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HCL FoundationTouching Lives. Spreading Smiles.
Power of One – Powered By HCLites
Our community programs are founded on the belief that it is all
about the “Power of 1” – the power of 1 Rupee, the power of 1 day of volunteer work, the power of unified employee minds and hearts to transform the society.
At HCL Technologies, we take pride in our 'Employees First' culture. When HCLites expressed the desire to reach out to the less privileged and give back to society,
we ensured that a professional entity was created to achieve the same.
HCL Foundation is a Corporate Social Responsibility Trust, supported by Employees’ contribution of Re 1 / day and matched by HCL. All programs are implemented with support from
employee voluntary group called the Community Champions.
ECO = Environment + Community: We believe, that engaging with
communities will help us meet with environment goals, and through communities we can “rebalance”
resources for the future.
77,000 + children and women covered under “Chupi Todo” –
Break the silence
Power of 1 - Our Community Focus and Impact
Community Development Programs
HCL GurukulEnables children and youth in the age group of 11 – 17 years, residing in semi urban areas to advance their education and skills.
HCL YuvakendraEmpowers Youth through Training and Skills Development for Employment , personality development, career grooming and digital literacy
Nurture the Future
Empower women, Differently-abled and youth through sustainable livelihood including, rehabilitation and bridge schools.
Community Giving
Friend in Need Help our supply chain community through welfare schemes.
Just Like Us Reach out to sections of the society that needs human touch. (Senior citizens, orphaned children and terminally ill persons)
Social Recycling Everyday collection of used clothes, stationery, books toys, etc. to be distributed to those in need, including victims of natural disasters
Advocacy Causes
Protection of Child Rights
Women Safety and Wellbeing
Environment
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
1,91,000+ persons covered60,000+ direct beneficiaries
0% school dropouts; 5.4% better results in School exams
19,950+ volunteers, 1,60,,000+ volunteer hours
38,000 + HCLites contribute Re 1/day
640 - Sustainable livelihood opportunities created
595 youth rehabilitated
and placed in schools; 1,200
covered in workshops
Partnership with UNICEF to provide life skills training by HCLites. 3,200 students
covered till now
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How we implement Power of One (Po1)
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Po1 activities are taken forward byCommunity Champions Role of Community Champions:
Community Champions spend a day, a weekend in various programs adopted. They bring along a new colleague every weekend, thus improving the number of volunteers for any cause
Volunteers involve themselves in mentoring programs, life skill development training, organising creative programs for the well-being of youth and in supporting the supply chain community
Advocate strongly for issues close to their heart
Impact:
Volunteers are a great inspiration for the youth in the community by creating a change in their lives, in terms of education and also for a better career.
Recreational activities that are conducted as a part of “Just Like Us”, help bring more smiles in the communities.
Community programs are an effective way of team building, and grooming of leadership skills among employees
Management
Team Work
Community Champions
_Po1 Leaders
Creating new leaders and facilitating team work through Po1
HCL Gurukul (Youth Centers)
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INVESTING IN YOUTH
Professional training and opportunities to show the talent in HCL events.
Objectives: To promote awareness amongst less privileged children and youth about the opportunities for growth available to them. All the below programs are designed to bridge the gap in opportunities between rural, semi-urban and urban areas
After-school tuitions are conducted to excel well in their studies
Motivational classes are conducted for improvement in academics and coping with exam stress
Counselling services are offered for youth with stress, family issues, youth addicted to drugs and also behavioural problems
Courses like basic computer applications, soft skills, home care, nursing, tailoring & retail are offered through which the youths are employed
Access to computer education and training .
After-school Coaching
Mentoring
Psycho-Social Support
Skill Development
Sports, Arts & Culture
IT labs
28,900+Youth in the age group 13-20 years benefitted from “after-school” programs
595 Youths have been rehabilitated from drug, tobacco and alcohol addiction
1,350 students access Math Labs
100%pass ratio in all HCLT youth centers
Unique Youth Development Programs
After-School Coaching
WhatProviding tuition services for the less privileged children in slums
HowDuring evenings, 7 days a week, from 5.00-7.00 pm and night studies from 8.00-12.00 am
WhoThrough a community member with educational knowledge. Paid and monitored by HCL Foundation.
