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ABOUT HCL FOUNDATION
HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL. HCL Foundation is a gold standard not-for-profit that uses international development standards to implement CSR programs that bring lasting impacts to the lives of people across urban and rural areas of India. In achieving our goals, we emphasize on:
Credibility, Transparency, Accountability, Outreach to the unreached and Sustainability
HCL IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE BELIEF OF ‘TOUCHING LIVES’ -
Goal: To alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive community growth and development. We do this by engaging the communities where we work to ensure that we make optimal long-term investments in education, health, livelihoods and environment, as well as providing disaster response and rehabilitation support.
Vision: To create a source code for sustainable socio-economic development
Mission: To create clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential. Full engagement with our employees and partners showcasing and establishing international standards of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community development.
With the relentless support of HCL employees and its partners, HCL Foundation is active in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in India. HCL’s employees also engage globally on CSR in US, UK and Europe. HCL Foundation works in rural and urban areas towards poverty alleviation through long term investments in holistic education, employability, environment, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. Gender transformative and inclusive approaches form the backbone of the overall program strategy. There is a heavy focus on young people as they form majority of the world’s population. Having said that, HCL Foundation does not limit its interventions to this age group alone. Rather, works through an integrated community development approach.
Whereas its rural interventions in India are led by NGOs doing path breaking work on rural development, identified through a democratic and robust process via HCL Grant and through its flagship direct project in Uttar Pradesh called Samuday, employee engagement is central to the HCL Foundation’s urban development. These projects essentially contribute to Nation Building and the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
THEMATIC FOCUS AREAS
HCL Foundation (HCLF) seeks to engage with various stakeholders to bring about developmental changes in a holistic manner. The Foundation supports programs in five thematic areas to achieve sustainable and scalable community development:
• Education: Early, primary, secondary, adult, digital and civic education. Education that leads to
human resource development, at all stages of life, including imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life. An Education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and women in urban and rural India. In 2016-17, HCL Foundation has reached 1,33,665 adults, youth and children through its Education initiatives – Gurukul, My School and My Scholar
• Health and Wellbeing: Equitable, universal access to health for all, including prevention of communicable and
non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, maternal, child and reproductive health as well as healthy habit formation. Access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene. Both in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation invests in health and well-being at all stages of the life, that leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all. In 2016-17, 1,05,294 adults, youth and children have participated in HCL Foundation’s health initiatives, and benefited.
• Livelihood: Employability and skill development, job placement, small scale entrepreneur
assistance leading to sustainable livelihood opportunities that create strong and self-reliant people and communities. Targeted at youth and women in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation’s comprehensive programmes train them in a variety of vocational and entrepreneurial subjects, that lead to dignified work opportunities. In 2016-17, 9,973 youth and adults benefitted from HCL Foundation’s Livelihood initiatives.
• Environment: Access to clean air, water, energy; soil, flora and fauna, terrestrial ecosystem
conservation; environmentally responsible practices at all levels; Combating desertification, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, pollution and promoting use of renewable resources. Preserving the planet is a critical priority for HCL Foundation. In FY 2016-17, HCL employees and students in HCL Gurukuls made communities greener and cleaner. They planted about 1000 saplings and collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste during various waste collection drives. Through Samuday, HCL Foundation has committed close to INR 50 Crores in Solar (clean) energy infrastructure in 200 villages of Hardoi District in Uttar Pradesh.
• Humanitarian Action: Natural and man-made disasters are a regular, albeit unpredictable part of life. As the
world faces intensifying climate change, weather-related disasters are expected to
grow. Responding to these requires the effort and coordination of many stakeholders—from government and communities to NGOs and business. And when disaster strikes, HCL Foundation coordinates resources to provide humanitarian aid to employees and communities in need and supports ‘building back.’ In FY 2016-17, over 7,000 households supported with cyclone relief dry ration kits after the Cyclone in Tamil Nadu; In Bihar HCL Foundation is helping to improve the hygiene practices and nutrition levels of 1,000 flood affected families. In Assam, we have supported 1,000 students in 12 villages to continue their education through Evening Schools; 1,000 beneficiaries provided with wash kits; Over 7,000 people benefited through 20 hygiene awareness and health camps; Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities of 4 districts of Bihar to 26.340 vulnerable populations with water sanitation and health services.
