LIVESBUILDINGNEWSLETTER, SEPTEMBER 2013

Programme'Skill a Million'

Youth from Three More Cities to Benefit from

3. SKILL

DEVELOPMENT

5. DLF CARES -TALENT

NURTURING PROGRAMME

7. GURGAON

RENEWAL MISSION

8. VILLAGE CLUSTER

DEVELOPMENT

2 Building Lives, September 2013

nder 'Skill a Million' programme, DLF Foundation has

recently launched three DLF LabourNet Training UCentres - one each in Bulandshahar, Indore & Jaipur -

to fulfill its commitment towards addressing the glaring gap

between the demand and supply of skilled workforce. These

centres offer vocational courses in hair and beauty care, sales

& marketing, electrical, computer training, etc, thus

empowering underprivileged individuals to bridge the socio-

economic drive.

Besides skilling, another major initiative of the Foundation

remains the DLF CARES - Talent Nurturing Programme,

that has made remarkable progress in awarding scholarships

to hundreds of new scholars during the quarter, including

providing assistance to a visually-impaired meritorious

student to secure admission in Stanford University in the

United States.

While, the newly-inroduced DLF Mobile Crèche service is

helping 314 children get education, nutrition and medical

facilities required for their overall development.

Through the Gurgaon Renewal Mission, the Foundation

supports driving a movement aimed at renewing Gurgaon as

the 'dream city' of India. More recently, a workshop was

organized to discuss crucial issues and solutions with respect

to adopting an Integrated Waste Management Strategy for

Gurgaon.

An update on all these activities has been provided in this

newsletter. We will continue to keep you abreast of all the

major activities at our end. Happy reading!

EDITORIAL

Continued Efforts to Empower the Underprivileged

ccurate diagnostics, ethical treatment of animals, and client education - CGS Hospital, Gurgaon - aims to provide high

quality veterinary service in an accommodating manner. The hospital has recently completed three years of their Aoperations and claims to be one of the largest pet super speciality hospitals in private sector providing all facilities like

treatment, vaccination, surgeries, OPD, pathology and microbiology laboratory, in-patient kennels, grooming salon, air-

conditioned boarding facility, et al.

Helping strays... Besides, the Hospital is serving its responsibility for the society stray pets as well and all injured and sick animals

are provided best of treatment and admissions, if required, at minimal cost.

Future plans... In near future, the hospital plans a fully equipped treatment facility, exclusively for all the homeless sick pets.

Besides, though the Hospital has completed its mission of providing all pet related facilities under one roof, it is in continuous

process of adding more and

m o r e f a c i l i t i e s a n d

equipments. Some of the

facilities to come in near

future consist of ophthalmic

surgeries, Blood bank and

T r a n s f u s i o n c e n t e r ,

Heamodialysis, Stem cell

therapy, CT Scan and MRI, to

name a few.

CGS Celebrates its Third Anniversary

Pets being treated at CGS Hospital Pet shop to pamper your pets

Contents

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Youth from Three More Cities to Benefit from

'Skill a Million' Programme......................................... 3

TALENT NURTURING

Visually-impaired DLF Scholar Moves to Stanford

University.................................................................... 5

Uplifting Children of Construction Workers................ 6

DLF Shiksha Schools Celebrate their

Foundation Day........................................................... 6

Shaping the Shapers................................................... 6

Over 14,000 Students Covered under Rural Library

Programme................................................................. 6

GURGAON RENEWAL MISSION

Call to Revamp Gurgaon's Waste Management

Strategy!...................................................................... 7

VILLAGE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

Accessible and Quality-based Primary Health Care

for Villagers................................................................. 8

Five Villages Benefit from DLF-ADEH

Eye Checkup Camps.................................................... 8

Over 3500 Patients Avail Free Healthcare Services..... 8

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

LF Foundation has recently launched

three DLF LabourNet Training Centres - Done each in Bulandshahar, Indore &

Jaipur - to fulfill its commitment towards

addressing the glaring gap between the demand

and supply of skilled workforce.

Located at Shivpuri in Bulandshahar and

Gopalpura in Jaipur, these two DLF LabourNet

Training Centres offer short-term courses in

Youth from Three More Cities to Benefit from 'Skill a Million' ProgrammeBulandshahar, Indore & Jaipur

'Skill a Million' Programme

�Taking cognizance of the glaring

gap that exists between the demand

and supply of ski l led labour,

DLF Foundation 'Skill a million'

programme aims to set up 250 centres

across India and skilling a million

people in the next 5 years.

�Provides technical education at a very

nominal and affordable cost

�J o b p l a c e m e n t , a l o n g w i t h

appropriate remuneration is the key

to this programme.

�DLF Foundation has successfully

p l a c e d s t u d e n t s i n v a r i o u s

organizations spread across different

sectors.

DLF LabourNet Training Centre launched in Bulandshahar

DLF LabourNet Training Centre launched in Indore

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Beauty & Hair Care, Electrical and Sales while the

third centre in Indore offers courses in Hair and

Beauty Care, Marketing, Electrical and Computer

Training.