Impact
Over 28, 900 beneficiaries through evening tuitions, Increased scores in in public exams and broke UNICEF record by maintaining 100% attendance in schools .
Digital Literacy Programme
• Computer education support and internet connectivity through IT labs
• Volunteers conduct regular sessions in MS Office and other important digital skills like using the internet for information sourcing and expansion of knowledge.
• Around 18,970 students are being covered under the digital literacy program so far.
Bridge School
• What – School drop-outs from slums identified, provided after-school coaching and placed in these schools,
• Impact- 300 students benefitted
• Rehabilitating boys and girls in Juvenile Homes
• Vigil Camps – Dawn-to-dusk vigil camps to cover youths in slums affected by alcohol/ drugs abuse
• 595 youths rehabilitated from drug/alcohol addiction
• Rehabilitation Workshops
1,200 youths covered under various workshops
• Street theatre performance by youths helped to create awareness to 30,000+ members of the public on Dengue, sanitation, Alcoholism etc.
Rehabilitation
Unique Youth Development Programs
Life Skills Training
Life Skills Training (Focus on adolescences issues, required life skill, relationships, nutrition and awareness on HIV/AIDS)
100 HCL volunteers were trained by UNICEF on life skill development through TOT model
Over 3,200 youths trained so far
Rural Education & Capacity Building
What - Providing educational support for the children in the rural Karnataka
How - Provide 400 computers to 30 schools with CDs containing academic syllabus, Educating the teachers on the basics of computers, Mentoring Program, Life Skill Training, Vocational Training, Spoken English and Library support
Who - By Tumkur Science Center, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Tumkur Education Department and HCL Volunteers
Impact – 5,000 children equipped with IT education and largely motivated to perform well in studies
Bright Scholarships
An annual scholarship for providing educational support to children of our extended support staff who have scored more than 60% from Class 1 to 12.
In FY 2013-2014, this programme has supported more than 300 families by helping them provide quality education for their children.
So far 550 familiies supported
Training in Arts, Sports
To encourage special talents. Around 1500 children have performed in various public
events including the HCL’s Annual Spring Fest over 2013-14.
The best performers are awarded scholarships to pursue professional coaching.
HCL Yuvakendra
Skill training & job creation
Short term training in specific skills including computer skills, aptitude, communication, customer relations, etc.
Mentoring and training the students in soft skills and personality development.
In FY 2013-2014, around 800 youths have been trained in various skills and 640 youths have been placed on jobs
Eligible candidates are absorbed into HCL workforce through special recruitment drives & career fairs in the communities.
Digital literacy programme
To help close the IT skills gap in communities, by enabling disadvantaged persons the ability to access technology and training, enabling opportunities to become economically active.
Computer education support and internet connectivity through IT labs have helped instil an interest for computers in the minds of the children and youth.
Volunteers conduct regular sessions in MS Office and other important digital skills like using the internet for information sourcing and expansion of knowledge.
Around 18,970 students are being covered under the digital literacy program so far.
Sustainable Livelihood Programs
Prison project
Sanitary Napkin Manufacturing Unit set up
in Puzhal Central Prison
50,000 sanitary napkins produced by
prisoners and sold to the Govt of TN
HCL Foundation has funded the project
from its inception in June (setting up the
manufacturing unit and procuring
machinery) while training and support is
being provided by SHG partner.
Over 300 inmates have benefited from
the project so far,
VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND KIOSKS IN HCL
Vocational training to marginalised women from Madanpur
Khadar slum and Hoshiarpur Village in Noida
Training in tailoring and embroidery skills, dye-making, lamps,
candles, etc. and also selling, marketing and negotiation skills, to
enable them to become self-reliant and self-sustainable in life.