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
• HCL Samuday: HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a
replicable model for development, providing services and driving behavioural changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation. So far, 164 gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been covered, impacting more than 90,000 households and a population of 5.8 lacs. Some of the initiatives include: solar electrification of unconnected habitation, health and school facilities; mother and child healthcare; education and school infrastructure; safe drinking water; sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene; agriculture and crop improvement and women empowerment.Achievements so far:
• Direct engagement with nearly 30,000 household in three blocks; through various interventions
• Over 380 Shiksha classroom across 3 blocks • More than 5000 farmers engaged under various interventions • Above 2000
pregnant females supported
• Approx. 5500 toilets constructed and under usage
• More than 200 SHGs engaged
• HCL Grant: HCL Grant, an annual commitment of up to INR 20 crore (~USD 3 million), is a programme aimed at championing the rise
of the Fifth Estate in India - Non Government Organizations. The HCL Grant is one of the biggest CSR Grants of India, with a robust methodology backing it. Launched in 2015, with one category of Education, the HCL Grant added two more categories, Environment and Health in the year 2016-17. HCL Grant received more than 3000 NGO registrations and was awarded to Meljol (Education), Foundation of Ecological Security (Environment) and Child in Need Institute (Health). The NGO- Going to School - had received the HCL Grant in 2015-16.
• Power of One: Power of One is based on the belief that a contribution as small as one rupee per day
can make a huge difference in people’s lives. It consists of two components – payroll giving and volunteering. The campaign has a mandate to support the local communities. It is also rolled out in U.S and U.K geographies of HCL. In India, close to 50,000 HCLites are a part of payroll giving. In 2016, HCL Foundation launched a distinct project called My Scholar supported by the funds collected from Power of 1. This project supports long terms scholarships for meritorious students who come from economically challenged backgrounds. HCLites also devoted approximately 100,000 hours this year, reaching out to 200,000 beneficiaries, exemplifying true corporate social responsibility.
• Urban Community Development: HCL is mandated by the belief of ‘giving back’ and strengthening the socio-economic
ecosystem of communities it operates in. HCL is housed in large metro cities as well as upcoming Tier 2 cities, in India and across the world. These places are often faced with challenges of rapid urbanization and inability of communities to be able to cope up. In most places there is significant population living below poverty line, in undignified conditions with negligible access to basic services such as education, health, livelihoods and overall environmental upkeep. Lives of 2,17,153 people were positively impacted this year, through various interventions in urban areas in the cities of Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Pune, Kolkata.
HCLF reaches out to the urban poor through three major initiatives:
• My Community: Integrated Community Development for people living below poverty line in urban
neighborhoods with interventions focused on Education, Health (including WASH), Livelihood and Environment using the Life Cycle Approach to break the cycle of poverty.
• My School: State School Quality upgradation project under the ambit of Right to Education leading
to improvement in enrolment, attendance and learning outcomes of students. This is achieved through a participatory model of school development which includes building capacities of all relevant stakeholders in the school’s ecosystem.
• Confident Girls (My Worth): Confident Girls Program aims to enable girls towards self-reliance. Empowering them
through Gender Transformative Approach: A self-efficacy model.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
A variety of respected organizations have honored the HCL Foundation for its role in generating significant impacts in communities across India:
ABOUT HCL FOUNDATION
HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL. HCL Foundation is a gold standard not-for-profit that uses international development standards to implement CSR programs that bring lasting impacts to the lives of people across urban and rural areas of India. In achieving our goals, we emphasize on:
Credibility, Transparency, Accountability, Outreach to the unreached and Sustainability
HCL IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE BELIEF OF ‘TOUCHING LIVES’ -
Goal: To alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive community growth and development. We do this by engaging the communities where we work to ensure that we make optimal long-term investments in education, health, livelihoods and environment, as well as providing disaster response and rehabilitation support.
Vision: To create a source code for sustainable socio-economic development
Mission: To create clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential. Full engagement with our employees and partners showcasing and establishing international standards of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community development.
With the relentless support of HCL employees and its partners, HCL Foundation is active in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in India. HCL’s employees also engage globally on CSR in US, UK and Europe. HCL Foundation works in rural and urban areas towards poverty alleviation through long term investments in holistic education, employability, environment, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. Gender transformative and inclusive approaches form the backbone of the overall program strategy. There is a heavy focus on young people as they form majority of the world’s population. Having said that, HCL Foundation does not limit its interventions to this age group alone. Rather, works through an integrated community development approach.
Whereas its rural interventions in India are led by NGOs doing path breaking work on rural development, identified through a democratic and robust process via HCL Grant and through its flagship direct project in Uttar Pradesh called Samuday, employee engagement is central to the HCL Foundation’s urban development. These projects essentially contribute to Nation Building and the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
THEMATIC FOCUS AREAS
HCL Foundation (HCLF) seeks to engage with various stakeholders to bring about developmental changes in a holistic manner. The Foundation supports programs in five thematic areas to achieve sustainable and scalable community development:
• Education: Early, primary, secondary, adult, digital and civic education. Education that leads to
human resource development, at all stages of life, including imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life. An Education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and women in urban and rural India. In 2016-17, HCL Foundation has reached 1,33,665 adults, youth and children through its Education initiatives – Gurukul, My School and My Scholar
• Health and Wellbeing: Equitable, universal access to health for all, including prevention of communicable and
non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, maternal, child and reproductive health as well as healthy habit formation. Access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene. Both in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation invests in health and well-being at all stages of the life, that leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all. In 2016-17, 1,05,294 adults, youth and children have participated in HCL Foundation’s health initiatives, and benefited.
