ISR-Individual Social Responsibility

Cause: - Woman Empowerment

Name of the NGO:- Care India

PRIN. L. N. WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH

YEAR OF SUBMISSION: 2017

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 Table of contents
Page No.
Sr. No. Particular

1 Introduction to Social Responsibility 4

Corporate Social responsibility 5

Individual Social responsibility 6

2. NGOs working towards the Cause Women Empowerment 7-10

3. NGO- CARE India

Vision & Mission 11

About CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) 12

About CARE India 13-14

The areas in which Care India is deals 15

Health 16-19

Education 20-22

Livelihood 23-28

Disaster preparedness and response 29-30

Gender equity and diversity 31

Where CARE India Works

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Partnership with CARE India 33

How we can involve with CARE India 34-35

Board of Directors and management team 36-38

Donors to CARE India 39-40

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 Conclusion
4. 41

Bibliography & Webliography

5. 42

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 Social Responsibility
Introduction
Social responsibility is a combination of two words, social and responsibility its means
simple it is a responsibility of an individual or a business organisation towards society. Social
responsibility is a duty every individual has to perform so as to maintain a balance between
the economy and the ecosystems. In other words social responsibility is an obligation of an
individual or an organisation towards the welfare and interest of a society.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

Being Socially Responsible means that people and organisations must behave ethically and
with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Striving for
social responsibility helps individuals, organisations and governments have a positive impact
on development, business and society with a positive contribution to bottom-line results.

Social responsibility may be defined in two major types

Corporate social responsibility

Individual social responsibility

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 Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Corporate social responsibility is also known as CSR. It is a company's sense of
responsibility towards the community and environment (both ecological and social) in which
it operates. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to business practices involving
initiatives that benefit society. A business's CSR can encompass a wide variety of tactics,
from giving away a portion of a company's proceeds to charity, to implementing "greener"
business operations.

There are a few broad categories of social responsibility that many of today's businesses are
practicing:

1. Environmental efforts: One primary focus of corporate social responsibility is

the environment. Businesses regardless of size have a large carbon footprint. Any steps they
can take to reduce those footprints are considered both good for the company and society as a
whole.

2. Philanthropy: Businesses also practice social responsibility by donating to national and local
charities. Businesses have a lot of resources that can benefit charities and local community
programs.

3. Ethical labour practices: By treating employees fairly and ethically, companies can also
demonstrate their corporate social responsibility. This is especially true of businesses that
operate in international locations with labour laws that differ from those in the United States.

4. Volunteering: Attending volunteer events says a lot about a company's sincerity. By doing
good deeds without expecting anything in return, companies are able to express their concern
for specific issues and support for certain organizations.

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Individual social responsibility (ISR)

Individual social responsibility also knows as ISR. It is responsibility of an individual toward

society. The ISR concept is as old as The Golden Rule Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you. ISR promotes a proactive stance towards positively influencing and
affecting the people and environment in and around ones immediate circle.

"The individual social responsibility includes the engagement of each person towards the
community where he lives, which can be expressed as an interest towards whats happening
in the community, as well as in the active participation in the solving of some of the local
problems. Under community we understand the village, the small town or the residential
complex in the big city, where lives every one of us. Each community lives its own life that
undergoes a process of development all the time. And every one of us could take part in that
development in different ways, for example by taking part in cleaning of the street on which
he lives, by taking part in organization of an event, connected with the history of the town or
the village or by rendering social services to children without parents or elderly people. The
individual social responsibility also could be expressed in making donations for significant
for the society causes social, cultural or ecological. There are many ways of donating, as for
example donating of goods or donating money through a bank account or online"

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 NGOs working toward women right and women
empowerment

1. (Based in New Delhi)

Purpose: - Work for women health and empowerment

Sama addresses the need to develop the broader understanding of womens health through
physical, social and political environments and to initiate interventions that enable and
empower them to control these factors. They conduct awareness drives, working with
adolescent girls to enhance their self-confidence, sensitize women to address their unequal
and exploitative arrangements and relationships, research and document issues critical to
womens health and build a consensus to get to the police.

2. Smile Foundation (Based in New Delhi)

Purpose: - Childe education, healthcare in rural villages and women empowerment
Since 2002, Smile Foundation has been working on ensuring education for children,
livelihood for the youth, healthcare in rural villages and urban slums, women empowerment
and sensitization of the privileged masses.

It is an NGO which applies successful business strategies to social ventures. Its popularity is
unparalleled.

3. (Based in New Delhi)

Purpose:- Work for women right and empowerment

CREA works towards a theory of change through building the self-confidence, leadership,
and knowledge of women and girls about their sexuality and human rights, and creating
feminist platforms to challenge oppressive norms and power structures. It also provides
technical assistance to the fellow NGOs, donor agencies and other institutions through
strategic planning, legal and other trainings, design, planning and implementation.

