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APRIL ‐ JUNE 2019 Issue No. : 58(E‐Newsletter)SAMBANDHSAMBANDHSAMBANDHSTEM Enhancement (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

STEM enhancement projects have been initiated to

eliminate the fear of difficult subjects such as Science

and Mathematics for Government School children. (a)

Vigyan Express (b) Sankalpana (c) Mini Science

Laboratory.End-line assessment was carried out to measure the

impact of the project. It was observed that these

projects have drastically improved the performance

of the students. The Pre-Assessment revealed that in

all 5 NPSS schools, the student's performance was

very low i.e. below 50% and the Post-Assessment

revealed that student's performance has increased

above 75%. Hence the projects have ensured concept

learning and improved results of the children in the

exams.

UWB supports 400 students (200 urban & 200 rural) for quality school education. These students are bright and can't afford quality education, UWB supports them to study in private trust run schools.

UWB has supported many such students, one of them is Janvi who came over all the financial difficulties and

thscored 98% in her 11 Grade and aspires to become a Doctor. Janvi says, “I will become a Doctor one day and will provide free treatment to the poor patients”.

Savera

Under Children's Corner Project – a space for street

children, UWB with implementing partner Vikas Jyot

conducted a 7-day module MUSKAAN as per the

needs and requirements of the street children

wherein different recreational activities - Life Skill

Education, Drawing Competition, WASH Awareness

Sessions, Child Line 1098 Awareness, Story Telling,

Indoor Games, Nutritious Meal, Hygiene Kit

Distribution were conducted on each day for the

children to channelize their energies towards

positivity. A total of 60 children will be provided with

educational kits, health check‐ups and nutritious

meals throughout the year.

Children’s Corner Project

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INCOME GENERATION

Summer Camp for Anganwadi Children

A Summer Camp for 200 pre‐school children of the adopted Anganwadi Centres was organized with implementing partner NGO-Baroda Citizens Council. The children enjoyed various activities such as clay modeling, painting, craft work, stick pasting, cookery classes and many more fun activities. Competitions were also organized and prizes were distributed. The summer camp witnessed an enormous support from the community people and the children enjoyed the sessions to the fullest.

The fellowship training received from Centre of Excellence was imparted to both the project teams of Ahmedabad and Vadodara as per the concepts of ECCE.

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A Mega Seed ball making event was organized on Day stof Action at Xavier's Technical Institute, Sevasi on 21

June 2019. 400 volunteers of all age group gathered

for Mega Seed Ball event from all the corners of

Vadodara city and made 15000 seed balls in 35

minutes. They pledged for saving and nurturing trees

and planting one tree in a year and taking care of it

throughout the life. The same event was also

conducted at four different Government Schools of

Savli, wherein 600 students, teachers and TDW

Employees participated and made more than 1000

seed balls. 500 saplings were provided by Pagdand.

Seed Ball Making

The shishu-kit project provides customised kits to

each mother and baby born at 2 District Government

hospitals of the city. UWB also ensures that these

mothers are sensitized regularly on Behaviour Change

Communication (BCC) sessions. A total of 12 BCC

sessions on Family Planning, Care for New Born,

Mental & Maternal Health were conducted wherein

300 mothers were sensitized.

Shishu ‐ Kit Project

The project provides door step services of Plumber, Electrician, TV Technician, Computer Technician, Nurse, Bill Payment to senior citizens to make them live a dignified and hassle free life. Health check-up visit to multispecialty hospitals are also supported. Besides these various activities such as Recreational activities, Theatrical Drama show and screening of Bollywood movies are organised for senior citizens to enjoy leisure time and give them a sense of belongingness. A total of 4292 services were provided to the senior citizens at their doorstep.

Gold Card Scheme for Senior Citizens

Menstrual Hygiene for Adolescent Girls

Wetland Conservation

Under the Wetland conservation project the school

children are sensitized on the importance and various

ways to conserve the wetlands. 60 saplings were

planted under the project at the premises of a

Government school by the students. The students will

take ownership of these plants to grow them as trees.