• Livelihood: Employability and skill development, job placement, small scale entrepreneur
assistance leading to sustainable livelihood opportunities that create strong and self-reliant people and communities. Targeted at youth and women in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation’s comprehensive programmes train them in a variety of vocational and entrepreneurial subjects, that lead to dignified work opportunities. In 2016-17, 9,973 youth and adults benefitted from HCL Foundation’s Livelihood initiatives.
• Environment: Access to clean air, water, energy; soil, flora and fauna, terrestrial ecosystem
conservation; environmentally responsible practices at all levels; Combating desertification, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, pollution and promoting use of renewable resources. Preserving the planet is a critical priority for HCL Foundation. In FY 2016-17, HCL employees and students in HCL Gurukuls made communities greener and cleaner. They planted about 1000 saplings and collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste during various waste collection drives. Through Samuday, HCL Foundation has committed close to INR 50 Crores in Solar (clean) energy infrastructure in 200 villages of Hardoi District in Uttar Pradesh.
• Humanitarian Action: Natural and man-made disasters are a regular, albeit unpredictable part of life. As the
world faces intensifying climate change, weather-related disasters are expected to
grow. Responding to these requires the effort and coordination of many stakeholders—from government and communities to NGOs and business. And when disaster strikes, HCL Foundation coordinates resources to provide humanitarian aid to employees and communities in need and supports ‘building back.’ In FY 2016-17, over 7,000 households supported with cyclone relief dry ration kits after the Cyclone in Tamil Nadu; In Bihar HCL Foundation is helping to improve the hygiene practices and nutrition levels of 1,000 flood affected families. In Assam, we have supported 1,000 students in 12 villages to continue their education through Evening Schools; 1,000 beneficiaries provided with wash kits; Over 7,000 people benefited through 20 hygiene awareness and health camps; Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities of 4 districts of Bihar to 26.340 vulnerable populations with water sanitation and health services.
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
• HCL Samuday: HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a
replicable model for development, providing services and driving behavioural changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation. So far, 164 gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been covered, impacting more than 90,000 households and a population of 5.8 lacs. Some of the initiatives include: solar electrification of unconnected habitation, health and school facilities; mother and child healthcare; education and school infrastructure; safe drinking water; sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene; agriculture and crop improvement and women empowerment.Achievements so far:
• Direct engagement with nearly 30,000 household in three blocks; through various interventions
• Over 380 Shiksha classroom across 3 blocks • More than 5000 farmers engaged under various interventions • Above 2000
pregnant females supported
• Approx. 5500 toilets constructed and under usage
• More than 200 SHGs engaged
• HCL Grant: HCL Grant, an annual commitment of up to INR 20 crore (~USD 3 million), is a programme aimed at championing the rise
of the Fifth Estate in India - Non Government Organizations. The HCL Grant is one of the biggest CSR Grants of India, with a robust methodology backing it. Launched in 2015, with one category of Education, the HCL Grant added two more categories, Environment and Health in the year 2016-17. HCL Grant received more than 3000 NGO registrations and was awarded to Meljol (Education), Foundation of Ecological Security (Environment) and Child in Need Institute (Health). The NGO- Going to School - had received the HCL Grant in 2015-16.
• Power of One: Power of One is based on the belief that a contribution as small as one rupee per day
can make a huge difference in people’s lives. It consists of two components – payroll giving and volunteering. The campaign has a mandate to support the local communities. It is also rolled out in U.S and U.K geographies of HCL. In India, close to 50,000 HCLites are a part of payroll giving. In 2016, HCL Foundation launched a distinct project called My Scholar supported by the funds collected from Power of 1. This project supports long terms scholarships for meritorious students who come from economically challenged backgrounds. HCLites also devoted approximately 100,000 hours this year, reaching out to 200,000 beneficiaries, exemplifying true corporate social responsibility.
• Urban Community Development: HCL is mandated by the belief of ‘giving back’ and strengthening the socio-economic
ecosystem of communities it operates in. HCL is housed in large metro cities as well as upcoming Tier 2 cities, in India and across the world. These places are often faced with challenges of rapid urbanization and inability of communities to be able to cope up. In most places there is significant population living below poverty line, in undignified conditions with negligible access to basic services such as education, health, livelihoods and overall environmental upkeep. Lives of 2,17,153 people were positively impacted this year, through various interventions in urban areas in the cities of Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Pune, Kolkata.
HCLF reaches out to the urban poor through three major initiatives:
• My Community: Integrated Community Development for people living below poverty line in urban
neighborhoods with interventions focused on Education, Health (including WASH), Livelihood and Environment using the Life Cycle Approach to break the cycle of poverty.
• My School: State School Quality upgradation project under the ambit of Right to Education leading
to improvement in enrolment, attendance and learning outcomes of students. This is achieved through a participatory model of school development which includes building capacities of all relevant stakeholders in the school’s ecosystem.