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4. Multiple Action Research Group (New Delhi)
Purpose- Work for empowerment of the vulnerable and the marginalized, women, children,
persons with disabilities

Multiple Actions Research Group. MARG works for the legal empowerment of the
vulnerable and the marginalized, women, children, persons with disabilities, dalits, the poor,
etc. MARG works towards its mottos through legal awareness drives, necessary legal
assistance and advocacy, capacity building and policy development.

5. SNEHALAYA (Based in Maharashtra)

Purpose- Work for women to provide rehabilitation to infant girls rejected by their families
and provides shelter to women and children

Snehalaya is an NGO in Maharashtra which works for female infanticide and feticide. It
provides rehabilitation to infant girls rejected by their families and provides shelter to women
and children in distress, among other efforts. It also provides immediate medical aid to new-
born girls abandoned on the roads or in garbage dumps. It has a shelter home for women and
children that provides short-time lodging, counselling and vocational training.

6. PRAYATN

Purpose- Provide education, skill development with special focus on girl child and women
Prayatn means an EFFORT, an effort towards development of the disadvantaged sections of
the society. Established in 1991 and registered as a public charitable trust since 1992. It was
setup with the objective of empowering the marginalized by building up their capabilities for
a decent, dignified and independent life. Participation of community in developmental
projects, strengthening community structures, building the capacities of its staff and
beneficiaries and collaboration and networking for resource mobilization with other partner
NGOs and individuals, donors, funding organizations, briefly sums up all its activities.

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7. Pardada Pardadi Educational Society

Purpose- Teaching girls the value that allows them to become economically dependent
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society is a non-profit organisation based in Anoopshahr,
Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India, dedicated to the academic, economic and social
empowerment of girls and women in this poor area of the country.

Pardada Pardadi translates into English as great grand parents. The phrase Pardada Pardadi
is used as an analogy for the ancient Indian wisdom of knowledge and education which helps
in the full blossoming of an individual.

8. Nanhi Kali (Based in Mumbai)

Purpose- Provides quality education to girls children from economical disadvantages

fanilies.

Project Nanhi Kali is a non-governmental organisation that supports education for

underprivileged girls. Founded by Anand Mahindra in 1996, it is jointly managed by the
Naandi Foundation and the KC Mahindra Education Trust, which is part of the corporate
social responsibility activities of the Mahindra Group. Currently, Project Nanhi Kali supports
over 57,000 students.

9. Deepalaya (Based in New Delhi)

Purpose: Working on issues affecting the poor with special focus on women and children.

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Deepalaya is the largest operating non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Indias national
capital state Delhi, working on issues affecting the development of the urban and rural poor
in India, with a special focus on children. Deepalayas official motive for its existence and
work is the slogan Every child deserves a chance.

10 CARE India (Based in New Delhi)

Purpose: Focus on ending poverty and social injustice by empowering poor girl and
women.

CARE has been working in India for over 65 years focusing on ending poverty, through
programmes in health, education, livelihoods & Disaster preparedness. CARE India helps
alleviate poverty and social exclusion by facilitating empowerment of women and girls from
poor and marginalised communities.

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 Care India

Vision-
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome
and people live in dignity and security.

Mission-
CARE India helps alleviate poverty and social exclusion by facilitating empowerment of
women and girls from poor and marginalised communities.

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About CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere);-

Care is a major international humanitarian agency, formerly known as Cooperative for

American Remittances to Europe). Founded in 1945, CARE is non-sectarian, impartial,
and non-governmental. It is one of the largest and oldest humanitarian aid organizations
focused on fighting global poverty. In 2014, CARE reported working in 90 countries,
supporting 880 poverty-fighting projects and humanitarian aid projects, and reaching over 72
million people.

CARE's programmes in the developing world address a broad range of topics including
emergency response, food security, water and sanitation, economic development, climate
change, agriculture, education, and health. CARE also advocates at the local, national, and
international levels for policy change and the rights of poor people. Within each of these
areas, CARE focuses particularly on empowering and meeting the needs of women and girls
and promoting gender equality.

CARE International is a confederation of fourteen CARE National Members, each of which

is registered as an autonomous non-profit non-governmental organization in the country. The
fourteen CARE National Members are CARE Australia, CARE Canada, CARE Danmark,
CARE Deutschland-Luxembourg, CARE France, CARE India, CARE International Japan,
CARE Nederland, CARE Norge, CARE sterreich, Raks Thai Foundation (CARE Thailand),
CARE International UK, CARE USA, and CARE Peru. Programs in developing countries are
usually managed by a Country Office, but CARE also supports projects and may respond to
emergencies in some countries where they do not maintain a full Country Office.

CARE has been working in India for over 65 years with the vision of ending poverty and social
injustice.

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About Care India;-

CARE came to India in June, 1946 when one of its co-founder, Lincoln Clark, signed the CARE
Basic Agreement in New Delhi at the Office of Foreign Affairs. The agreement was limited to
contributions of technical books and scientific equipment for universities and research institutes.