Kiosks in HCL cafeterias to sell products
300 women benefited
Nurture the future women empowerment programme
Providing livelihood sustainability for women and girls through career
development and creating job opportunities, entrepreneurial training
and formation of self-help groups,
Workshops and training programmes in career skills and essential life
skills, including personality development, goal setting, effective
communication, SWOT Analysis, motivation, etc,
Around 2,200 women within the age group of 15-30 years trained
Empowering girl children and women
Advocacy CampaignAge: 6 to 16 yrs.
Over 77,000 children covered.
HCL Gurukul11 to 18 yrs.
HCLT Youth Center focuses on education, sports, arts and culture training. Soft skill training and personality development classes are conducted periodically
Nurture the Future18 to 40 yrs “Nurture the Future” training to 2,290 women and 685 young women helped with sustainable livelihood opportunities 136 facilitated with jobs through HCL vendors
Recreational activities and health camps Old Age Homes
Every three months our HCL volunteers visit old age homes and give food and nutrition and organize recreational activities.
Safe Childhood ----> Facilitating Right to Education ----> Enabling a dignified life
Community giving
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WhatDevelopment of persons with mental disabilities through rehabilitation, nurturing talent and skills through training
HowBi-weekly visit by HCL volunteers who organize these programs and training
WhoBanyan Home for Destitute Women and HCL volunteers
Impact500 beneficiaries from Banyan Shelter Homes
220 women rehabilitated
Kind People Happy City Program (KPHC)
Sustainable Development of Supply Chain
Educating support staffs and third party vendors on their rights, safety and welfare
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Just Like Us (As Care Givers)
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Focus: Sections of society which require human care for
betterment of life
3150 orphaned kids, 750 needy persons covered
under food security programs
Through Social Recycling project, used clothes, toys, books & stationary items, donated to
60,000 beneficiaries
17,105+ litres of blood donated by
HCLites; 8500 beneficiaries reached through health camps
500 persons (with mental illness & homeless)
covered through various programs including
volunteering at shelter homes
Micro Nutrient Support for children/ persons with
terminal illness (HIV/AIDS, Cancer, TB) - 517
beneficiaries covered
900+ differently abled persons
benefitted through counselling
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Friend in Need (For HCL’s Extended Families)
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Focus: Supply chain community including house
keeping, cafeteria, and security staff, and cab
drivers
Fun day for the staff & families during the month of May every
year
Grievance / Harassment reporting
channels
Teach at Office(Soft skills & motivational
sessions) 1,925 staff covered with around 7 of
them pursuing higher education now
2,500 trained on prevention of sexual
harassment
Bright scholarship (Grants for the children's education;
500 children/year)320 in 2013
Target 2014 - 400
Training for Cab Drivers - Over
2,000+ covered
Advocacy
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Rights, Safety and Welfare of Children
An Intensive campaign which helps create awareness on child sexual harassment and abuse . Over 77,000 children covered.
Safety and Wellbeing of Girls
▪ 2,110 women have been trained through self-defense workshops
▪ 1,990 women were covered through various health camps and awareness programmes in the slums across India
Environment
▪ 6,435 saplings have been planted by HCLites and students of our HCL Gurukuls
▪ 200 kgs of plastic wastes have been collected during various waste collection drives
▪ 68 awareness camps were held to sensitize people on various environmental issues
Awards and Recognitions
• NHRDN Award for Case Study on “Enhancing Education Quality and Development of Youth in Urban Slums and Rural Areas through HCL Gurukul“ – July 2014
• Global Sustainability Leadership Award 2014 for Best Community Action – February 2014
• CRY Child Rights Awards 2013 – “Best Employee Engagement Award” hails HCL’s Power of One as the most impactful employee engagement program to address Child Rights issue – December 2013
• Amity CSR Awards 2013 – Exemplary Contribution to the field of CSR - December 2013
• Asian Sustainability Award for the year 2011-2012
• Asia-Pacific Enterprise Leadership Award for CSR
• Social Innovator Award presented by Youth Exnora International for the year 2012-2013,
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Power of One continues to
be a powerful tool in
enabling HCLites to act on
the issues they care about
and to become valuable
agents of change in making
the world a better place to
live in…