Foundation for CSR @ Redington

REDINGTON CSR – CONNECT

November 2018

Employability Skills Training

Vocational Skills Training

Equipping Activities

Smart Schools

CYCLONE ‘GAJA’ STORY

OF DEVASTATION

FOSTERING THE

FORESTERS

e WASTE RECYCLING

CAMP

ASPIRE – 2018 - PROGRAM

FOR ORTHO DISABLED

HONING

SOCIALLY DEPRIVED

INTERESTING FACTS AND

QUIZ

YOUNG MINDS

EXCELLENCE SCHOOLS

CONTENTS

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Activities

Thanjavur

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CYCLONE ‘GAJA’ STORY OF DEVASTATION

Cyclone Gaja tragedy struck in the

early hours of Friday, November 16, 2018 in

the coastal and delta districts of Tamilnadu.

A severe cyclonic storm that left destruction

across Cuddalore, Nagapattinam,

Ramanathapuram, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur,

Trichy, Pudukkottai, Dindigul and

Puducherry. Nearly more than One Lakh of

thatched-roof homes were blown to

smithereens by gale winds. Tile-roof homes

collapsed on the residence, barely leaving its

occupants unhurt. Trees and electric poles

were uprooted and lay on the streets and

people lost their lively hoods. Before the big

tragedy could happen Government with the

help of District

Collector invited first responders and

disaster response guards in various location

put in charge of safeguarding the people by

creating awareness and moving them to

temporary camps. Mr. Thamaraiselvan, Elite

Enabler - Redington Foundation,

volunteered in joint with Sri Sathya Sai Seva

organization was selected to be the district

coordinator for Thanjavur district as a part

of the disaster management activities. He

actively participated in saving thousands of

lives by moving them to the temporary

camps at Adiramapatinam

2A picture of a place that was affected by Gaja Cyclone

The following day Dr. Indira

Kannan, Zonal Lead, Thanjavur

along with Mr. Thamaraiselvan

visited the villages which were

affected by the heavy cyclone. She

also interacted with the affected

people and children to understand

their needs and for finding out how

the foundation can contribute for

their betterment.

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Dr. Indira and Mr. Thamaraiselvan Visited the affected children in the camp

Disaster Management team ready for the rescue activities

Activities

Tirunelveli

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facilities and were unable to contact their co

officers, supervisors or family members for any

emergency with the basic phone that they possess.

They also cannot afford to buy a smart phone.

For this purpose Mr. Elango, approached our

trustee and requested to arrange smart phones

for the foresters.

In our first initiative, we identified 8 foresters who

are on intense need of the smart phone and on

25th November 2018 our trustee presented the

smart phones to the foresters.

Mr. Elango and the foresters thanked Redington

Foundation and they added that the smart phone

would be very much useful for them in their work.

We wish to share about our foundation’s

extended support to foresters of Tirunelveli

district. A program called Environment

Protection was conducted on Sunday, 25th

November 2018, at Avvai Ashram, Sivasailam.

Mr. Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee,

Redington Foundation, Mr. Balamurugan,

Deputy Correspondent of Avvai Ashram, Mr

Elango -Deputy Director of IFD, Mr. Nellai

Nayagam, Forest Ranger, participated in this

program.

Fostering the Foresters Article by, Ms. Shanmuga Vadivoo,

Zonal Head, Tirunelveli

There are twenty five forest rangers who are

working for the Kalakadu Mundanthurai

forest wild life sanctuary on contract basis.

As part of the duty, they have to go deep

into the forest. On many occasions they find

it hard to identify the routes without GPRS

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Smart phone is issued to foresters by our Trustee

A group picture of our team with foresters and authorities

A Camp on e - Waste Awareness and

Collection program was conducted by our

foundation at Sri Sarada Matriculation Higher

Secondary School, Tirunelveli on Friday, 16th

November 2018. The camp highlights were to

create awareness among the children about

the e – Waste and how the e – Waste will

affect our society’s health and wealth. We also

explained the students the ways to dispose the

e – waste.

A waste bin was placed in the school campus

and we encouraged the students to drop their

e – wastes in the bin for proper disposal. The

students eagerly participated in the collection

of e –Waste and started filling the waste bin

with the old electronic devices like TV Remote,

Cell Phone etc., We are very proud that our

efforts have a positive impact.

e Waste Recycling Camp Article by, Ms. Sridevi, Smart Champ

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E Waste Activity Gallery

Redington foundation in association with Amarseva Sangam started free Business

Accounting training - ASPIRE 2018 on 23rd July 2018. It is a program which entirely focus on

the empowerment of differently abled youth. In this program three months of Accounting and

Soft Skill training program was provided to the differently abled candidates who had completed

degree in commerce or from accounting background and thereby enable them in getting a

quick start in a financial, business or banking career or to become an entrepreneur.