• Confident Girls (My Worth): Confident Girls Program aims to enable girls towards self-reliance. Empowering them
through Gender Transformative Approach: A self-efficacy model.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
A variety of respected organizations have honored the HCL Foundation for its role in generating significant impacts in communities across India:
ABOUT HCL FOUNDATION
HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL. HCL Foundation is a gold standard not-for-profit that uses international development standards to implement CSR programs that bring lasting impacts to the lives of people across urban and rural areas of India. In achieving our goals, we emphasize on:
Credibility, Transparency, Accountability, Outreach to the unreached and Sustainability
HCL IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE BELIEF OF ‘TOUCHING LIVES’ -
Goal: To alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive community growth and development. We do this by engaging the communities where we work to ensure that we make optimal long-term investments in education, health, livelihoods and environment, as well as providing disaster response and rehabilitation support.
Vision: To create a source code for sustainable socio-economic development
Mission: To create clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential. Full engagement with our employees and partners showcasing and establishing international standards of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community development.
With the relentless support of HCL employees and its partners, HCL Foundation is active in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in India. HCL’s employees also engage globally on CSR in US, UK and Europe. HCL Foundation works in rural and urban areas towards poverty alleviation through long term investments in holistic education, employability, environment, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. Gender transformative and inclusive approaches form the backbone of the overall program strategy. There is a heavy focus on young people as they form majority of the world’s population. Having said that, HCL Foundation does not limit its interventions to this age group alone. Rather, works through an integrated community development approach.
Whereas its rural interventions in India are led by NGOs doing path breaking work on rural development, identified through a democratic and robust process via HCL Grant and through its flagship direct project in Uttar Pradesh called Samuday, employee engagement is central to the HCL Foundation’s urban development. These projects essentially contribute to Nation Building and the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
THEMATIC FOCUS AREAS
HCL Foundation (HCLF) seeks to engage with various stakeholders to bring about developmental changes in a holistic manner. The Foundation supports programs in five thematic areas to achieve sustainable and scalable community development:
• Education: Early, primary, secondary, adult, digital and civic education. Education that leads to
human resource development, at all stages of life, including imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life. An Education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and women in urban and rural India. In 2016-17, HCL Foundation has reached 1,33,665 adults, youth and children through its Education initiatives – Gurukul, My School and My Scholar
• Health and Wellbeing: Equitable, universal access to health for all, including prevention of communicable and
non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, maternal, child and reproductive health as well as healthy habit formation. Access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene. Both in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation invests in health and well-being at all stages of the life, that leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all. In 2016-17, 1,05,294 adults, youth and children have participated in HCL Foundation’s health initiatives, and benefited.
• Livelihood: Employability and skill development, job placement, small scale entrepreneur
assistance leading to sustainable livelihood opportunities that create strong and self-reliant people and communities. Targeted at youth and women in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation’s comprehensive programmes train them in a variety of vocational and entrepreneurial subjects, that lead to dignified work opportunities. In 2016-17, 9,973 youth and adults benefitted from HCL Foundation’s Livelihood initiatives.
• Environment: Access to clean air, water, energy; soil, flora and fauna, terrestrial ecosystem
conservation; environmentally responsible practices at all levels; Combating desertification, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, pollution and promoting use of renewable resources. Preserving the planet is a critical priority for HCL Foundation. In FY 2016-17, HCL employees and students in HCL Gurukuls made communities greener and cleaner. They planted about 1000 saplings and collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste during various waste collection drives. Through Samuday, HCL Foundation has committed close to INR 50 Crores in Solar (clean) energy infrastructure in 200 villages of Hardoi District in Uttar Pradesh.
• Humanitarian Action: Natural and man-made disasters are a regular, albeit unpredictable part of life. As the
world faces intensifying climate change, weather-related disasters are expected to
grow. Responding to these requires the effort and coordination of many stakeholders—from government and communities to NGOs and business. And when disaster strikes, HCL Foundation coordinates resources to provide humanitarian aid to employees and communities in need and supports ‘building back.’ In FY 2016-17, over 7,000 households supported with cyclone relief dry ration kits after the Cyclone in Tamil Nadu; In Bihar HCL Foundation is helping to improve the hygiene practices and nutrition levels of 1,000 flood affected families. In Assam, we have supported 1,000 students in 12 villages to continue their education through Evening Schools; 1,000 beneficiaries provided with wash kits; Over 7,000 people benefited through 20 hygiene awareness and health camps; Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities of 4 districts of Bihar to 26.340 vulnerable populations with water sanitation and health services.
