Yashodadham

After the devastating earthquake

in2001, HUL reconstructed a village in the Kachchh district, Gujarat.

School building.

Health centre.

All the structures are earthquake and cyclone-resistant.

Underground reservoir and an overhead tank for water.


Tondiarpet
Rs. 10 crore - relief and rehabilitation of
Tsunamiaffected families by way of relief
material, land andtowards construction of
facilities.-
distribution of bread and biscuits to over 500
families inPondicherry,-
12,000 cooked meals for families in
Chennai,Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and
Andamans.


Bihar Floods

After the floods in Bihar in 2008, HUL contributed 10,000
kits worth Rs. 60 lakh as first instalment of relief material
for the immediate relief of the flood affectedfamilies of
Araria District in Bihar.

The kit contained essential items such as

Utensils, Clothes,Blankets.


Shakti- Changing lives ln rural areas

Shakti Amma

Shaktimaans
Special Education & Rehabilitation

Under the Happy Homes initiative, HUL supports special education and rehabilitation of children
with challenges.

Asha Daan:
The initiative began in 1976, when HUL supported Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity to
set up Asha Daan, a home in Mumbai for abandoned, challenged children, and the destitute.

Ankur:
In 1993, HUL's Doom Dooma Plantation Division set up Ankur, a centre for special education of
challenged children. The centre takes care of children with challenges, aged between 5 and 15
years. Ankur provides educational, vocational and recreational activities to over 35 children with a
range of challenges, including sight or hearing impairment, polio related disabilities, cerebral palsy
and severe learning difficulties.


Kappagam:
Encouraged by Ankur's success, Kappagam ("shelter"), the
second centre for special education of challenged children,
was set up in 1998 on HUL Plantations in South India. It has
17 children. The focus of Kappagam is the same as that of
Ankur.

Anbagam:
Yet another day care center, Anbagam ("shelter of love"),
has been started in 2003 also in the South India
Plantations. It takes care of 11 children. Besides medical
care and meals, they too are being taught skills such that
they can become self-reliant and elementary studies

Economic Empowerment of Women

The Fair & Lovely Foundation is HUL's initiative which aims at
economic empowerment of women across India. It aims to achieve
this through providing information, resources, inputs and support in
the areas of education, career and enterprise. It specifically targets
women from low-income groups in rural as well as urban India. Fair
& Lovely, as a brand, stands on the economic empowerment
platform and the Foundation is an extension of this promise. The
Foundation has renowned Indian women, from various walks of life,
as its advisors. Among them are educationists, NGO activists,
physicians. The Foundation is implementing its activities in
association with state governments.


Health & Hygiene Education

Lifebuoy Swastya Chetna (LBSC) is a rural health and hygiene initiative
which was started in 2002. LBSC was initiated in media dark villages (in UP,
MP, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Orissa) with the objective of
spreading awareness about the importance of washing hands with soap.

The need for a program of this nature arose from the fact that diarrhoeal
diseases are a major cause of death in the world today. It is estimated that
diarrhoea claims the life of a child every 10 seconds and one third of these
deaths are in India. According to a study done by the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the simple practice of washing hands with
soap and water can reduce diarrhoea by as much as 47%. However,
ignorance of such basic hygiene practices leads to high mortality rates in
rural India.


ANJIVANI Free Mobile Medical Facility
A free mobile medical service - year 2003
near Assam.Two mobile vans dedicated to the
projectMobile medical vans camp for six hours
in a village everydnd treat nearly 100 patients.

Sanjivani also undertakes activities like

Awareness campaigns on hygiene

Child immunization camps

Iron supplement therapy

Free eye check ups

Family planning awareness camps


Anti-tobacco education

Anti-alcoholism camps.

The Sanjivani project has provided medicalassistance to more than
1, 54,500 patients

since its inception and in 2007 alone in 344 campsmore than 22,395
patients were treated.

In 2008 through 438 camps, 32000 patients havebeen treated.