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a trust that invests back in the environment, healthcare and education. Which means
business is not just about revenues and profits but keeping our land green, our
communities healthy and our kids smart. n 1920, our founder Ardeshir Godrej gave a
donation of Rs. 3 lakhs to the Tilak Swaraj Fund then considered a princely sum for
upliftment of the downtrodden. His gesture of philanthropy grew into Godrej corporate
policy. Giving back turned into our way of saying thank you to the 400 million ndians
who are Godrej loyalists.
SmiIe Train
A 'smile' is perhaps one of the best gifts God has bestowed on us. t helps to forget
worries, sorrows and shortcomings. Some of us are however less fortunate, to be
deprived of this precious gift due to a birth defect commonly known as a Cleft Lip and
Palate. Children with these defects are unable to suckle or chew properly. The
deformity makes these otherwise normal children, objects of ridicule and superstition.
Millions of children in ndia and other developing countries are born with this handicap.
The good news is that almost all can be helped by skillful plastic surgery.
Godrej Memorial Hospital (GMH) along with a US based NGO 'Smile Train' conducts a
program, for helping these very children from poor families. The program consists of
primary consultation and screening followed by expert plastic surgery. The operation
lasts for any where between 45 min. to three hours depending on the extent and
complexity of the defect. Several of the patients are offered follow up speech therapy
and other support services. Children operated at a younger age seem to derive
optimum benefit. Over 300 surgeries have been successfully conducted at GMH till
date. GMH offers surgery and hospitalization to the patient and one attendant
completely free of cost. Deserving cases are also reimbursed travel costs by the
hospital.
Visit http://www.smiletrain.org
Marathon
Godrej is running the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM) on Jan 17, 2010
to support ALERT ndia and Vatsalya Trust
Godrej's association with SCMM started in January 2009 with a team of 30
Godrejites running for the cause of Ieprosy, supporting ALERT India.
SCMM, one of India's Iargest sporting events, started on 15th February 2004 and
is heId on the third Sunday of January every year.
http://mumbaimarathon.indiatimes.com
ALERT India is engaged in the earIy detection of Ieprosy cases and provides the
requisite treatment without segregation. It works towards spreading awareness
about Ieprosy in the community so as to eIiminate the fear and myths associated
with the disease and propagate the scientific facts about it.
http://www.aIert-india.com
On 17th January 2010, Godrej wiII run to additionaIIy support the cause of
destitute chiIdren aIongwith VatsaIya. VatsaIaya Trust is a charitabIe organization
dedicated to the care and rehabiIitation of destitute chiIdren, in addition to
providing sheIter and counseIing to women in distress, sheIter for senior citizens,
organizing heaIth awareness and other community deveIopment programmes,
etc.
http://www.vatsaIyatrust.org
TabIe for Two
Godrej instituted the ndian chapter of TabIe For Two' initiative at the World Economic
Forum's ndia Economic Summit in December 2008. This initiative is targeted at
addressing hunger and malnutrition in the developing world by combining the
organization's tradition of serving society and involvement of individuals.
Godrej pledged to collect funds that would be utilized to provide school children mid-
day meals. The fund was created in three ways. Firstly, a 'healthy meal' option was
provided in the canteen menus to the employees. The savings from the reduced use of
oil and sugar were diverted to the central pool of funds for the TabIe For
Two' initiative. This means that each time an employee ordered a 'healthy meal', the
savings contributed to this fund and provided Godrejites with an even healthier
alternative for lunch. Secondly, Godrejites voluntarily contributed a fixed monthly
amount to the fund. Thirdly, the contribution from the 'healthy meals' menu was
matched by Godrej and effectively combined corporate and employee participation.
The initiative has been a great success within the first few months of its inception with
a sizeable fund that is geared to feeding close to 780 school children and providing for
1,56,000 meals annually.
Teach for India
Teach for ndia (TF) is a nationwide movement that aims to narrow the education gap
in ndia by placing outstanding college graduates and young professionals, who commit
two years to teach full-time in under resourced schools. They will become lifelong
leaders working from within various sectors toward the pursuit of equity in education.
Godrej group has pledged to sponsor employees for the TF Programme, as a
contribution towards educational opportunity for all ndians. Godrejite Veena Verma
was one of the recent 94 selected out of thousands of applicants.
The TF Fellowship is a challenging assignment aimed at transforming the participant's
life. As a Teacher, each day is likely to offer multiple opportunities to confront and
tackle challenges, motivate diverse stakeholders to work hard toward a shared vision,
and create and adjust plans to move further towards their intended goals. Every TF
Fellow has two main responsibilities: classroom instructional leadership and community
transformation project.
Watch a short-film at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAujZ4PoFFM
TF is a part of the Teach For All global network ( www.teachforallnetwork.org )