CSR

This concern of TATA Group of Companies constructed a one storied building for the short stay Home, now renamed as SWADHAR GREH in the Gandhi Ashram complex. The women who are forced into prostitution, who are made to leave their homes due to discord in their families, who are sexually assaulted, who are victims of mental maladjustments, who escape their home due to mental and physical torture and the children below seven years accompanying such mothers are lodged in the short stay Home for three years for their psychiatric treatment and training for rehabilitation. This Home is run by our sister organization Pallikatha-Basudevpur. M/s TM International & Logistics Ltd. donated us an ambulance during the year under Annual Report. It is under the auspices of this concern that16 (sixteen) Madhyamik passed inmates of Destitute Home are undertaking vocational training at the George Telegraph Training Institute at Chaitanyapur. They have also agreed to bear all the expenses of a tribal girl named Pratima Mandi, a student of class IX living in Gandhi Ashram Complex. As the said girl is a promising singer she would be given a harmonium and other allied musical instruments by them in order that one day she can come out as a full- fledged professional singer.

During the year under report this concern donated Garments and blankets for all the inmates of the Homes run in the Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram. They have also gifted door- mats for being laid in front of all the rooms of the Homes.

This concern completed the construction of the remaining part of Swadhar Greh during the year under annual report. It is expected that they will raise the 1^st floor of Swadhar Greh in the forthcoming year.

This concern donated utensils, winter garments for the inmates of all the Homes. They are expected to build a modern common kitchen for all the inmates living in the Gandhi Ashram Complex.

This concern has been organizing sports and painting competition during the past four years among the inmates of the Homes in the Gandhi Ashram Complex. They arranged tiffin for all the inmates on the sports day. They also donate academic instruments to all the inmates on the sports day.

This concern donated three desktop computer sets for computer literacy of the destitute children living in the Gandhi Ashram complex.

This concern donated dresses, blankets, soaps and meals for one day to the inmates of all the Homes located in the Gandhi Ashram Complex. They also supplied fire wood for cooking of meals for the inmates during the year 2014-15.

During the year they have also donated dining desks with chairs for setting accommodation of 80 Mentally Challenged children.

During the year 2017-2018 the Ministry of Women and Child Development, govt. of India introduced a unique programme named “Adopt A Home”. As designated officer-in-charge for Adopt-A-Home programme the District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur requested M/S Haldia Energy Limited to adopt a Home run by Haldia Samaj Kalyan Parsad in Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram Complex for its qualitative development as its

CSR initiative. M/S Haldia Energy Limited adopted Swadhar Greh wherein the women in difficult circumstances are lodged, and a Home under J.J. Act which accommodates mentally challenged boys entrusted by the Child Welfare Committees of West Bengal, as its CSR initiative for “Skill Development for Financial Independence & Improve the Quality of Living”.

M/S Haldia Energy Limited took up this project with a vision to put emphasis on income generation of the different categories of inmates by imparting various vocational skill training and rehabilitating them with a regular income for their sustenance and thereby integrating them into the mainstream of society.

For successful implementation of the programme this concern constructed a building for making it a Vocational Training Centre for the mentally challenged boys of the J.J. Home run by us and the Women in difficult circumstances lodged in the Swadhar Greh run by Pallikatha-Basudevpur in the Gandhi Ashram Complex. The building is named NABODIGANTA. They are running the vocational training center therein under the “Adopt A Home” scheme. The mentally challenged boys and the inmates of Swadhar Greh are taking vocational training on Tailoring and Puffed rice (Muri) making at Nabodiganta with utmost zeal, interest and sincerity. The local young women approach us for imparting them training at Nabodiganta on Tailoring. They have been allowed to receive training with a view to causing empowerment of women by income generation. We notice with delight that all the trainees are very keen on acquiring proficiency in tailoring. We envisage that the trainees will be able to generate handsome income by means of which they will stand on their own feet financially in general. The inmates of the Homes run in the Gandhi Ashram Complex in Particular will be able to integrate themselves into the mainstream of the society in near future. We are thankful to M/S Haldia Energy Limited for their CSR initiative which stands in good stead to enable the trainees to generate income from tailoring and thereby by to boost their self-confidence.

In the year under report Haldia Energy Limited had made a programme of visit to the Durga Puja pandales in Kolkata for the mentally challenged and destitute boys on Saptami day by taking the boys to Kolkata in the vehicles hired by them. The boys were fed with delicious meals and Tiffin’s in course of their visit to Kolkata. On completion of training in the skill-development centre NABODIGONTA the women in difficult circumstances living in the Swadhar Greh are able to cut and sew cloths for petticoat, blouse, nighty etc. When the trained women leave the Swadhar Greh after three years of their stay at the Swadhar Greh are rehabilitated with a sewing machine and raw materials donated by Haldia Energy Limited. This year five inmates of Swadhar Greh were rehabilitated by Haldia Energy Limited. On the eve of autumn festival this concern donated garments to the children living in the destitute Home under cottage scheme and mentally challenged boys of the J.J. Home “UNMESH”.

