrating first steps into school Shala Praveshotsav - 2016: 
Essar Foundation, with support from Essar Power MP Limited, and in association with Saraswati Sishu Mandir, operates a fully subsidised school from Nursery to Class 10. Read more...
     
  Five cataract camps set up in Devbhoomi Dwarka: 
Essar Foundation collaborated with the District Panchayat in Devbhoomi Dwarka to organise five cataract check-up and operation camps at various locations. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation sets up iLabss at Devbhoomi Dwarka: 
Essar Foundation recently supported the setting up of iLabss - an interactive, digital learning lab to aid the development of soft skills of the students of ITI Khambhaliya. Read more...
     
  Investing in skill development, nurturing sustainable livelihood: 
Essar Foundation is highlighting its contribution towards the removal of disconnect between demand and supply of skilled manpower, building the vocational and technical training framework, skill up-gradation, and building of new skills, especially for rural India Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation, TOI-ET CSR hold joint roundtable on India's soaring drug abuse problem: Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation’s Knowledge Series - Creating neutral platforms for candid discourse on CSR: Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation and Essar Steel, Hazira organise the third edition of Essar Freedom Cup in Surat: Read more...
     
  Free health check-up camp organised in four villages in Madhya Pradesh: Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation’s Knowledge Series discusses India’s public health landscape : Read more...
     
  "I dream of becoming an air hostess" : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation and Essar Steel’s Hemophilia Day Care Centre completes a year of operation : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation's Knowledge Series set to discuss best practices in CSR health programmes: . Read more...
     
  Reduce, reuse, recycle : A step-by-step guide to recycling waste paper : . Read more...
     
  Educating India's youngest generation is essential for future economic growth: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation bags award at Odisha CSR Summit 2016 : . Read more...
     
  Essar Steel Kirandul, Essar Foundation, award Gyanjyoti scholarships : . Read more...
     
  Recognising the changemakers amongst us : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation and Essar Steel felicitate 'Changemakers' at Women's Day celebrations in communities : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation: Empowering Women In India : . Read more...
     
  Foundation and Bulk Terminal, Hazira, organise workshop for a social science fair : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation organises exhibition on National Science Day : . Read more...
     
  Director of Programmes, Essar Foundation felicitated with the ‘Global CSR Leadership Award’ : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation in top 50 of Times Ascent's dream company to work for in 2016 : . Read more...
     
  Another Essar Lok Vikas Kendra launched successfully : . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation organises the 5th Indradhanush in Vadinar, Gujarat: . Read more...
     
  Aanchal - A project that enhances mother-and-child health: . Read more...
     
  Measuring Change in Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes: . Read more...
     
  Taking healthcare to remote corners of Odisha: . Read more...
     
  Raising awareness on the rights of the girl child!: . Read more...
     
  CII and Essar Foundation organise CSR mentorship programme: . Read more...
     
  Empowerment through opportunity: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation observes National Youth Day in Dantewada: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation and Agrotech Organise Sports Meet: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation rewards meritorious students with scholarships: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation is enhancing medical services for the benefit of thousands: . Read more...
     
  Bringing the Joy of Reading to Every Child: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation participates in the annual Greentech Sustainability & CSR Conference: . Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation organises an AIDS awareness session to mark World AIDS Day: Students learnt about AIDS and related issues. Read more...
     
  How creating Shared Value can help a business: Speaking at a seminar organised by Essar Foundation, a global strategy expert, Mark Kramer, underlined the significance of creating shared value as a means to gain competitive edge. Read more...
     
  Quiz competition enthuses young students: Foundation and Bulk Terminal, Hazira, organise Taluka-level quiz competition for students in Surat. Read more...
     
  Dental health camp brings smiles to hundreds of little faces: As a part of the Essar Foundation’s integrated health initiatives, a dental health camp was organised for 300 schoolchildren of Govt. Middle School in Nagwa, Singrauli. Read more...
     
  Employee Volunteering at Essar: It goes beyond just corporate social responsibility. Read more...
     