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
• HCL Samuday: HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a
replicable model for development, providing services and driving behavioural changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation. So far, 164 gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been covered, impacting more than 90,000 households and a population of 5.8 lacs. Some of the initiatives include: solar electrification of unconnected habitation, health and school facilities; mother and child healthcare; education and school infrastructure; safe drinking water; sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene; agriculture and crop improvement and women empowerment.Achievements so far:
• Direct engagement with nearly 30,000 household in three blocks; through various interventions
• Over 380 Shiksha classroom across 3 blocks • More than 5000 farmers engaged under various interventions • Above 2000
pregnant females supported
• Approx. 5500 toilets constructed and under usage
• More than 200 SHGs engaged
• HCL Grant: HCL Grant, an annual commitment of up to INR 20 crore (~USD 3 million), is a programme aimed at championing the rise
of the Fifth Estate in India - Non Government Organizations. The HCL Grant is one of the biggest CSR Grants of India, with a robust methodology backing it. Launched in 2015, with one category of Education, the HCL Grant added two more categories, Environment and Health in the year 2016-17. HCL Grant received more than 3000 NGO registrations and was awarded to Meljol (Education), Foundation of Ecological Security (Environment) and Child in Need Institute (Health). The NGO- Going to School - had received the HCL Grant in 2015-16.
• Power of One: Power of One is based on the belief that a contribution as small as one rupee per day
can make a huge difference in people’s lives. It consists of two components – payroll giving and volunteering. The campaign has a mandate to support the local communities. It is also rolled out in U.S and U.K geographies of HCL. In India, close to 50,000 HCLites are a part of payroll giving. In 2016, HCL Foundation launched a distinct project called My Scholar supported by the funds collected from Power of 1. This project supports long terms scholarships for meritorious students who come from economically challenged backgrounds. HCLites also devoted approximately 100,000 hours this year, reaching out to 200,000 beneficiaries, exemplifying true corporate social responsibility.
• Urban Community Development: HCL is mandated by the belief of ‘giving back’ and strengthening the socio-economic
ecosystem of communities it operates in. HCL is housed in large metro cities as well as upcoming Tier 2 cities, in India and across the world. These places are often faced with challenges of rapid urbanization and inability of communities to be able to cope up. In most places there is significant population living below poverty line, in undignified conditions with negligible access to basic services such as education, health, livelihoods and overall environmental upkeep. Lives of 2,17,153 people were positively impacted this year, through various interventions in urban areas in the cities of Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Pune, Kolkata.
HCLF reaches out to the urban poor through three major initiatives:
• My Community: Integrated Community Development for people living below poverty line in urban
neighborhoods with interventions focused on Education, Health (including WASH), Livelihood and Environment using the Life Cycle Approach to break the cycle of poverty.
• My School: State School Quality upgradation project under the ambit of Right to Education leading
to improvement in enrolment, attendance and learning outcomes of students. This is achieved through a participatory model of school development which includes building capacities of all relevant stakeholders in the school’s ecosystem.
• Confident Girls (My Worth): Confident Girls Program aims to enable girls towards self-reliance. Empowering them
through Gender Transformative Approach: A self-efficacy model.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
A variety of respected organizations have honored the HCL Foundation for its role in generating significant impacts in communities across India:
ABOUT HCL FOUNDATION
HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL. HCL Foundation is a gold standard not-for-profit that uses international development standards to implement CSR programs that bring lasting impacts to the lives of people across urban and rural areas of India. In achieving our goals, we emphasize on:
Credibility, Transparency, Accountability, Outreach to the unreached and Sustainability
HCL IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE BELIEF OF ‘TOUCHING LIVES’ -
Goal: To alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive community growth and development. We do this by engaging the communities where we work to ensure that we make optimal long-term investments in education, health, livelihoods and environment, as well as providing disaster response and rehabilitation support.
Vision: To create a source code for sustainable socio-economic development
Mission: To create clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential. Full engagement with our employees and partners showcasing and establishing international standards of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community development.
With the relentless support of HCL employees and its partners, HCL Foundation is active in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in India. HCL’s employees also engage globally on CSR in US, UK and Europe. HCL Foundation works in rural and urban areas towards poverty alleviation through long term investments in holistic education, employability, environment, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. Gender transformative and inclusive approaches form the backbone of the overall program strategy. There is a heavy focus on young people as they form majority of the world’s population. Having said that, HCL Foundation does not limit its interventions to this age group alone. Rather, works through an integrated community development approach.
Whereas its rural interventions in India are led by NGOs doing path breaking work on rural development, identified through a democratic and robust process via HCL Grant and through its flagship direct project in Uttar Pradesh called Samuday, employee engagement is central to the HCL Foundation’s urban development. These projects essentially contribute to Nation Building and the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
THEMATIC FOCUS AREAS
HCL Foundation (HCLF) seeks to engage with various stakeholders to bring about developmental changes in a holistic manner. The Foundation supports programs in five thematic areas to achieve sustainable and scalable community development:
• Education: Early, primary, secondary, adult, digital and civic education. Education that leads to
human resource development, at all stages of life, including imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life. An Education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and women in urban and rural India. In 2016-17, HCL Foundation has reached 1,33,665 adults, youth and children through its Education initiatives – Gurukul, My School and My Scholar
• Health and Wellbeing: Equitable, universal access to health for all, including prevention of communicable and
non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, maternal, child and reproductive health as well as healthy habit formation. Access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene. Both in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation invests in health and well-being at all stages of the life, that leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all. In 2016-17, 1,05,294 adults, youth and children have participated in HCL Foundation’s health initiatives, and benefited.
