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Wipro Cares

Update 2012-13


About Wipro Cares

Wipro Cares is Our Community Initiative Focused on

Marginalized Communities in our Immediate Neighborhood

Overall Wellness & Sustainable Living for Communities with Larger

Ecological Sustainability in Mind

Focus

Support developmental

needs of marginalized

communities in those cities

and towns where Wipro

has a large presence

Rehabilitate communities

affected by natural

calamities

Offer Wiproites the

opportunity to engage

meaningfully with local

communities

Objectives Healthcare

Environment

Education

Disaster Rehabilitation


Approach

Approach to Driving Community Initiatives

Define areas of

engagement

Identify

communities &

partners at

various

locations

across the

country

Develop

objectives and

outcomes for

the project

Drive project

implementation

with

appropriate

governance

mechanism

Assess social

impact of the

project and

address any

gaps

Organized as a Trust - funds donated by Wiproites are matched by Wipro

In each location, Wipro Cares work is driven by a Location Committee made

of volunteering Wiproites

Objectives

Wipro Cares Encourages Employee Initiatives and Acts of Volunteering


Projects Update 2012-13

Health

Supported a

population of

51000 covering

40 villages across

Karnataka,

Maharashtra &

Andhra Pradesh

with OPD & RCH

facilities

Employee Engagement

Sustained employee engagement

through campaigns like Joy of Giving,

blood donation and old books collection

across Wipro locations pan-India

In addition organized an online organ

donation program, 81 people registered

Education

Supported the

education of more

than 71500 children

in 5 cities & 1

village through 6

projects

Environment

In Phase II of the social

forestry project we supported

the planting of another 25,000

saplings by 22 farmers in

Tiruvannamalai district,

TamilNadu

International Chapters

As a part of the US Chapter

started the Big Brother Big

Sister initiative a non-profit

organization whose mission is

to help children reach their

potential through professionally

supported, one-to-one

relationships with mentors

Volunteering activities are

being carried out in ASEAN

(Singapore) UAE and Brazil

WBPO Community Project

Initiated Communication Skills Enhancement

Program (CSEP) to up skill the

students/existing employees to a Voice &

Accent (VA) entry level of communication

skills. Phase I was held in September 2012 &

Phase II was held in February 2013 both were

attended by 73 participants.

Disaster Rehabilitation

US Chapter collected & donated US$

11,476 to the Red Cross towards the

victims of Hurricane Sandy this

contribution was matched by Wipro.


Program covers 9 villages with a population of around 12000 to provide comprehensive

primary health services and specialized services through regular health camps

Hindupur Health Care

Project, around WIN

Hindupur Plant

The project caters to the primary health care needs of 5 villages in Mysore taluk reaching

out to a population of around 3000. The project includes focus on personal and

community health and hygiene with specific emphasis on women and child health

Mysore Health Care

Project

The project meets the primary health care needs of 5 villages in Amalner taluk reaching

out to a population of around 3000. Apart from OPD facilities the project would carry out

periodic health care camps on identified chronic diseases in the area & generate

awareness around issues of health & hygiene. The project would also work towards

strengthening the existing infrastructure such as anganwadis & VHSC to enable the

community to fight for their own health rights. In January 2013 the project added 2 more

project villages

Amalner Health Care

Project

The project covers 11 villages with a population of over 11000 to provide comprehensive

primary health care services and regular health camps on various diseases. The

program also includes community mobilization and the capacity building of anganwadi

workers and traditional birth attendants.

Tumkur Health Care

Project, around

Tumkur WCCL Plant

Primary Health Care Projects

Running 5 Projects in Karnataka, Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh

The project provides primary health care services through mobile clinics in 11 villages.