In November 1949, the first Chief of Mission, Melvin Johnson, arrived in India to establish
operations. Subsequently on the invitation of the then President of India, he developed a CARE India
Food Package that caused a renegotiation of the CARE Agreement to include importation of food
through Indo-CARE Agreement on 6 March 1950. The CARE Office during 1950s in Delhi was a
hutment (a long, thin building) located in Janpath, Connaught Place. At one end of the building was
the Australian High Commission to India (A.K.A. Embassy). At the other end was the Delhi Press.
CARE was sandwiched between the two in a two-room office. The Government of India (GOI) rented
the space to us for 50 rupees per month, approximately $10. The CARE office consisted of the office
manager, the secretary, two clerks, a messenger, and a driver. CARE India had three additional
offices and warehouses in India located in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta each office administered
by an Indian national. The initial programmes those days included assistance to educational
institutions, relief camps and assistance to hospitals in form of books, laboratory equipments, tools
supplies etc. When the Mid-Day Meal (MDM - school lunch) program started in 1960, state offices
were established and the staff in Delhi and state offices increased. Since 1960s CARE has been
supporting governments school feeding programs. CARE has been providing nutritious food for the
beneficiaries of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) on the request of GOI since 1982.
CARE supported the Government's ICDS in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. In 1998-99 the quantum of food support in India
was worth Rupees 300 crores. The respective state governments had contributed towards the
administrative cost so that CARE carried these programs smoothly in their respective states. As a part
of support from USAID, CARE implemented a long term project named Integrated Nutrition and
Health Project (INHP) from 1996 till 2010 and reached to about 1297 blocks in nine major states of
India. Recognized worldwide for its contribution in disaster response and rehabilitation operations,
CARE in India has supported the efforts of Government of India and individual state governments as
and when major disasters occurred in the country. CARE has provided relief to several natural
disasters since 1966 with Jammu and Kashmir floods 2014 and Hud Hud in Andhra Pradesh being the
most recent. Some of our efforts include response to flood relief in West Bengal in 1979, cyclone in
Andhra Pradhesh in 1977 and in 1996, and earthquake relief in Latur, Maharashtra in 1993, and
Odisha super cyclone in 1999. The list of our efforts to bring smiles back on the faces of those who
lost all hopes during disasters is long. CARE India has made a considerable shift in its programming
approach over the years. From direct service provision to enabling poor and vulnerable groups, CARE
India has evolved into a rights-based organisation in order to address underlying causes of poverty.
Our focus is explicitly on the well-being, social position and rights of women and girls from tribal and
Dalit communities (Key Population). CARE Indias current Programme approach stems from a
redrawn vision, under which, working with partners on projects has been overlapped with holistic,
long term, deep impact programmes that work directly with key populations to ensure that the root
causes of poverty and marginalisation of people, particularly poor women and girls, are tackled
strategically and collaboratively. While CARE India believes they have a lot to feel proud of, they

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also recognise that today in India, there are more absolute poor and malnourished than it was 65 years
ago! Recognising that CARE India continues its transition seeking more appropriate paradigms of
development to ensure that they remain a catalyst for change and contribute towards seeking a world
of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and
security.

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The areas in which Care India is deals:-

Health

Education

Livelihood

Disaster preparedness and response

Gender equity and diversity

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 Health

The health intervention of CARE India is aimed at ensuring long term positive impact within
the marginalised population, especially women and girls. The Key approaches were
strengthening Governments healthcare delivery system, facility interventions including
clinical care and detailed clinical mentoring, and outreach-based interventions like training
healthcare workers, name-based tracking of key services such as immunization and family
planning, and capacity building of community representatives, among others.

CARE India Health programmes

Sustainable Education and Health Among Tribals (SEHAT)

Location: Sidhi and Shahdol districts of Madhya Pradesh (MP)

The project is targeting women and children (target groups include children below 3 years of
age, between 3 and 6 years of age, eligible for primary school and women of reproductive
age) from 500 villages in 2 of the poorest and underserved districts in MP, Sidhi and Shahdol.
The rationale for selecting these districts is the fact that they possess some of the lowest
development indicators (health, education and income) in the state. The goal is to improve
nutrition and health status of women and children and enable access to quality education for
children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Scheduled Castes (SC) in these 500 villages.

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 The objectives are:

Strengthen the system that addresses malnutrition with utmost emergency

Improve quality in pre-primary and primary education that increases enrolment and
attendance
Improve access to livelihood options

The role of CARE India in this project is to build capacities of government front-line
functionaries and their supervisors for effective service delivery and to facilitate social
mobilization processes. CARE India is also responsible for Inter-departmental and multi-
stakeholder convergence. CARE India is working towards strengthening governance
processes and quality service delivery through various government systems at blocks and
district levels. CARE India also focusses on improving the conditions by which children
(especially girls) are able to access quality education. This is done by providing technical and
capacity-building support to schools and other related state institutions at different levels, for
improved school educational processes. Another important role is to link and leverage
ongoing schemes and programs sponsored by the government.

