Corporate Social Values.
Community Initiatives
We work with local communities to fight immediate challenges negatively impacting the lives of our neighbors.
We apply our competencies, services, and innovations to address key challenges in order to empower people. We participate in a number of community development programmes that fall under the banner of Swachh Bharat Nirmaan, an initiative implemented by the Indian government, to incorporate community outreach into a strategic business plan.
- Eye Care Camps: There are thousands of poor people in rural areas near us who are blind, primarily due to cataract overgrowth. A simple surgery can bring back vision to the eyes of these people. But due to lack of awareness, lack of money, and lack of proper infrastructure, many people still suffer in darkness. We conduct eye operation camps every year in our Falta factory on the premises. Many patients from nearby villages are screened and examined by doctors and provided with free cataract removal surgeries along with lens implantation.
- Medical Camps: We organise various medical camps to endeavor to make a lasting difference in the lives of many people in rural areas. We reach out to leverage our resources to enhance access to medical facilities, qualified doctors, and ambulances in rural India. As one of the major problems facing rural populations is a lack of adequate medical care, Kariwala Industries works as a social and economic intervention to bring about positive change in the lives of people in society through medical aid programmes.
- Purvanchal Kalyan Asharam: Residing in our country’s faraway villages, remote and sometimes unreachable hills and forests , are eight crore Vanvasi brethren , divided into 425 tribes speaking more than 150 dialects. The selfless sacrifice of this section of our Hindu Society to preserve the unity and sovereignty of our motherland has been immense. Their contribution to indian history has been lettered in gold but today unfortunately , they are leading a neglected and exploited life. They are still unaware of the present pace of development and lack even the Basic amenities like Health Care and Education .In order to find a solution to this scathing national problem , Late Vanyogi Balasaheb Deshpande founded the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in 1952 atJashpur Nagar ( Chattisgarh ) . Kalyan Ashram is dedicated to the all round development of the Vanvasi and is the world’s largest organisation working for their Well being , Education , Health Care , Self-Dependency, Preservation of their Rich Cultural Heritage and Unity. Presently Kalyan Ashram has a dedicated workforce of over 1044 Full Time Workers and thousands of part time workers and volunteers.Click Here to know more
- Blood donation Drives: Twice a year, we conduct an onsite blood drive at each of our facilities and at our Head Office.
- Unused Drug Banks: We collect medical supplies for distribution to child and elder care facilities, and to NGOs.
- Contribution towards SOS Children Villages: SOS Children’s Villages of India, reaches out to over 6,500 once parentless or abandoned girls and boys in 32 SOS Children’s Villages across India. We are very proud to be associated with their cause. The programme aims to enable families to move out of the vicious cycle of poverty towards greater dignity and self-reliance by ensuring education of children and income generating capacity development of the caregivers.
- Our commitment to the Friends of Tribal Society: We, as an organization, are humbled to get an opportunity to facilitate education of the Tribal children in deeper rural India, in Kumari District, Purulia, West Bengal. We are committed to the empowerment of Tribals and rural brethren by making them socially strong, educationally aware, economically vibrant and self-reliant
- Happiness Park: Kariwala Industries Ltd gifted a Happiness Park to a Small village near it’s Factory in West Bengal India. The pictures will really make you feel very happy. Pure Happiness.
Health Initiatives
We recognise that occupational health and safety and the overall well-being of our employees are integral to the growth and success of the organisation. Health and safety considerations are assessed in all of our activities, infrastructure, and processes. We meet and exceed the expectations of regulators, employees, and customers locally and across all the countries in which we operate.
With initiatives for work-life balance, we provide flexible options to assist employees in balancing their responsibilities to work while maintaining their health and the health of their families. At Kariwala, we provide a healthy and safe work environment because we believe it the right thing to do. We extend wellness programs for our employees on a regular basis. In addition to the Employees State Insurance policy, we also offer Mediclaim by reimbursing premiums paid by the employees towards their individual insurance policies. This encourages all the employees to get medically insured.
Annual medical camps are currently being organised at our factories, wherein every worker is checked by doctors from the ESI to ensure health and individual care.
Women Empowerment
Our initiative on women empowerment has made a measurable social impact while contributing to our overall business objectives. It has created employment opportunities for socially disadvantaged women through training and employment with skilling programme. Almost 85 per cent of our workforce in our factory in Kalyani and 50 percent of our workforce in Falta have been inducted and appointed through this initiative.
Under the programme more than 1000 women have been trained and provided employment over the last 10 years. The beneficiaries of the programme are not limited to working in our factories but also have started their home based tailoring business and also are working in nearby factories.
It has helped skill women from families below poverty line while helping them battle social taboos against working in factories. The initiative has been appreciated by the communities around the factory, and also by various government agencies and other stakeholders.
This initiative has won the hearts of many, who have been a part of the Kariwala family as the programme helped them create sustainable livelihoods by building sustainable business. This women empowerment initiative has created livelihoods and crafted lives – and our journey has just begun.