Duration of this training program is 3 months and it is one such effort by Redington

Foundation for differently abled trainees. 11 Orthopaedically challenged trainees enrolled in

the first batch of this training. Five of them were female candidates and six were male

candidates. These trainees were selected from various employment camps conducted by

Tirunelveli Corporation in and around the district. All of these trainees have disability either in

leg or arm. These commerce graduates were from Tirunelveli, Rajapalayam and Virudhunagar

districts. Redington Foundation also arranged free hostel facilities for some of the trainees

during their training period with the support of Amarseva Sangam.

Aspire – 2018 - Program for Ortho Disabled

Article by, Ms. Dolores, Centre Coordinator, Ayikudi

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About ASPIRE-2018 Training:

Accounting Training encompasses accounts and back office operations for the entry level jobs.

Training was provided by professionals from the relevant fields and experience with

comprehensive theory, practical and online business accounting training sessions. The sessions

included 40% of Practical, 40% of theoretical and 20% of language and other skill.

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Ortho disabled students attending classes

Training pictures of ASPIRE 2018

Certification is enabled through training organization

Course comprises Spoken

English, Computer and

Accounting classes.

Provided job support to the capable

candidates after the successful

completion of the program.

Trainers are arranged from reputed training

organizations

Hostel facilities are arranged for needy candidates during this training period. 9Admission is allowed till 35 age

ASPIRE - 2018 Training:

ASPIRE 2018 training develops the following skills:

1. Computer Skills such as MS office, Tally, Business e Mailing etc.,

2. Accounting concepts

3. Spoken and Written English

4. TDS and TCS filing

5. GST Filing

6. Online Business Accounting

7. Life skills

While the Computer, Basic Accounting Concepts and Life Skills classes were conducted by Ms.

Dolores Scholastica, Centre Coordinator, SLC Ayikudi, TDS and TCS filing classes were handled

by Mr. Ramesh Babu (Accountant), GST filing classes were conducted by Mr. Faizal

(Accountant), Spoken and Written English skills sessions were provided by Mr. Uma

Maheswaran, Soft Skill Trainer.

During the training period two assessments were conducted by Mr. Muthukumarasamy,

Managing Trustee, to analyse the skills and performance of trainees. This training was one of

the dream projects of our trustee and he was very much involved in this training. He visited the

centre, interacted with the trainees and motivated them several times during the training. Ms.

Shanmuga Vadivoo, Zonal Head, Tirunelveli, also played a key role to complete the training

successfully at this centre.

Assessment by Mr. Muthukumarasamy, Managing Trustee10

ASPIRE – 2018 First batch training status:

First batch of ASPIRE 2018 was completed on

03rd November 2018. The main goal of ASPIRE 2018 is

to help the trainees to become an entrepreneur or to

get account related job. We also heard from many of

the differently abled trainees who had completed

Unnati training in Ayikudi SLC-1 and who works in

Chennai and Bangalore that they are facing lot of

difficulties in commuting, staying and at office. To

overcome these difficulties we tried very hard to

arrange work for current batch trainees locally. We

also approached Amarseva Sangam for Providing Job

to these trainees. Amarseva Sangam conducted

written examination and interview for the female

candidates and selected four trainees to do internship

project at the sangam. Stipend will also be provided to

these 4 female trainees by our foundation and

sangam. The selected trainees are very happy to start

their career in their native district itself.

We also provided placement to one of the trainees in Accenture, Chennai as Process Executive,

one candidate was selected by Amarseva Sangam as a Field Accountant with a decent salary.

We are trying to arrange work for the remaining trainees.

We are thankful to Amarseva Sangam for their extended support in training and placement.

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Aspire program pictures

Activities

Madurai

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Honing

Socially

Deprived

Our association with Madurai TVS Community College is manned by LAKSHMI VIDYA

SANGHAM / Arogya Welfare Trust. The institute trains the youth who possess basic academic

qualification of 8th standard and above school drop out. etc.,

The trainees hail from rural and down trodden society. They were prone to all social evil

activities like smoking, drinking, drugs, etc., They are brought to one platform, and trained for

a year and provided vocational training in electrician, AC Mechanic, Office Assistants, Patients

Care Takers, etc.,

A recent study shows that, in India the school dropouts rate in the primary level is 6.93%,

upper primary is 8.59% and 24.68 % from the secondary level. Dropping out of school has

serious consequences for students and their families. Students who decided to drop out of

school face social stigma, fewer job opportunities, lower salaries and higher probability of

involvement with the criminal activities for survival.

Dropping out of school, impacts student's self esteem and psychological well-being, faced with

the reality that they lack skills and knowledge to fulfil their desires.

We at Redington Foundation teach these students, the life skills and value character which will

help them to get along with the people around them in the working environment. The skills

that we provide will support them along with the job skill that they are learning in TVS campus.