A majority of girls and women in India employ clothes and rags for feminine hygiene which might predispose women to reproductive tract infections. It is difficult to keep the used napkins clean and free of harmful bacteria. Washing and drying the cloth in sunlight may be difficult due to lack of water, private facilities, and cultural taboos associated with menstruation. Hence, UWB provided sanitary napkin dispenser and & Incinerator at 2 schools to benefit 125 girls. These girls were also sensitized on the taboos related to menstruation.

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Under Baxter Pharmaceutical's CSR project, UWB

Team undertook situational and need assessment

study in 10 villages of Ahmedabad, Kheda and

Gandhinagar to assess the water related needs of the

residing communities. Various meetings were held

with the Government officials, Focus Group

Discussions and Interviews were conducted to elicit

information on living conditions especially water

quality and scarcity related issues being faced.

An Assessment Study on the Status and Needs of Water Resources

Jigyasa & Green School Project (STEM)

UWB with our CSR partner TD Williamson is

supporting 7 Rural Government Schools.

a) Mini Science Laboratory with 65 table top models

will be set up to enhance the understanding of Science

& Mathematics (b) Installation of water harvesting

system (c) Solar panel installation (d) Green events

Global Recycling Day was celebrated under the

project wherein 'Best out of Plastic Waste'

competition was held for the students where the

winners were awarded medals and colourful

celebrations with organic colours were carried out.

Seed ball making event was also organised in 2 schools

and 1000 seed balls were made.

Fusion Study Foundation (Youth Success)

The project in collaboration with Stichting Fusion

Study Foundation is supporting Higher Education of

Needy Bright Students. We received stupendous

response by receiving 403 applications from aspiring

youth all across Gujarat. The applications were

studied and graded by the project team and the home

visits for verifications were conducted to shortlist the

most eligible 164 candidates for interview. A record

breaking total of 121 students were selected for

interest free educational loan.

The Integrated Rural Development project, Halol

supported by CSR partner LM Wind Power witnessed

the inauguration of Trikampura AWC which was not in

working condition and remained closed most of the

time due to which the children missed an important

part of their childhood. The inauguration event was

attended by Global Vice President – Mr. Bjarne

Sandager Nielsen. A toilet at a Primary School was

also constructed and renovated towards ensuring

sanitation & hygiene of 400 children.

Integrated Rural Development Project

CSR SNIPPET

Shikhar Project ‐ Educational Support to Needy and Bright School Students

Tulsi Purohit a 15-year-old girl child supported under UWB's Shikhar project run by CS Chawla Foundation scored 99.59 percentile in her 10�� Board exam with a 1�� Rank in Shri Swami Vivekananda School. Her father works as a Driver in a private company and her mother is a housewife. Their annual family income is INR 1.2 lakhs which made it difficult for Tulsi to take coaching. UWB provided her educational support and she passed out with flying colours. UWB is proud of Tulsi and urges every parent to Educate Girl Child.

Tulsi aspires to become a Doctor and said, Thank you United Way of Baroda, I could score only because of UWB's support. Many children like me are studying because of UWB's support.

IMPACT STORIES

Aruna (name changed) is a 8-year-old girl child from a tribal area. Her parents work as farm labourers. She was diagnosed to have Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Her parents were already burdened to support a family of ten members and could not afford the cost of treatment. Considering 75% chances of survival, she was supported by United Way of Baroda. She is on induction phase of chemotherapy course and will completely recover in six months.

“Heartfelt thanks to United Way of Baroda for saving our poor little girl,” as quoted by her parents.

Treatment Support for Children Suffering from Cancer

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Our Focus Areas

The project in partnership with CSR partner Aditya Medi Sales Ltd. will be developing one Anganwadi and one school of Ujeti and Halol into model institutions. This will support the holistic growth and development of the pre-school and school children by providing them an appropriate learning environment. The surrounding garden around the Ujeti Anganwadi Centre will also be renovated for the children’s physical activities. A garden was also constructed around the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) at Ankleshwar for the patients and their relatives for seating purpose.

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Infrastructural Support to build Model School & Anganwadi