Treatment, adherence and follow up of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

(MDR-TB)

Location: West Bengal

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 The project supported by Eli Lilly & Company India Private Limited, aims to expand
contribution of efforts to improve Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients
outcomes through provision of personalized MDR-TB patient education and counselling,
follow up and support for treatment adherence and completion. The goal of the project is to
support Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) to decrease the morbidity
and mortality caused by tuberculosis, MDR-TB and HIV co-infection in West Bengal in
India. The objectives of the project are to:

Support patients through psychosocial counselling at the DR TB (Drug Resistant TB) site;
special attention is given to illiterate, Adivasi, Dalit communities and women patients
Build capacity of community based DOT providers on counselling skills with special focus
on Dalit and Adivasi women
Organize patient provider meetings at TU/district level and create a platform for interaction
between all kinds of patients and service providers

BRIDDHI

Location: West Bengal

This project is implemented by CARE India to curb malnutrition. The project is ensuring
improvement in the nutritional status among severely malnourished children through growth
monitoring, Behaviour Change Communication, strengthening Health (including treatment)
and Nutrition service delivery system. Along with this, the project is also working towards
improving the nutritional status among severely malnourished children through adoption by
civil society members; coordinating access to and providing appropriate counselling, referral
and treatment services. The goal is reduction in malnutrition among 3-6 years aged children.

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 The project objectives are to:

Improve the nutritional status among severely malnourished children through growth
monitoring, behavior change communication, strengthening health ( including treatment) and
nutrition ( including Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre) service delivery system
Improve the nutritional status among severely malnourished children through adoption by
civil society members, coordinate access to and or providing appropriate counselling, referral
and treatment services

Enhancing Mobile Populations Access to HIV & AIDS Services,

Information & Support (EMPHASIS)

Location: Delhi NCR, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra

The EMPHASIS project aims to influence national and regional policies relating to safe
mobility through evidence generated regionally. A Regional Secretariat is based in Nepal to
provide overall programme direction and day to day oversight of country level programme
teams in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The project is approved for implementation in India,
Nepal and Bangladesh along the following two routes with high mobility rates:

From Accham and Kanchanpur in Western Nepal to Delhi NCR and Mumbai in India

From Jessore and Satkira in Bangladesh to Kolkata in India

The goal is to reduce the vulnerabilities of 500,000 migrants and families and enhance their
wellbeing with regard to financial, physical, health and psychosocial outcomes.

The project defines four objectives:

To enhance safe migration processes at selected origin, transit and destinations

To empower migrants, especially women migrants and their families, to access services

To reduce the vulnerability of migrants (individuals and their families) to HIV and TB in
Bangladesh, India and Nepal

To generate evidence and knowledge to enhance a supportive policy environment for

migrants

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 Education
Education is the key to empowering women and girls, which helps bring about social
equality. Girls education programme works on improving lives and providing opportunities
for girls and women through increased participation in formal and alternative education
systems. The program builds on innovative pilot projects and strategic partnerships developed
by CARE over the last decade. CARE works closely with government-run schools and the
different levels within the Government. CARE works to help girls complete primary
education and access formal schools through accelerated learning methodology and provide
academic support to enhance the quality of learning. CARE Indai also help nurture leadership
skills amongst girls and offer alternative education opportunities for women and girls who
have never been enrolled or have dropped out early from school.

CARE India girls education programmes

Girls Leadership Initiatives (GLI)

Location: UP, Bihar and Odisha

The main thrust of the initiative remains on providing opportunities and platforms for
developing leadership skills so that the girls could raise their voices and help others. It works
at two levels, one at the Model Cluster schools and the other at the community level.

At the Model Cluster schools, girls' leadership is augmented by inputs from leadership
coordinators who ensure that the girls have leadership opportunities in co-curricular activities
in the school. Village level volunteers focus on leadership initiatives in the communities with
girls who have been out of school. The day to day activities at the community level are being
facilitated by volunteers from the same village.

Early Childhood Development (ECD)

Location: Chhattisgarh

ECD is a project of CARE India, which is a part of the ICDS Programme. The ICDS is the
largest initiative of the Government of India (GoI) with a mandate of providing holistic
services to young children for Pre-School Education, Health and immunisation at Anganwadi
Centers (AWCs). The period of early childhood represents the most significant and
demanding stage in the developmental continuum of an individual. The first 0 to 6 years of a
childs life are globally acknowledged to be the most critical years as the pace of
development is extremely rapid. GEP has been actively operational in implementing
programmes for ECCE.