• Livelihood: Employability and skill development, job placement, small scale entrepreneur
assistance leading to sustainable livelihood opportunities that create strong and self-reliant people and communities. Targeted at youth and women in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation’s comprehensive programmes train them in a variety of vocational and entrepreneurial subjects, that lead to dignified work opportunities. In 2016-17, 9,973 youth and adults benefitted from HCL Foundation’s Livelihood initiatives.
• Environment: Access to clean air, water, energy; soil, flora and fauna, terrestrial ecosystem
conservation; environmentally responsible practices at all levels; Combating desertification, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, pollution and promoting use of renewable resources. Preserving the planet is a critical priority for HCL Foundation. In FY 2016-17, HCL employees and students in HCL Gurukuls made communities greener and cleaner. They planted about 1000 saplings and collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste during various waste collection drives. Through Samuday, HCL Foundation has committed close to INR 50 Crores in Solar (clean) energy infrastructure in 200 villages of Hardoi District in Uttar Pradesh.
• Humanitarian Action: Natural and man-made disasters are a regular, albeit unpredictable part of life. As the
world faces intensifying climate change, weather-related disasters are expected to
grow. Responding to these requires the effort and coordination of many stakeholders—from government and communities to NGOs and business. And when disaster strikes, HCL Foundation coordinates resources to provide humanitarian aid to employees and communities in need and supports ‘building back.’ In FY 2016-17, over 7,000 households supported with cyclone relief dry ration kits after the Cyclone in Tamil Nadu; In Bihar HCL Foundation is helping to improve the hygiene practices and nutrition levels of 1,000 flood affected families. In Assam, we have supported 1,000 students in 12 villages to continue their education through Evening Schools; 1,000 beneficiaries provided with wash kits; Over 7,000 people benefited through 20 hygiene awareness and health camps; Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities of 4 districts of Bihar to 26.340 vulnerable populations with water sanitation and health services.
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
• HCL Samuday: HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a
replicable model for development, providing services and driving behavioural changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation. So far, 164 gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been covered, impacting more than 90,000 households and a population of 5.8 lacs. Some of the initiatives include: solar electrification of unconnected habitation, health and school facilities; mother and child healthcare; education and school infrastructure; safe drinking water; sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene; agriculture and crop improvement and women empowerment.Achievements so far:
• Direct engagement with nearly 30,000 household in three blocks; through various interventions
• Over 380 Shiksha classroom across 3 blocks • More than 5000 farmers engaged under various interventions • Above 2000
pregnant females supported
• Approx. 5500 toilets constructed and under usage
• More than 200 SHGs engaged
• HCL Grant: HCL Grant, an annual commitment of up to INR 20 crore (~USD 3 million), is a programme aimed at championing the rise
of the Fifth Estate in India - Non Government Organizations. The HCL Grant is one of the biggest CSR Grants of India, with a robust methodology backing it. Launched in 2015, with one category of Education, the HCL Grant added two more categories, Environment and Health in the year 2016-17. HCL Grant received more than 3000 NGO registrations and was awarded to Meljol (Education), Foundation of Ecological Security (Environment) and Child in Need Institute (Health). The NGO- Going to School - had received the HCL Grant in 2015-16.
• Power of One: Power of One is based on the belief that a contribution as small as one rupee per day
can make a huge difference in people’s lives. It consists of two components – payroll giving and volunteering. The campaign has a mandate to support the local communities. It is also rolled out in U.S and U.K geographies of HCL. In India, close to 50,000 HCLites are a part of payroll giving. In 2016, HCL Foundation launched a distinct project called My Scholar supported by the funds collected from Power of 1. This project supports long terms scholarships for meritorious students who come from economically challenged backgrounds. HCLites also devoted approximately 100,000 hours this year, reaching out to 200,000 beneficiaries, exemplifying true corporate social responsibility.
• Urban Community Development: HCL is mandated by the belief of ‘giving back’ and strengthening the socio-economic
ecosystem of communities it operates in. HCL is housed in large metro cities as well as upcoming Tier 2 cities, in India and across the world. These places are often faced with challenges of rapid urbanization and inability of communities to be able to cope up. In most places there is significant population living below poverty line, in undignified conditions with negligible access to basic services such as education, health, livelihoods and overall environmental upkeep. Lives of 2,17,153 people were positively impacted this year, through various interventions in urban areas in the cities of Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Pune, Kolkata.
HCLF reaches out to the urban poor through three major initiatives:
• My Community: Integrated Community Development for people living below poverty line in urban
neighborhoods with interventions focused on Education, Health (including WASH), Livelihood and Environment using the Life Cycle Approach to break the cycle of poverty.