The centres impart industry relevant vocational

skills training through unique models evenly

spread across the curriculum and includes on-site

earn and learn platforms. The training modules

are simple to understand and are taught to

enable students acquire industry appropriate

skills and get employment.

The training methodology integrates 'best-in-

class' training practices and industry relevant

curriculum through the Occupational Standards

study process. This approach aims at creating

incremental employability on a 'year-on-year'

basis based on an industry relevant assessment

and certification process.

The beneficiaries are the unemployed youth who

are taught not only the technical skills but also the

life skills necessary for employment. This is an

employment assured training programme where

all trainees are provided with placement linkages

to give them an opportunity to improve their lives

and build their careers.

The backdrop...

In rapidly growing economies like India with a vast

and ever-increasing population, the problem is

two-fold. On one hand, there is a severe paucity of

highly-trained, quality labour, while on the other,

large sections of the population possess little or

no job skills.

In the recently announced Union Budget 2013-14

and the Economic survey, the Government has

allocated INR 1,000 crore for the skill

development for the youth. As a part of the

agenda, the National Skill Development

Corporation has decided to train 5 crore people in

the current plan. The government has also set a

target to skill approximately 500 million people in

the next 10 years. Assisting the government and

NSDC in their noble initiative, DLF Foundation in

collaboration with several partners, is setting up

DLF LIFE Skill Centres across the country.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

A section of the audience

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Women taking training in beauty culture at DLF LabourNet Skill Centre

TALENT NURTURING

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Visually-impaired DLF Scholar Moves to Stanford University

artik Sawhney, a young lad from a low income

family, has been a star performer in academics. KHe scored the coveted 99% marks in computer

science and 95% each in English, Mathematics, Physics &

Chemistry, becoming India's first visually impaired

student to achieve this feat in science stream. It was not

easy for Kartik to study with normal students at Delhi

Public School, RK Puram but he was determined to make

a mark for himself and his determination and

perseverance paid off.

Kartik always dreamt to be an

engineer but he was denied

permission to appear in IIT-

JEE Entrance exam for three

years because he is visually

impaired. Though Kartik was

disappointed but he did not

lose hope. He believed that

success comes to those who

believe in their strengths.

Under their DLF CARES –

Talent Nurturing Programme,

DLF Foundation awarded him

a scholarship. Subsequently, he approached Stanford

University in the US and got his merit scholarship too.

Securing both the scholarships, he was able to raise the

resources required to fund his studies and joined the

college to pursue a five-year course in engineering in

computer science.

Passionate about computers, Kartik enjoys learning

computer languages and designing applications. He has

designed a software called 'STEM Made Easy', which has

two different applications and aims to help blind

students study subjects like Maths and Science. He hopes

to sharpen his computing skills at Stanford University and

develop better software for people like him.

He loves music and has been professionally trained in

Indian classical music for a decade. When he was in Class

IX, he was one of 10 talented students selected from

across India, to receive training from the late Pandit Ravi

Shankar.

DLF Cares - Talent Nurturing Programme

�Launched in 2011 for the upliftment of

the meritorious underprivileged students.

�Core motives include awarding scholarships,

talent identification and nurturing.

�The programme covers school children from

class 1 to undergraduate and subsequently

post graduate courses.

Kartik Sawhney

A visually impaired boy, who is extremely bright, has secured admission in Stanford University after receiving a scholarship from DLF Foundation under its flagship initiative,

' DLF Cares - Talent Nurturing Programme.’

Professional Scholars

Over 90 scholarships have been awarded in the

professional category so far. This financial year (2013 –

2014), 90 more scholarships will be awarded to the

deserving students. The scholarship programme covers

more than 13 colleges across the country, for courses

such as MBA, MSW, BTech, MBBS, IT and Fine Arts.

Over 300 meritorious underprivileged scholars have

secured scholarship under 'DLF Cares' Talent Nurturing

program during 2013-2014.

School Scholars

DLF Foundation is grateful for the contributions of all

volunteers and mentors who joined the DLF Cares-Talent

Nurturing Programme that was launched early this year.

Over 42 volunteers and mentors have so far joined the

programme and they work with “DLF Cares” Scholars to

transform them to become a new generation of leaders.

DLF Sahyog Volunteering Programme is an initiative of

DLF Foundation, where in, not only the DLF employees,

but even their immediate family members come forward

to volunteer their time and skills to guide 2-3 scholars

each. These scholars are meritorious students and hail

from less privileged sections of the society.

DLF SAHYOG Volunteering Programme Takes Off!!!

DLF Sahyog mentor BRL Dhammi and volunteer Samarth Garg meet with their mentees

TALENT NURTURING

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Uplifting the Children of Construction Workers

he DLF Mobile Creche centres are helping 314

children get education, nutrition and medical facility Trequired for their overall development.

Health benefits: As many as 131 children (98%) were age-

appropriately immunized. As many as 45 children were

given a dose of Pulse Polio in the last 2 months while 146

deworming doses were given to children.

Nutrition: 500 kilocalories per child per day are given

through three meals – breakfast, lunch and evening snacks

while special nutrition is being provided to 29 malnourished

children.