This project is utilizing the 5x5 Model developed by CARE. This model integrates five
technical areas of intervention (Food and Nutrition, Child Development, Health, Economic
Strengthening and Child Rights and Protection) with five major layers of intervention (Child,

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 Caregiver and Family, Childcare Setting, Community and National Policy).
The objectives of ECD project are to:

Strengthen ECD component of ICDS focusing on health and psychosocial wellbeing of

children
Promote understanding, skills and capabilities of mothers, caregivers, workers, stakeholders
and the community to meet the cognitive, socio-emotional and physical development needs
of the children below the age of 6 years during the early childhood years (prenatal, birth to 3
years and 3-6 years)
Enhance skills and competences of functionaries in effective implementation of ECD

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)

Location: Uttar Pradesh (UP)

KGBVs are special residential schools started by the government under the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyaan (SSA) umbrella program, for older girls from socially disadvantaged communities
who were never enrolled in or had to drop out of primary school. The overall goal of the
proposed project, operational through CARE India, is to enhance teacher capacity and policy
implementation for all 746 KGBV schools in UP and improve the quality of teaching and
learning in KGBVs. CARE India provides training in mathematics, computers and language
studies to addresses knowledge and skill gaps, and encourages schools to adopt more
inclusive methods of instruction.

The objectives of the project are to:

Develop a state level training module

Train teachers from all KGBVs
Develop a group of master trainers within SSA
Inform state level policy instruments and provide guidelines for operationalising KGBVs
Systematise review and planning of KGBVs at state level

Udaan

Location: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Haryana

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'Udaan which literally means flight is a part of CARE Indias efforts to ensure education
for girls of marginalized groups. CARE India with the help of local NGOs has been
managing Udaan project in the states of Uttar Pradesh (Hardoi district), Bihar (Madhubani
district), Odisha (Mayurbhanj district) and Haryana (Mewat district near Delhi).

While CARE India implements Udaan in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar in partnership with
local NGOs, it has a corporate partner in Haryana SRF Foundation. The camp provides
learning opportunity to out-of-school girls every year. These girls are in the age group of 11-
14 years and have either dropped out or never gone to school. With Udaan, they get an
opportunity to break the vicious cycle of illiteracy and complete Class 5 level primary
education in a period of 11 months a successful example of accelerated learning approach.

Adolescent Girls' Learning Centre (AGLC)

Location: Kutch, Gujarat

AGLCs have been setup in Kutch region of Gujarat to ensure continuation of education for
never enrolled and dropout girls. These alternative centres of education empower adolescent
girls through teaching literacy and numeracy skills up to primary level, provide them life
skills through introduction of various activities like assembly, bicycle riding, various sport
activities and exposure visits.

Fun filled annual cultural and sport fiesta provides an opportunity to demonstrate their skills
and self-confidence. Vocational skills imparted at AGLCs help the girls in taking a step
towards economic independence.

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 Livelihood
CARE Indias livelihood program encompasses a range of innovative initiatives that help
women build secure and resilient livelihoods and climb out of poverty permanently. CARE
India is committed to empower women from marginalised communities to have greater
access to and control over economic resources and their lives.

CARE India livelihood programmes focuses on generating sustainable livelihoods. This is

done through capacity building, fostering community links and promoting small businesses.
CARE India puts special focus on entrepreneurial ventures, which are owned by women.
CARE through its livelihood programmes promotes microfinance, Self Help Groups, capacity
building and small businesses. It also fosters linkages between community collectives and
financial institutions. CARE also focuses on improving the literacy, numeracy and critical
thinking skills to promote sustainable livelihoods.

CARE India Livelihood programmes

1. Name of the Project: Evolving a Women-centered Model of Extension of Improved Cook

Stoves for Sustained Adoption at Scale (BACHAT) SWITCH ASIA - II

Geography:
Jashpur in Chhattisgarh and Kalahandi & Kandhamal in Odisha
Project Villages: 107 nos.

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Project background:

CARE Indias SWITCH-Asia II ICS initiative is an attempt to set up a Women-Centered

Extension Model for Adoption of ICS among Forest Dependent Households (FDHs). The
project seeks to increase the adoption of sustainable lifestyles among FDHs in the Indian
States of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Both Chhattisgarh and Odisha states have a substantial
poor and tribal population (Chhattisgarh- poor 45% and tribal 31%; Odisha- poor 36% and
tribal 23%) who are largely forest dependent. Forests in these states are the main source of
fuel wood for cooking for around 19 million residents.

The project adopts an incremental approach to increase the awareness of women on clean
energy options for household use, facilitate acquisition of ICS financial and technical inputs,
and influence men and other stakeholders in the ICS ecosystem in being supportive of
womens endeavours for clean energy transition. The project is supporting the women to test
ICS options against parameters like device functionality, affordability, smokelessness, ease
of use and other individual and FDH preferences and take an informed decision. SHG
members are engaged as Sustainable Household Energy (SHE)-Champions to lead testing
and facilitate adoption of ICS by FDHs. The SHGs participating in the project are running
SHE-Schools along the lines of the Farmer Field School (FFS) methodology for women-
empowering extension of ICS.

The project is being implemented by CARE India and CARE France, and is funded by the
European Union (EU).

Overall Objective:
To promote sustainable adoption of Improved Cook Stoves as a clean cooking energy
solution among 10,000 FDHs, through a combination of capacity building, collectivization,
market development, and multi-stakeholder engagement actions.

