SAMBANDH - United Way of Baroda

ADVANCING EDUCATION
INCOME AND HEALTH
SAMBANDH
(E-Newsletter)
April 2016 Issue No. : 45
Our projects have scaled
new heights this year.
Fusion Study Foundation
celebrated 10 years of
supporting students for
their higher education.
Amongst 380 supported
100+ students are working
at national and multinational organizations.
Vishnubhai Amin Orphan and Destitute project
provided schooling and comprehensive
development to 850 children. The Gold Card
Scheme is holding hands of 687 elderly to make
their lives convenient. United Way Garba
attracted record breaking 35,000 dancers from
around the world. Our corporate partner KOCHGLITSCH continued the partnership to provide
safe drinking water to 10,000 children. With the
support of our stakeholders we wish to reach
out to more and more vulnerable communities in
the coming years.
- Shivinder Singh Chawla
Chair, United Way Baroda
GIVE ADVOCATE VOLUNTEER
United Way Baroda
Celebrating 10 years of
Empowering Youth…
A get-together was
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organized on 5th July 2015
Fusion Study
under the Fusion Study
Foundation Project
Foundation project. To mark
Vishnubhai Amin
the success of 10 years, the
Orphan and
Destitute Project
sponsors from Stitching
Fusion Study Foundation –
Events
Mr. Roelf, Mrs. Fenny and Ms.
Community Impact
Linda Van Der Wijk came
Projects
from Netherlands to grace
Corporate Social
the occasion. The program
Responsibility
was attended by 162
Partnership
students. Learning sessions
on interpersonal communication skills were
conducted. Laptops were distributed.
Road Shows were conducted from 6th to 14th
December 2015 to publicize the project. A total of
3696 students and 99 teachers from 26 schools of
western part of Kutch were reached.
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Education - Right of Every Child
An Educational Kit Distribution program
was organized on 14 August 2015 under
Vishnubhai Amin Orphan and Destitute
Project. Educational kits including school
bag, compass box, books, notebooks,
sandals, lunch box, water bag, drawing
book and dictionary were given to 785
orphan and destitute children identified
from municipal corporation schools and
local NGOs.
Christmas Celebration with 150 orphan
and destitute children undertaken to
fulfill their wishes. Donation boxes along
with Christmas tree indicating their
wishes were placed in multiplexes of the
city. Gifts were given to the boys and girls
as per their wishes by Honorable Member
of Parliament – Smt.Ranjanben Bhatt on
5th January 2016. The children were
surprised and delighted to receive the
gifts as they wished for and could not
stop smiling.
Children of deceased police personnel
were provided school fee and educational
material on 23 July 2015 as part of the
project.
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Fundraising for improved quality of life of the poor and vulnerable
The Annual Fund Raiser - 2015 was held from 13 to
21 October 2015. Salient features were:
• 400+ golden bells and 450+ LED lights created
beautiful ambience
• 100+ thematic banners to promote “Educate
the Girl Child”
• 35,000+ registered across the globe for
dancing
• Door step delivery of passes to 50% registered
dancers
• Comfortable stadium type seating
arrangement for more than 100,000 spectators
• 100+ multi-cuisine varieties served
Rangmanch – Showcasing
Talents of Special Children
On 24 December 2015, 90 specially
challenged children from 12 NGOs
were given a platform to showcase
their talents. The spellbound
performances and viewership of
around 500 people made the event
livelier.
Kala Junction – Fostering Creativity in Children
The 15th Inter School
competition was organized on
24th January 2016. Essay and
Poster making competitions
sensitized the children towards
social issues of our country.
650 students from 85 schools
of the city participated. 30
winners were felicitated with
trophies and certificates in the
prize distribution ceremony
held on12 February 2016.
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Impacting Vulnerable Communities
INR 18,944 thousands disbursed to support 23 community development project
34,000+ provided
3,500+
200+
Medical Relief
Educated
Empowered
Treatment for leukemia in
children, pediatric and
neonatal care, knee and
hip surgeries, year round
h a e m o d i a lys i s ,
nutritional food to
children, provision of safe
drinking water, eye checkups, physiotherapy
treatment, sanitation
facilities.
Primary and Secondary
school education, loan to
needy students for Higher
education, developing
leadership skills, non
fo r m a l e d u c a t i o n fo r
special children, traffic
education to ensure road
safety.
Vocational training to
youth and differently
abled, providing aids and
appliances to facilitate
rehabilitation, skill
development and overall
development, sports
infrastructure for hearing
impaired children.
Corporate Social
Responsibility Partnership
10,000+ school children and staff of 15
municipal corporation schools provided
s a f e d r i n k i n g w a t e r t h ro u g h C S R
partnership with KOCH-GLITSCH. Each
school was provided a Reverse Osmosis
system and Water cooler. Awareness
generation programs were conducted in all
the schools to sensitize the staff and
children regarding water borne diseases,
the importance of safe drinking water and
maintaining hygiene.
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04 April 2016