This government of India undertaking donated an amount of rupees one lakh for a construction of the building now being used as Home of mentally challenged boys few years back and during next year installed a submersible pump for the inmates of the Gandhi Ashram Complex. They have also constructed two blocks of sanitary latrines, each containing three latrines and three bathrooms. At the time of inauguration of the sanitary blocks the Executive Director of IOC donated an amount of Rs. 50,000.00 for purchase of Pathological apparatus and guarding. They have also donated grocery items worth Rs. 3,00,000.00 for cooking of food for the inmates of all the Homes. The employees of the Indian Oil Corporation donated utensils made of steel to the inmates of the Homes.

During the year under report we received 21 Physiotherapy instruments from this organization namely – Dental Chair, Semi Hydro 1 pcs. Gymtrac AC Motorized Treadmill, ADT – 1700 1 pcs. Dental Accessories

– 1 Sect. Outdoor Item-Rower – 1pcs. Outdoor Item-Keen Chair – 1pcs.,Pelvic Traction Kit – 1 pcs. Electric Treadmill – 1pcs. Shoulder Abduction Ladder – 2 sets. Cervica; Traction Kit, Sitting – 1 pcs. Decline Beanch press Machine – 1 Pcs. Foot Traction Kit – 1 pcs. Leg Traction Kit/ Skin Traction Kit – 1 pcs. Electric Leg Massager – 1 pcs. Cervical Neck Traction Pillow – 2 pcs. Silicon Ball – 5 pcs. Cosco Torning Tube – 5 pcs, Safety Razor – 2 pcs, Non Luminas IRR – 1 pcs. IFP -1 pcs. Commercial Spin Bike – 1 pcs. Functional Trainer cum Smith 70+70kg MS weight wity cover CVR impoted wire 4”x2” pipe – 1 pcs.

With the financial assistance of IOCL Haldia Refinery we imparted technical skill to rural women by using natural waste like Water Hyacinth available as waste in water bodies of our area for weaving products based on this freely available raw material. Thus natural waste is turned into marketable goods for commercial purpose. Water Hyacinth is known for its elastic yet tuff property which could be turned into green fibers for handicrafts and artifacts. An organization named SPADE imparted training to 60 women in first phase on plucking, drying, weaving of fibers by using latest technology machine to produce products. The training involves selling of these product and establishing market linkages through physical and e-commerce routes. Most of the employees of Indian Oil Corporation celebrates their sons’/ daughters’ birthdays in the Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram Complex by hosting a meal with chicken for the inmates of the therein.

This concern donated a BOLERO Air Condition AMBULANCE of Mahindra make for the benefit of the mentally challenged boys of the “UNMESH” J.J. Home in the financial year 2018-19. Indianoil Petronas donated 50 nos. bunk beds, 100 Nos. mattress, 20 Nos. Dining Table and 80 Nos. chair for the more comfort of the destitute boys and girls housed at Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram in the financial year 2019-2020. This year on 25^th of December Indian Oil Petronas offered cake and gift to the orphan inmates for grand celebration of Christmas.

This concern donated Rs. – 1 lakh for purchase up books and study materials for the destitute boys of Kumar Chandra Anath Ashram run by us during the year 2022-23.

MCPI Pvt. Ltd. sponsored the cost of constructing kitchen amounting to Rs. 10,00,000/- for the Destitute children as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative during this year under report.

This concern sponsored the cost of building a Community-cum-prayer hall amounting to Rs. – 10,00,000/- in the Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram for the inmates of the Homes. They supply some grocery items free of cost regularly for cooking the meals of Home inmates.

Ms. Tapasi Mandal, MLA, Haldia gave Rs. – 8,00,000/- out of her MLA LAD for construction of dining hall for the destitute boys of Kumar Chandra Anath Ashram in the Basudevpur Gandhi Ashram.

It has constructed two pucca Ghats on the banks of the pond in the Gandhi Ashram complex and sanction fund amounting to rupees four Lakhs twenty one thousands for construction of an underground water reservoir for the inmates of the Home situated at Nandarampur beside the headquarters of this organization.

Hon’ble MLA of Nandigram Constituency and the leader of opposition in the Assembly donated new dresses to all the inmates of the J.J. Home and the Destitute Home with a packet of sweet for each of them.

Hon’ble M.P, Tamluk Constituency, donated three hundred blankets for the inmates of the Homes run by our organization. We may be forgiven for having failed to mention the names of donors who voluntarily donated dresses, books and winter garments and tiffin etc. to the inmates of the Homes especially on any festive occasion like Raksha Bandhan, Diwali and Holi or on their respective offspring’s birth day throughout the past twenty years.