• My School: State School Quality upgradation project under the ambit of Right to Education leading
to improvement in enrolment, attendance and learning outcomes of students. This is achieved through a participatory model of school development which includes building capacities of all relevant stakeholders in the school’s ecosystem.
• Confident Girls (My Worth): Confident Girls Program aims to enable girls towards self-reliance. Empowering them
through Gender Transformative Approach: A self-efficacy model.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
A variety of respected organizations have honored the HCL Foundation for its role in generating significant impacts in communities across India:
ABOUT HCL FOUNDATION
HCL Foundation was established in 2011 as the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL. HCL Foundation is a gold standard not-for-profit that uses international development standards to implement CSR programs that bring lasting impacts to the lives of people across urban and rural areas of India. In achieving our goals, we emphasize on:
Credibility, Transparency, Accountability, Outreach to the unreached and Sustainability
HCL IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE BELIEF OF ‘TOUCHING LIVES’ -
Goal: To alleviate poverty and achieve inclusive community growth and development. We do this by engaging the communities where we work to ensure that we make optimal long-term investments in education, health, livelihoods and environment, as well as providing disaster response and rehabilitation support.
Vision: To create a source code for sustainable socio-economic development
Mission: To create clean, green and healthy communities where everyone is empowered and equipped to reach their full potential. Full engagement with our employees and partners showcasing and establishing international standards of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community development.
With the relentless support of HCL employees and its partners, HCL Foundation is active in Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, in India. HCL’s employees also engage globally on CSR in US, UK and Europe. HCL Foundation works in rural and urban areas towards poverty alleviation through long term investments in holistic education, employability, environment, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. Gender transformative and inclusive approaches form the backbone of the overall program strategy. There is a heavy focus on young people as they form majority of the world’s population. Having said that, HCL Foundation does not limit its interventions to this age group alone. Rather, works through an integrated community development approach.
Whereas its rural interventions in India are led by NGOs doing path breaking work on rural development, identified through a democratic and robust process via HCL Grant and through its flagship direct project in Uttar Pradesh called Samuday, employee engagement is central to the HCL Foundation’s urban development. These projects essentially contribute to Nation Building and the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
THEMATIC FOCUS AREAS
HCL Foundation (HCLF) seeks to engage with various stakeholders to bring about developmental changes in a holistic manner. The Foundation supports programs in five thematic areas to achieve sustainable and scalable community development:
• Education: Early, primary, secondary, adult, digital and civic education. Education that leads to
human resource development, at all stages of life, including imparting soft-skills that are needed for better quality of life. An Education that is gender transformative, inclusive for all and respects safe spaces for children. HCL Foundation invests in innovative, technology-led education for children, youth and women in urban and rural India. In 2016-17, HCL Foundation has reached 1,33,665 adults, youth and children through its Education initiatives – Gurukul, My School and My Scholar
• Health and Wellbeing: Equitable, universal access to health for all, including prevention of communicable and
non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, maternal, child and reproductive health as well as healthy habit formation. Access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene. Both in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation invests in health and well-being at all stages of the life, that leads to enhanced opportunities to lead a high quality life for all. In 2016-17, 1,05,294 adults, youth and children have participated in HCL Foundation’s health initiatives, and benefited.
• Livelihood: Employability and skill development, job placement, small scale entrepreneur
assistance leading to sustainable livelihood opportunities that create strong and self-reliant people and communities. Targeted at youth and women in urban and rural areas, HCL Foundation’s comprehensive programmes train them in a variety of vocational and entrepreneurial subjects, that lead to dignified work opportunities. In 2016-17, 9,973 youth and adults benefitted from HCL Foundation’s Livelihood initiatives.
• Environment: Access to clean air, water, energy; soil, flora and fauna, terrestrial ecosystem
conservation; environmentally responsible practices at all levels; Combating desertification, deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss, pollution and promoting use of renewable resources. Preserving the planet is a critical priority for HCL Foundation. In FY 2016-17, HCL employees and students in HCL Gurukuls made communities greener and cleaner. They planted about 1000 saplings and collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste during various waste collection drives. Through Samuday, HCL Foundation has committed close to INR 50 Crores in Solar (clean) energy infrastructure in 200 villages of Hardoi District in Uttar Pradesh.
• Humanitarian Action: Natural and man-made disasters are a regular, albeit unpredictable part of life. As the
world faces intensifying climate change, weather-related disasters are expected to
grow. Responding to these requires the effort and coordination of many stakeholders—from government and communities to NGOs and business. And when disaster strikes, HCL Foundation coordinates resources to provide humanitarian aid to employees and communities in need and supports ‘building back.’ In FY 2016-17, over 7,000 households supported with cyclone relief dry ration kits after the Cyclone in Tamil Nadu; In Bihar HCL Foundation is helping to improve the hygiene practices and nutrition levels of 1,000 flood affected families. In Assam, we have supported 1,000 students in 12 villages to continue their education through Evening Schools; 1,000 beneficiaries provided with wash kits; Over 7,000 people benefited through 20 hygiene awareness and health camps; Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities of 4 districts of Bihar to 26.340 vulnerable populations with water sanitation and health services.
