Making a Difference
Sustainable livelihood programmes
- 100,000 people trained in skill sets.
- Our 5,000 Self-Help Groups have led to the empowerment of 50,000 women.
- 200,000 farmers are on board our agro-based training projects.
- 33 billion litres of water are harvested annually across 450 villages, benefitting a population of around 50,000.
- Our Vocational Training Centres and Aditya Birla Rural Technology Park accord training in sustainable livelihood projects to 95,000 people.
- Through Aditya Birla Skills Foundation, we have set up five large Multi Skill Multi Sector Training Centres in Raipur, Udaipur, Vadodara, Bhopal, and Nagpur, creating an annual capacity of about 2,000 urban youth (18 – 30 years). Short-term (2 to 3 months) training programmes are offered, ranging from hospitality to computers to electronic and electrical repair to cosmetology. So far, over 100,000 people have been trained under these initiatives. We plan to open another 6 to 8 centres by next year.
- We run an Applicators Training Programme in Rajasthan, which provides special training to masons and others in the construction sector. So far, we have trained over 8,000 people of which 2,000 are women. Every person trained as an applicator earns between Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000 a month.
- In a collaborative project with CII and Sector Skills Council – Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), we run 6 centres. Up until now 2,200 youngsters (college dropouts and unemployed youngsters) have benefited with training in automobile repairing, electrical services, IT enabled services, beauty, and wellness, BPO, retail sales, garment designing, courier services and logistics. Of the youngsters registered with us, 75% are assured employment.
- Working with BAIF and JK Trust in 13 centres, we have covered more than 100 villages under the project 'Integrated Livestock Development Centres', providing livestock breed improvement services resulting in increased milk production.
- Our 5,000 Self-Help Groups have led to the empowerment of 45,000 women who now earn between Rs.3,000 to Rs.7,000 a month.
- 200,000 farmers have been on boarded on our agro-based training projects.
- 33 billion litres of water is harvested annually across 450 villages, benefitting a population of around 50,000.
Government Schemes We Work With
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
MGNREGA
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Rural Livelihood Mission
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
National Rural Drinking Water Program
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Renewable Energy Development Program
Integrated Child Development Services
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
At The Macro Level
To embed CSR as a way of life in organisations, we have set up the FICCI - Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence, in Delhi.
Ongoing education, healthcare and sustainable livelihood projects in Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, Korea and Brazil, lift thousands of people out of poverty.