Project Reach

The project is directly engaging with:

10,000 women from FDHs

381 womens collectives (i.e. Self Help Groups)
2,000 men from FDHs and
100 ICS Value Chain (VC) actors (e.g. financiers, ICS manufacturers and suppliers,
distributors, retailers, field technicians)

2. INDIA: STRENGTHENING PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENT TO,

AND PRACTICE OF, THE WOMENS EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES
(WEPS)

Location: New Delhi

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 The Womens Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of principles for businesses, which
offers guidance on how to empower women in the work-place, market-place and community.
The goal of the project is to reduce discrimination and inequity towards women in Indian
companies by promoting gender equitable policies and practices. The project emphasises on
two priority thematic areas: Discrimination against Women and Business and Human Rights.

The project objectives are to:

Mainstream the WEPs into work around the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) and
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles and framework
Increase business awareness of the importance of respecting womens rights in business
operations through dialogue and with a business action plan
Create and promote institutional grievance mechanisms for women working with companies
by assessing and reforming law and policies of business enterprise that impact womens
rights, mitigate risks related to violence against women brought by businesses, provide
remedial measures where violations have taken place and involve in advocacy with state
regulatory institutions

3. KLEAP

KLEAP is a partnership between CARE and Cargill. The project aims at improving the
quality of education and economic development focusing on agriculture, animal husbandry
and micro-finance in the most backward blocks of Kutch district of Gujrat.

KLEAPs integrated package of solutions brought about a sustainable improvement in the

productivity of land and cattle, bettered locals business prospects, and helped them develop

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 and run self-managed systems in agriculture, micro-economics, womens empowerment and
education.

4.Where the Rain Falls (WtRF)

Location: Jashpur district, Chhatisgarh

Changing weather patterns, including less predictable seasons and increasingly erratic
rainfall, is one of the most important but least understood impacts of global climate change.
Long term and seasonal weather patterns are critical to the viability of many natural resource
dependent livelihoods. Climate change affects nearly all aspects of food security, from
production and availability, to the stability of food supplies, access to and utilisation of food.
The WtRF initiative started as a research in Janjgir Champa district with the overall goal to
enhance the capacity of governments' and civil society organizations' at all levels, as well as
the private sector, to better understand and effectively address the relationship between
changing weather patterns, food security and human mobility in the worlds most vulnerable
countries.

The project's specific objectives were to understand:

Rainfall variability, its patterns and their impact on people and their livelihoods
The most important mechanisms and institutions which support people to safeguard their
food security
Migration as a coping mechanism and major variables affecting migration

In January 2013, CARE India commenced the CBA phase in 20 villages of Jashpur district of
Chhattisgarh. The main issue being addressed in this phase is resilience of Adivasi women to
shocks and stresses in context of water availability problems, owing to climate change. The
specific objectives of the CBA project being implemented are as follows:

To improve capabilities of Adivasi women to adapt to and cope with the stresses and shocks,
especially due to water related problems, affecting their livelihoods, including those induced
by climate variability
To facilitate effective participation of Adivasi women in decision making process related to
water governance
To facilitate the rehabilitation of water structures in at least five villages and establish
mechanisms for their maintenance with active participation of local communities
To enhance capacities of local authorities to be more responsive and transparent in designing
and implementing pro-poor and inclusive policies, programmes and budgets

The goal of the second phase of WtRF, which started in January 2014 is By 2025, 3000
Adivasi women and girls are empowered, participate effectively in governance, and have
enhanced resilience to chronic risks arising out of climate change. The five domains that the
project would work and bring a change in, during this phase, are (i) Capacities, Capabilities
and Self-Esteem (individual and collective) of Adivasi women and girls; (ii) their effective

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 and influential leadership (at multiple levels); (iii) positive attitudes, support and recognition
by others in households, communities and by service providers; (iv) Adivasi women and
girls effective access to and ownership and influence over the use of productive resources,
services and opportunities; and (v) enabling policies, development structures, and institutions.
The focus of phase II interventions is on promoting climate smart agriculture and prudent
management of water, supporting off-farm and non-farm livelihoods to diversify household
income sources, strengthening women leadership, and their equitable and effective
participation in community institutions, to enhance their resilience to shocks and stresses
owing to climate change, human mobility and hunger.

5. Women Leadership in Small and Medium Enterprises (WLSME)

Location: Tamil Nadu

This program is being implemented in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu in India, starting
28th September, 2012 and will be operational till 27thSeptember, 2015. It will promote
women's leadership in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector. It is implemented
by promoting entry and growth of women owned and managed enterprises in the cashew
sector in Tamil Nadu. The goal is to promote women's leadership and sustainable growth of
210 women owned and managed cashew processing SMEs in an enabling environment and
value chain. The objectives are to:

Strengthen skills, capacities and capabilities of women to own and manage sustainable
enterprises (human capital / agency level)
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 Facilitate effective relationships among women entrepreneurs and with value chain actors
(social capital / relations level)
Promote an enabling environment and a more positive attitude and behaviour towards women
entrepreneurs from family members and other stakeholders (external relations / structural
level)

CARE India is responsible for effective relationships among women entrepreneurs and value
chain actors by establishing a network of women entrepreneurs in SMEs involved in cashew
processing, facilitating exchange of information and support among women entrepreneurs
and facilitating linkages with key actors in value chain. CARE India is also promoting an
enabling environment and a more positive attitude and behaviour among women
entrepreneurs.

