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Highlights November ’19

Corporate Social Responsibility

RINL CSR – The smiles say it all- Provinding ‘Mid-day meals’ to needy children

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Education

Akshaya Vidya: The ‘Akshaya Vidya’ programme which provides holistic education to the

children in slum areas with a view to change their life by inculcating good values and self-

image in the society is progressing smoothly in all the 60 centres located in the slum areas

of Visakhapatnam (20 centres), Hyderabad (25 centres) and YSR Kadapa (15 centres)

Districts through the Ekalavya Foundation. To ascertain the progress of the programme

CSR officials visited the tutor’s orientation programme at Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad

and interacted with tutors as well as the students.

Arunodaya Special School: As a part of the Children’s Day celebration a cultural activities

like drawing, painting and dance programmes were organized in the school with a view to

encourage the children to showcase their talents. In addition to the above Medical camp,

Physiotherapy camp, study trips to Hirawath tailoring factory, Aircraft of Indian Navy etc.

were organized for the benefit of the students during the month.

‘Siksha’: With a view that ‘Education is a key enabler to social change’, RINL is providing

quality education to 1600 students belonging to BPL families from the surrounding villages

of Plant and Mines.

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Chethana’: Adult literacy course completion certificates were awarded to 50 beneficiaries

who have successfully completed the 6 months Adult Literacy Programme Murabai a

surrounding village of the plant. Through the programme, 625 beneficiaries of 25 centres

have acquired knowledge in reading & writing Telugu and doing basic arithmetic like

addition & subtraction.

Health Care

Mid-day meal to School Children: Shri. Kishore Chandra Das, Director (Personnel), RINL

inaugurated the Mid-day meal programme taken up as a CSR initiative to mitigate hunger

and malnutrition among the poor and needy children of the Visakha Vimala Vidyalayams

at Ukkunagaram and Pedagantyada. Under the project hot and healthy meals is being

provided to the identified children of the schools for a period of one year through The

Akshaya Patra Foundation. Director (Personnel) served the food to the children and along

with other senior officials of RINL also shared the lunch with the children. More than 900

poor students of both the schools are benefitted from the above programme

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Skill Development

Skill Development of persons affected by Leprosy / Disability: Leprosy is a Neglected

Tropical Disease which affects the poorest of the poor and leads to loss of sensation,

degeneration of skin and eventually paralysis. Leprosy affected people experience the

deep-rooted discrimination by society on accessing equal opportunities for education,

employment and inclusion, thus pushing them deeper into poverty and exclusion. RINL

with a view to support the leprosy affected people and towards empowering them to earn

a decent lively hood, has taken up a project for providing one year institute-based

residential Vocational Training to 25 (Twenty Five) leprosy affected children and women.

To this extent, RINL has inked a MoU with The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) a

non-governmental organization in India aiming to make healing, inclusion and dignity a

reality for people affected by leprosy, people with disabilities, and marginalized

communities, especially women.

Sanitation

Bala Swachhta Jagruthi: Sanitation awareness programmes were conducted at Mandal

Praja Parishad Schools at Sanivada and Upparala Colony of Visakhapatnam district. The

importance of personal hygiene, cleanliness and risks of single use plastic were explained

to around 100 students who were covered in the above programme.

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Swachh Vidyalaya: Maintenance of toilets constructed in 32 schools under “Swachh

Vidyalaya” has been taken up through Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Govt. of AP. To ensure

proper maintenance of the same CSR officials are making periodic visits to the schools.

Swachh Bharat activities were carried out in various Departments of VSP during the

Month. Daily Reports on “Swachh Bharat” Campaign received from plant areas are

compiled and sent to Ministry of Steel (MOS)

Shramdaan

Period Activities(No’s) Participants (No’s)

Nov‘19 135 1795

Swachh Bharat

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‘Safai Pakhwada’: Fortnight long intensive cleaning drives were organized in the Medical

Department during first fortnight and Mines Department including outstation Mines of RINL

during the second fortnight of November 2019 respectively.

Safai Pakhwada @ Madharam Dolomite Mines

Safai Pakhwada @ Jaggayyapeta Lime Stone Mines

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Glimpses of Safai Pakhwada

Inauguration of ‘Swachh Bharat Park’

Corporate Social Responsibility

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited