• Corporate Social Responsibility
•           Long term projects
• • Rural
  • Urban
• One time support

Urban projects

Primary Healthcare Centre in garbage dumping ground - Deonar, Mumbai

GSK India runs a medical centre in Deonar Dumping Ground, the biggest dumping ground in Mumbai. This centre provides Primary healthcare facilities and quality health education to the children who are rag pickers and their families who work in and around the dumping ground. This project is implemented in collaboration with Niramaya Health Foundation. It was found that in addition to the basically unhygienic environment, children in the age group of 5 to 14 were exposed to waste substances like used needles, syringes, medical equipments, un-segregated garbage, etc. Due to these conditions there were frequent injuries and long term infections like respiratory problems and skin diseases. The problems and health issues in this area were largely neglected; hence the Company stepped in and decided to support this cause.

The 200-hectare garbage dumping ground at Deonar is frequented by rag pickers, over half of whom are women and children as young as seven or eight years. They generally suffer from malnutrition, fever, cuts / injuries, respiratory problems, TB and other related diseases. Niramaya runs a comprehensive health care programme for the community to improve the quality of their life. This is achieved through providing better healthcare services, reduction in anemia/ nutritional deficiencies/ ailments and creation of a cadre of peer educators. With GSK's support for a year now, there is an improvement in their health status in the given unhygienic environment. With the total beneficiaries being around 4000, the services have been of great help to these otherwise neglected communities in Mumbai. Additionally, regular camps for immunization, eye camps, Hb estimation camps are conducted.

The achievements of the project include improved life expectancy of the children and women rag pickers in the dumping ground with better healthcare, while reducing the rate of anemia and other nutritional deficiencies and general ailments in the community.

Mid-day Meal project

GSK India has been supporting the Mid-day meal program implemented by ISKCON Food Relief Foundation for Municipal school students from the year 2005. The mid-day meal program is an initiative run by the Government of India with the dual objective of not only enhancing levels of attendance in these schools, but also providing them with nutritious meals. This is an on-going project which currently supports three schools and around 3000 students in Mumbai. This project has visibly shown good results in terms of increase in attendance and improvement in health standards.

Dignity Foundation

In 2010, GSK India initiated another new long-term project in association with Dignity Foundation, a voluntary not for profit organization for supporting the geriatric population. Dignity Foundation was set up in 1995 a popular and progressive NGO for senior citizens, promising avenues for productive living and a dignified existence to the 50+ group. Headquartered at Mumbai, the Foundation has Chapters spread across Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Jamshedpur and Vishakhapatnam, as well as centres at Chembur, Mira Road and Dadar in Mumbai. The Foundation is premised upon scientific developments in the fields of Geriatrics and Gerontology. It offers structural opportunities to exercise the choice of how to live young in chronologically advancing years. In Mumbai alone, over a 1000 senior citizen volunteers participate actively in the services provided by the Foundation. They range in age from 50 to 100+ years.

The Company has initiated a long term project for supporting annually a 24 X 7 Helpline for senior citizens. The Helpline provides immediate and emergency support, rescue and relief to elderly people calling at the Helpline.

Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children, Delhi

GSK India also supports Aashirwad school for mentally challenged children at Delhi by way of cash donation to run its day to day activities.

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