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Article by Ms. Sudha, Centre Coordinator, Madurai SLC1

This year, a total of 288 trainees are brought to Redington’s Smart Learning Centre in batches

and all of them undergo 15 hours of life skill training / value character for 15 days. Our training

will be helpful for the students to secure a job opportunity after their training and stick to the

opportunity through the life skills that they have learned from Redington Foundation

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Life skill program pictures

Interesting Facts and Quiz

The smell of Cinnamon boosts

cognitive function andmemory.

In 12th Century many Europeans

believed that birds grow on trees like

leaves.

Spot the odd one out

FIRST, SECOND,THIRD, FORTH,

FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENT, EIGHTH

Rearrange the following

letters so as to form one

word: NEW DOOR

Where do fish keep

their money?

What can run but never

walks, has a mouth but never

talks, has a head but never

weeps, and has a bed but

never sleeps?

Answers in next magazine 15

The Indian has a – Blackberry Phone

The owner of the Sony phone is - American

The color of African’s puppy is - Sandal

Which of the following is false? – The

Canadian lives next to the African’s house

Which one of the following pairs is correct?

– Nokia, African, Sandal

Last Month Quiz Answers

October 2018 Magazine Quiz Winners

S. Banu Priyanka, Redington Foundation

Phani Shashanka, Redington India Ltd

K. Rangarajan, Redington India Ltd

Gayathri R

Vishnu Nandakumar, Redington India Ltd

Tanu PriyaAbirami . C

Jagmohan Kumar Gupta, Ensure Services

Bipin Pandey, Ensure Services

Amarnath Jaiswal, Ensure Services

Niharika Kasturi, Redington India Ltd

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Activities

Chennai

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By the initiative of Redington Foundation, the associated schools have conducted following

activities.

Navarathri Pooja

On 10 October 2018, Navarathri Pooja celebration was celebrated in Saraswathy High School at

Amarapoondi, Palani. Smart Champ Ms Gomathi Santhiya was engaged and organised this

activity in the school premises. All the students participated in the pooja and received blessings

from the teachers.

Young Minds

Excellence Schools

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Navarathri Pooja Celebration Pictures

Article by Mr. Jerome, Project Coordinator, Excellence & Reach

Conservation of Environment

As a part of conserving the environment the associated schools are taking keen interest to

plant saplings in the school campus on students’ birthday. They are also engaged to look after

the planted saplings till they finish their studies in the school.

SAVE THE ENVIROMENT

It is an important measure to our current scenario to save our environment. It is necessary to

teach the young minds about the importance of protecting our environment. Emanueal

Matriculation School, Urapakkam JRC student have planted saplings in their school Campus

on 10th October 2018. All the students participated actively and gained knowledge through this

event organised by our Smart Champ: Ms. Pradeepa.

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Saplings planted by

school children

Saplings planted by

school children

Students in clean

environment activity

Awareness Rally

Saraswathy High School, Palani conducted a rally on 11 October 2018 at Amarapoondi village to

avoid the usage of plastic materials and to create awareness on banning the plastic materials in

the environment through posters and vibrant slogans. Program was organised by our Smart

Champ, Ms Gomathi Santhiya.

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Students in Awareness Rally

Rally on Open Defecation

Emanueal Matric School students had conducted the rally for the awareness of Girl Child

Welfare and open Defecation free system in Adhoor Village, Urappakkam on 12 October 2018.

Nearly 200 students actively participated in this rally by educating themselves and others to

stop open defecation and hygiene practises in this society. Smart Champ: Ms Pradeepa.

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Students at open defecation harms

awareness rally

School Competitions

Saraswathy High School, Palani conducted Essay and Speech competition for the students and

awarded them with prizes for the winners.

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Competition pictures

Exhibition on Avoiding Plastic Materials

Saraswathy High School organised an exhibition on avoiding plastic materials and ways to

reduce its usage in our daily routine. They also displayed the recyclable materials which does no

harm to the environment.

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Plastic Awareness exhibition

pictures

Children’s Day Celebration & Science Exhibition

Redington Foundation was invited by Sri Sitaram

Matric Hr Sec School management for celebrating

Childern’s Day at, West Mambalam. Mr Anantha

Padmanabhan – Managing Director of Nathella

Jewellers, Chennai and Mr Subramaniam R –

Regional Head, Redington Foundation were the

Chief guests for that event.

Both the Chief guests were welcomed by the

school scout members with school band group.

On the same day a Science Exhibition was

organised. Students project models were

displayed in the event. Each and every student

took keen interest to develop their models and

explained the working of projects very well to the

dignitaries. School management appreciated

Redington Foundation for donating Mini Science

Lab, which helped the students to create their

own models with inspiration.

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Children’s Day pictures

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Children’s Day pictures

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