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 Disaster preparedness and response
CARE India considers disaster preparedness and response as a critical aspect of its
organisational mandate and has a Disaster Preparedness and response Strategy in place.
CARE India also maintains Emergency Response team at National and state levels in the
country to be able to make timely decisions while deploying trained team members and of
relief items stocks during emergencies.

CARE India helps to reach out to five million people from high-risk disaster-prone areas
through humanitarian assistance and disaster preparedness interventions, focusing on the
needs and rights of vulnerable women and girls from the marginalized communities.

1. Jammu and Kashmir Flood Response

CARE India is the first relief organisation that has reached us. Till date, no one has come to
provide any relief to us. We are thankful to all the members of CARE India - Mr. Gayan
Chand, Sarpanch, Androlla Panchayat, Rajouri.

Incessant rains due to heavy monsoons, cloud bursts and over flowing rivers caused
unprecedented floods resulting in extensive damage to life and property in Jammu and
Kashmir.

As the severe flood situation in Jammu & Kashmir unfolded, it was apparent that such an
occurrence has not happened in the last 60 years in the state. The situation rose to alarming
proportions with over 200 lives lost by the end of September 2014, and 3500 villages
affected, out of which 450 were completely submerged. More than 10 million people were
affected in 15 districts.

CARE India responded quickly to these critical situations on the ground, distributing food
items and water, which were followed by survival kits which contained:

Hygiene kits
Tarpaulin
Mats
Blankets
Solar Lamps

CARE India work closely with the government and district administration, peers and other
agencies, not only to provide immediate relief, but also long-term rehabilitation and recovery
support.

CARE has been responding to humanitarian emergencies in India for more than 60 years,
including the Tsunami, Bhuj and J&K earthquakes, Uttarakhand floods and many more, on a
yearly basis, providing relief and rehabilitation to those affected by such catastrophes.

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2. Andhra Pradesh (AP) Flood Response

The overall goal of the project was rehabilitation of the flood affected families in the two
worst affected districts of Mehbubnagar and Kurnool. The purpose of the project was to
restore the destroyed houses and livelihoods of the affected families. The proposed project
included a package of interventions focused on reconstruction of disaster resilient
houses/homes and income generating and sustaining livelihoods. Resuming farming activities
that will help increase subsistence consumption, provision of farm equipment, livestock,
micro enterprise initiatives and restoration of some vital productive assets are some of the
crucial rehabilitation interventions proposed.

3. Uttarakhand Flood Response

The devastation in Uttarakhand is far more than expected. Three districts are adversely
affected. Care India reached out about 1000 households with tarpaulins, floor mats, utensil
sets, survival and hygiene kits.

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 Gender equity and diversity
The main objective of CARE India is to address the root cause of gender inequity and work
towards empowering women and girls. CARE India doing a fabulous job in the area of
gender equity and diversity through making people educated.

CARE India generated a flagship document, The Gender Transformative Change Approach,
to facilitate a comprehensive and common understanding around gender. CARE India also
generated a detailed list of Gender Transformative Change (GTC) indicators to measure the
gender transformative change, based on the Strategic Impact Inquiry (SII) Framework of
Womens Empowerment. These indicators are available in the domains of health, livelihoods,
and education and adapted to measure the progress of gender transformation in the projects.

Gender in livelihood programmes- Care Indias livelihood project seek to empower

women through a combination of approaches including capability enhancement, asset
building collectivisation and inclusive value change promotin.

Gender in education- Care India designed a Gender Situation Analysis using a gender
assessment tool for collecting data from 20 school libraries in education project. The learning
showed the only five percent books are around women achievers, and only three percent
books were authored by women.

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 Were CARE India works

CARE India has been working extensively in different parts of India. CARE India work with
grassroots initiatives, state and district governments, communities and individual from all
over the country.

As of now, CARE India is present in 14 states of India. Our head office is in Delhi.

*This map highlights the states in which CARE India is present. These states form three different
Programming Hubs, one focused on the Adivasi long term program, another on the Dalit long term
program, and the third, ie. The Linked Learning Sites, focuses on states which are not a part of
either of the first two hubs.

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 Partnerships with CARE India

CARE India works with a number of corporates. Some of them have been listed below.

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 HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED WITH CARE INDIA

Through Internship

CARE India provides internship opportunities to fresh graduates and post-graduates who
wish to pursue a career in the field of development. The goal of the internship program is to
groom the interns to take up leadership positions in the development space in future while
improving the gender balance in CARE.