The project completed three years in November 2012. Over 3 years the mobile clinic

reached out to more than 45,000 patients & the Reproductive Child Health (RCH) clinic

aided more than 6000 pregnant women with regards to their health requirements. The

project also organized awareness programs on issues identified in the communities

Project Sanjeevani,

around Waluj WCCL

Plant


Education Projects

Supported Around 71500 Children in 5 Cities & 1 Village

Door Step School, Pune: Wipro Cares

continued to support a Teacher Training Centre

“Parivartan” that trained around 417 teachers,

who then reached out to teaching over 71247

children of Door Step School. This also increased

the employability of young women

RockFund, Bangalore: Wipro

Cares provided education and

counseling support to 61 girls from

economically weaker sections of the

society

Towards Future, Kolkata: Wipro

Cares supported a home and learning

center for about 100 children of

migrant laborers and brick kiln

workers in the village of Kalikapura

near Kolkata

Ashraya Akruti, Hyderabad: The center catered to the needs of 155

hearing impaired children and provided them with special education

Ananda Vidyalaya, Delhi: Ananda Vidyalaya in Delhi is

working with underprivileged

children with a view to provide

them holistic care with specific

emphasis on education, they

supported around 110 children in

2012-13

Aikyatan Primary

School: This primary school

is in a remote area in

Midnapore catered to the

educational needs of around 43

children


Environment Project

Social Forestry

in TamilNadu

In Phase II of the project around 25000 trees have

been planted in around 40 acres of waste land by 22

farmers in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu

TIST Quantifier helping the

new farmers participants to

learn about TIST Program

Saplings that have been

planted


In October 2012 Super Storm

Sandy affected 24 states in the

United States. In response

our US Chapter encouraged

employees to donate towards relief

work. Contributions collected from

employees were equally matched

by Wipro. The collected amount

was given to the American Red

Cross

Disaster Rehabilitation Projects


WBPO Community Project

Communication Skills

Enhancement Program

(CSEP)

Piloted in Manjakkudi, WIPRO’s first

rural BPO a 120 seater facility

expandable to 500 seats by March

2013.

Target

Audience

School students,

College students and

existing employees

Objective

Up skilling the students /

existing employees to a Voice

& Accent (VA) entry level of

communication skills

The Proposal is to Conduct the Program in 2 Phases of

20 hrs. (10 days) Each.

Phase 1 & 2 at Manjakuddi was Attended by 73 Participants (WBPO-22, College-26, School -25).

Basic Reading Comprehension Skills

Learning Grammar

Grammar Practice Activities

Phase 1

Sounds,

Grammar refresher

Comprehension

Phase 2


International Chapters

Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS)

As a part of the US Chapter started the Big Brother Big Sister initiative a

non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their

potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with

mentors

Hurricane Sandy Relief

A total of 239 employees donated 11,476 US$, this was matched by Wipro

Employees regularly volunteer at Casa de Amparo ao Idoso Bom

Jesusm which is a home for elderlies and underprivileged children from

Comunidade Vila Torres

The ASEAN chapter encouraged its employees to spend quality time with

the elderlies of Society of the Aged Sick and the children of Life

Student Care

The UAE chapter organized blood donation, waster distribution during

summer and food distribution during Ramadaan. The employees also

spent some quality hours at Special Needs Foundation


Covered Kotdwar and Mysore apart from 8 major chapters

Around 3000 Wiproites donated blood

Locations covered - EC, SJP and Madiwala

Around 400 books collected

Books donated to - Jeevarathni, Bhumi

Covered 350 children in 10 schools

Material collected - sharpners, erasers, scales, pencils, crayons, sketch

pens & drawing sheets

Around 12 Wiproites have volunteered for the

ECC campaign

Employee Engagement

National Blood

Donation Drive for

Thalassemia Patients

1

Books Collection

Drive at Bangalore

2

Every Child Counts

Arts & Craft Collection

Drive at Pune

3

Organized 6 Events


Celebrated across WT, WI, WBPO, WIN, WCCLG in 11 locations in India

Collected a total of 16,64,328 from 1741 employees

Collected 365 boxes which were donated to Goonj

56 new employees volunteered

An online organ donation drive was carried out pan India

A live chat was organized with a representative from ‘Gift your Organ’

81 employees pledged their organ

NGOs - generated approximately Rs. 18,000,00/- during the Diwali Mela

NGOs generated approximately Rs. 5,94,000/- during Christmas

Employee Engagement

Joy of Giving @

Wipro Was

4

Organ Donation

Drive

5

NGO Mela’s Around

Festivals

6

Organized 6 Events


Thank you

Wipro Cares

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