  Essar Lok Vikas Kendra holds annual exhibition: Apna Haat, an annual exhibition-cum-fair, was hosted at the Essar Nand Niketan township, Hazira, on 31st October and 1st November 2015 Read more...
     
  Film 3 Idiots screened for visually challenged students in Surat: The movie was screened by Essar Foundation under its unique initiative, UNMUKT - which is a national programme for outreach and strategic inclusion of the differently abled. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation sets up an Adolescent Resource Centre for young women: The centre will offer counseling to young girls on issues associated with their physical, social, emotional and moral well-being Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation Initiates Training on Mushroom Cultivation in Odisha:Essar Foundation has started a project on Mushroom Cultivation in the Chakradharpur village in Jagatsinghpur district Read more...
     
  Roundtable held on Challenges and Trends of CSR in India: Essar Foundation joined hands with Indian School of Business (ISB) and NextGen to conduct a discussion on CSR in India Read more...
     
  Steel, Foundation collaborate with British Council for language improvement in rural schools: The integrated improvement package includes professional development programmes, reading challenge modules, digital library access, online resources and other elements specifically targeted at children Read more...
     
  Essar Oil on the list of Top 20 companies in India for CSR: The list has been compiled through a survey conducted jointly by The Economic Times and IIM, Udaipur Read more...
     
  Essar Oil awarded by Indian Chemical Council in recognition of its CSR initiatives: In recognition of its multi-faceted CSR initiatives in rural Gujarat, Essar Oil was awarded the prestigious Indian Chemical Council (ICC) Award for Social Responsibility for 2014. Read more...
     
  Foundation and Steel Celebrate Gandhi Jayanti in Dantewada, and Malkangiri districts: Young students got to learn about Mahatma Gandhi through a fun sketching activity Read more...
     
  Blood Donation Matters: Essar Foundation organises blood donation camp in Tori and Tokisud, Jharkhand Read more...
     
  Mission Sanitation @ Essar Foundation: Essar Foundation has been actively working to provide adequate sanitation facilities in rural India Read more...
     
  What sets award-winning CSR programmes apart?: Corporate social responsibilityallows the business to become an agent of development; especially so if executed in partnership with the Government or with civil society groups. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation Wins Award for Best CSR Practices in Education: Essar Foundation was conferred the Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Bronze Award for the second time around at the event, which was organised at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation Observes World Ozone Day at Visakhapatnam and Chitrakonda: Essar Foundation has been organising events that involve the community and create awareness about certain causes at the same time. Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation Bags Two Awards @ ACEF: Essar Foundation was declared the winner in the category ‘Excellence in CSR - Best Corporate - Non Profit Partnership’ for its educational initiative - Indradhanush (Shiksha ke Saat Rang) and was awarded the position of first runner-up for ‘Excellence in CSR - Best Cause Advocacy/ Campaign’ for UNMUKT. Read more...
     
  Self Help Groups Empower Themselves Through Sale of Handicrafts: Essar Foundation and EBTL Hazira organise a two-day exhibition and sale of handicrafts made by women SHGs Read more...
     
  Essar Foundation wins 'Best Practices on Water' Award for Water Management Initiatives deployed in Gujarat: The events were conducted to assess the students’ proficiency in both languages and gauge their current reading levels. The reading competition was a learning opportunity for the students as well. Read more...
     
  A Culture of Learning for Teachers and Students Alike: The mind learns through association. Training the mind to unlearn and learn is a process that requires patience, dedication, technique, and for a large part of the world - opportunity and access. Read more...
     
  Celebrating our cultural heritage through renditions of classical music: As part of its initiatives towards promoting and popularizing Indian cultural and performing arts, Essar Foundation extended its support to the 14th edition of the Annual National Eminence Award function in Vishakhapatnam. Read more...
     
  Essar Steel Hazira and Essar Foundation provide scholarships to 57 meritorious students: The Gyan Jyoti Awards is the only scholarship scheme, apart from some government-aided ones, that is available to students in the Hazira belt, which comprises eight villages with a combined population of over 50,000. Read more...
     
  Odisha village joins hands with Essar Steel and Essar Foundation in World Breastfeeding Week: The programme focused on generating awareness and garnering support for breastfeeding among local women. Read more...
     


 
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