Objectives
To provide female graduates and post-graduates the opportunity to apply theoretical concepts
to real life situations

To develop professional skills of interns in areas of their interest

To develop a pool of well-trained women who can successfully compete in the future for
various positions in development organisations

The internship program has a clear focus on female graduates and post-graduates.

Benefits for the Intern

Internship provides individuals the chance to:

Explore different career options in the development sector

Master valuable work-related skills

Develop professional relationships

Obtain work experience

Build a resume within a chosen field

Eligibility
Potential women university graduates are eligible for the internship program. Candidates
should have interest and commitment to work in the development field. Ethnic and religious
diversity is also considered during the selection process.

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Selection Process
Applications are invited for internship program through advertisement. Selection process is
competitive, which includes psychometric test, presentation and panel interview.

Duration
6 months

Through Volunteer

Care India also requires support of volunteers. The volunteer programme with CARE is
thronged as a dedicated service of minimum one month to maximum six months. Care India
believe that to work for social change you need to contribute a substantial amount of time to
understand the needs and cater in the best possible way with your unique skill set. If you want
to volunteer for events and campaigns, the time is minimum one day and maximum a week.

The volunteer opportunities arise across all projects and programmes spread across 14 states
of India in the field of Health, Education, and Livelihoods and during Disaster response, and
also at the time of any emergency and during our events and campaigns.

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 Board of director and management team
Neera Saggi

Neera Saggi is the Board Chair of CARE India. She has held different leadership positions
both within the government and the private sector. She served with the government as an
Indian Administrative Service officer in various sectors including rural and area
development, health, commerce, shipping and ports. Ms Saggi was the first woman to be
elected as the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the oldest
Chamber in the country. She is presently associated with Boards of several companies, non-
profit organizations and associations.

Vinita bali

Vinita Bali is a global business leader with extensive experience in leading large companies,
both in India and overseas. She has worked with eminent multinationals like the Britannia
Industries Ltd., the Coca-Cola Company and the Cadbury Schweppes PLC in a variety of
management roles in the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, Chile, the USA and India. Vinita is
currently pursuing her interests in the development sector. She is a Non-Executive Director
on the global Boards of Syngenta International AG, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
(GAIN) and on the Advisory Board of Cornell Universitys Department of Nutritional
Science.

Yamni Ajyar

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Yamini Aiyar is the Director of the Accountability Initiative (AI) at the Centre for Policy
Research, New Delhi. AI is a research group that focuses on tracking government planning,
budgeting and decision-making systems in key social sector programs, with a view to
strengthen public debate on the issues of governance, institutions and accountability for
public services.

Rajan Bahadur

Mr. Rajan Bahadur is the Managing Director & CEO of CARE India. A graduate from St.
Stephen's College, Delhi, and a post graduate from Kolkata University, Rajan has more than
31 years of professional experience in the field of hospitality, finance, consumer products and
travel related services.

Mathew Cherian

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Mathew Cherian serves full time as Chief Executive of HelpAge India. His previous
assignments include the position of Director at Oxfam UK and India; Programme Director,
South Asia at Plan International; and Country Representative, Charities Aid Foundation.

Rajesh Kumar Bhattacharjee

Rajesh Kumar Bhattacharjee is the Executive Director for Fundraising and Marketing
Communications at CARE India. For nearly two decades, Rajesh has been into non-profit
fundraising and has worked with acclaimed global and national charities such as Amnesty
International, Magic Bus, Room to Read, Indo-German Social Service Society, Hemophilia
Federation of India, and HelpAge India.

R. Devprakash

R. Devprakash, Regional Program Director, Linked Learning Hub, leads CARE Indias
operations in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat. Dev has more than 30 years of
experience in financial and social economic appraisal of MFIs, sub sector analysis, cluster
approach, value chain initiative, and Bottom of Pyramid approach.

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 DONORS TO CARE INDIA

AXA

Australian Consulate

BBC Media Action

Bill and Melinda gate Foundations(BMGF)

Cairn India Limited

GSK Healthcare limited

Independent Television service

Citibank

PepsiCo

Doug Tilden

EROS International Media limited

General mills

GSK Pharmaceuticals Limited

JP Morgan

PRIMARK

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 START Fund

The Hans Foundation

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 Conclusion
In this world everyone have some responsibly. People have responsibly towards their family,
towards their own. But sometimes we forget that we also have some responsibility towards
the society, towards nation where we live. We know that some organisation are doing
fabulous job in helping needy. It is not their job at all. Everyone who is living in this society
have some responsibly towards society, towards the nation.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be

compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be helpful, be responsible because there is a difference between you lived and lived well. We
know that todays we have lack of times we dont have time for yourself too but our little
thing can make other big thing.

There so many NGOs are performing their duties by helping needy. CARE India is one of
them which are contributing continuously toward the nation & towards the society by helping
needy.

To conclude this project I would like to say that, in this world everyone have some
responsibility so be helpful, be responsible. Dont miss the chance to help others because
your little step can change others whole life.

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