The CSR projects of the Company are
implemented by the Urvi Ashok Piramal
Foundation (UAPF). The Foundation takes
up the causes related to health, livelihood
and environment and has its operations
across Rajasthan, Maharashtra and
Gujarat. Till date, over 2 lac people have
been benefited through these initiatives.
The Foundation successfully added 3 new mobile
health clinics in Nasik and Ankleshwar and is now
able to take health care to the doorstep of people in
150 villages. The Foundation is deeply involved in
the upkeep of the health of Company’s workers at
its various project locations and in the last one year
it has treated around 1700 workers at these clinics. It
also runs a maternity hospital at Bagar, which takes
care of expecting mothers and the delivery process
from adjoining 30 villages. For its commitment and
dedication, the Foundation even received an award by
Enterprise Asia for promotion of health care service in
communities.
|
|
The Foundation has also set up 13 vocational skill training
centers in Nasik, Thane, Mumbai, Bharuch and Nagpur
districts where 1425 youths were trained in various
vocations ranging across mobile repairing, tailoring and
beautician and computer operations. The foundation has
also assisted a few women groups that have entered into
micro entrepreneurship by manufacturing garment for
women, to market their products.
Environment is another cause where the Foundation
is working closely with local communities to tackle the
problem of disposal of waste and water harvesting among
others. Recently, the Foundation took up a project of
disposal of solid waste management in Goa, which got
recognition from various environmentalist and business
groups. The Goa triangular society also awarded PLL
with the Best CSR Practice award for this initiative. The
other projects undertaken includes creation of rainwater
harvesting structure in Pratapura village in Rajasthan,
which has a storage of 5 lac ltr.
|
|
 |
|
|