FLAGSHIP PROJECTS:
• HCL Samuday: HCL Samuday, HCL Foundation’s rural development project, is developing a
replicable model for development, providing services and driving behavioural changes related to health, livelihood, education, infrastructure, water and sanitation. So far, 164 gram panchayats in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been covered, impacting more than 90,000 households and a population of 5.8 lacs. Some of the initiatives include: solar electrification of unconnected habitation, health and school facilities; mother and child healthcare; education and school infrastructure; safe drinking water; sanitation, cleanliness and hygiene; agriculture and crop improvement and women empowerment.Achievements so far:
• Direct engagement with nearly 30,000 household in three blocks; through various interventions
• Over 380 Shiksha classroom across 3 blocks • More than 5000 farmers engaged under various interventions • Above 2000
pregnant females supported
• Approx. 5500 toilets constructed and under usage
• More than 200 SHGs engaged
• HCL Grant: HCL Grant, an annual commitment of up to INR 20 crore (~USD 3 million), is a programme aimed at championing the rise
of the Fifth Estate in India - Non Government Organizations. The HCL Grant is one of the biggest CSR Grants of India, with a robust methodology backing it. Launched in 2015, with one category of Education, the HCL Grant added two more categories, Environment and Health in the year 2016-17. HCL Grant received more than 3000 NGO registrations and was awarded to Meljol (Education), Foundation of Ecological Security (Environment) and Child in Need Institute (Health). The NGO- Going to School - had received the HCL Grant in 2015-16.
• Power of One: Power of One is based on the belief that a contribution as small as one rupee per day
can make a huge difference in people’s lives. It consists of two components – payroll giving and volunteering. The campaign has a mandate to support the local communities. It is also rolled out in U.S and U.K geographies of HCL. In India, close to 50,000 HCLites are a part of payroll giving. In 2016, HCL Foundation launched a distinct project called My Scholar supported by the funds collected from Power of 1. This project supports long terms scholarships for meritorious students who come from economically challenged backgrounds. HCLites also devoted approximately 100,000 hours this year, reaching out to 200,000 beneficiaries, exemplifying true corporate social responsibility.
• Urban Community Development: HCL is mandated by the belief of ‘giving back’ and strengthening the socio-economic
ecosystem of communities it operates in. HCL is housed in large metro cities as well as upcoming Tier 2 cities, in India and across the world. These places are often faced with challenges of rapid urbanization and inability of communities to be able to cope up. In most places there is significant population living below poverty line, in undignified conditions with negligible access to basic services such as education, health, livelihoods and overall environmental upkeep. Lives of 2,17,153 people were positively impacted this year, through various interventions in urban areas in the cities of Noida, Gurugram, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Pune, Kolkata.
HCLF reaches out to the urban poor through three major initiatives:
• My Community: Integrated Community Development for people living below poverty line in urban
neighborhoods with interventions focused on Education, Health (including WASH), Livelihood and Environment using the Life Cycle Approach to break the cycle of poverty.
• My School: State School Quality upgradation project under the ambit of Right to Education leading
to improvement in enrolment, attendance and learning outcomes of students. This is achieved through a participatory model of school development which includes building capacities of all relevant stakeholders in the school’s ecosystem.
• Confident Girls (My Worth): Confident Girls Program aims to enable girls towards self-reliance. Empowering them
through Gender Transformative Approach: A self-efficacy model.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
A variety of respected organizations have honored the HCL Foundation for its role in generating significant impacts in communities across India:
Award for “Best Innovation in CSR’ by National Award for Excellence in CSR & Sustainability | 20 September, 2017 | Bangalore
Ms. Nidhi Pundhir conferred the “CSR Leadership Award” by
National Award for Excellence in CSR & Sustainability | 20
September, 2017
“Best Corporate Foundation Award” by World CSR Day for outstanding contribution to Social Causes and CSR Efforts | Feb 2017
Ms. Nidhi Pundhir, Director-CSR Lead, HCL Foundation,
honoured with the "100 Most Impactful CSR Leaders (Global
Listing)" | Feb 2017
HCL ranked 9th among 100 companies by Channel NewsAsia for sustainability
and community development
CMO Asia Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices Award 2015
Aerospace and Defense Award 2015 – Outstanding
Contribution in CSR
NHRDN Award for National CSR Case Contest 2014
Global Sustainability Leadership Award 2014 for Best
Community Action
CRY Child Rights Awards 2013 – “Best Employee Engagement Award”
Asian Sustainability Award 2011-2012
United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Leadership Award 2014
Asia-Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award for CSR- 2012
Social Innovator Award presented by Youth Exnora
International -2012
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Ms. Nidhi Pundhir,Director CSR, Head - HCL Foundation
Email: [email protected]
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