Education: Age-appropriate educational activities are also

undertaken at these centres. Children are encouraged to

read books from centre's library to enhance their

vocabulary. Learning is supported through project work to

supplement what they learn in books.

Community Awareness: Meetings are organized with

parents on a monthly basis, on different topics like

importance of crèche, water borne diseases and growth

monitoring. 135 parents participated in these meetings.

Lokdoot (Street theater): Three street plays were

performed in the labour camp of all three centers on “Jaan

Pehchan – Introduction to Mobile Crèches”, reaching out to

445 community members. .

LF Swapna Sarthak school, Nathupur DLF III,

Gurgaon, is committed in its aim not only to Deducate but also help and guide the students to

evolve into responsible citizens. A two and half hours

teachers workshop on 'Self Awareness' was conducted by

Ms. Jayshree Mehta, a NIE resource person while a teacher's

workshop on English was conducted by the headmistress

for the staff. Moreover, a behavioural counselling session

was held for students by Kalpana Bapna, a counsellor.

DLF Shiksha Schools Celebrate their Foundation Day

ll the three DLF Shiksha Schools recently celebrated

their Foundation Day. The school at Mohyal Colony,

Sector-40 completed 7 years while the school at AWazirabad completed 3 years. For the school at DLF-IV

(Chakkarpur), this was their first anniversary. All the three

schools, are becoming quite popular in their areas. The total

strength of students has crossed 1150 (566 girls and 589

boys) and the school at Mohyal Colony is running classes

upto VIIIth standard. This year, as many as 332 children have

sought admission in Mohyal Colony School, 142 in

Wazirabad School and 103 in Chakkarpur (DLF-IV) school –

which is remarkable.

Shaping the Shapers

Teachers at Swapna Sarthak School

Gen OP Malhotra (Retd) addressing the students

Over 14,000 Students Covered Under Rural Library Programme

ooks are the windows to the outside world. At DLF Pratham Rural Learning

Excellence Centres, free education is imparted to the underprivileged children. BA total of 14,066 students at DLF Pratham School came under the Library

Programme that is conducted for all the students from Classes I-V. Besides, a total of

1018 students in Level 2 (Classes III-V) and 766 students in Level 1 (Classes I-II) appeared

for baseline test. In order to maintain the standard of learning, a detailed training

programme was conducted for the teachers of Level 1 & 2. During this training, teachers

were briefed on the curriculum, testing processes and reporting methodologies.

Teacher’s training programme in progress

Children of construction workers being provided mid-day meal

GURGAON RENEWAL MISSION

half-day workshop was recently organized to

discuss crucial issues and solutions with respect Ato adopting an Integrated Waste Management

Strategy for Gurgaon. The event was supported by

Gurgaon Renewal Mission, a reputed forum of several

non-government organizations, civil society groups and

residents' welfare associations working together

towards a visible result oriented movement that is aimed

at renewing Gurgaon as the 'dream city' of India. The

event was organised in partnership with Gurgaon First,

an NGO.

Waste management – a plaguing issue…

Gurgaon is a city with tremendous advantages and

unfortunately, tremendous problems too and waste

management is one of them. Of all the waste streams,

waste from electrical and electronic equipment

containing new and complex hazardous substances

presents the fastest-growing challenge that needs to be

addressed proactively.

Issues discussed…

The workshop had four distinct sessions:

a) How serious is Gurgaon's waste management

problem?

b) Policy Perspectives & government initiatives

c) Solutions and Way Forward

d) Success Stories

Recommended Action Points and Solutions for

Waste Management

�An integrated approach using processing, recycling,

composting and power generation is needed to make

this city close to a zero waste city status.

�The Bandwari plant is running sub-optimally. Within

two years of operation, already 50 per cent land has

been occupied by garbage in the plant. More capacity

can be added to the plant.

Call to Revamp Gurgaon's Waste Management Strategy!

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�Besides, a proposal for a facility near Kachra Chowk on

the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road has remained stuck for

the last 2-3 years. If the area earmarked falls under the

protected Aravalli Range, then an alternate site be

identified.

�The most important concern currently is to reduce the

land requirement for disposal of waste by maximising

appropriate treatment of different waste streams, in

order to reduce volumes of waste requiring being

land-filled. Besides, reservation of land for processing

& disposal of waste in the Zonal Plans is suggested.

�Corporates need to be encouraged to sell waste to only

proper segregators and recyclers and not to the

unorganized sector.

�In order to mitigate adverse impact to the

environment, the immediate development of

incineration process is proposed. Alongside this, the

closure, capping and landscaping of existing dump-

sites would have to be undertaken.

�Authorities should earmark funds for processing and

treatment of waste.

�There should also be an institutional framework for

coordination amongst stakeholders.

�Some initiatives have been taken in different states to

address the issue of C&D waste independently or in

tandem with the existing Municipal solid Waste

(Management and Handling) rules 2000.

�Citizens should be made aware of source segregation

of waste. The city's RWAs can be encouraged to deploy

organic waste converter machines at the local level

that can convert waste into high value manure.

�Capacity building at the level of the authorities is a

must along with removal of malpractices in the

contracting system also need urgent attention.

�In conclusion, what is needed is a clear waste

management policy at the level of MCG, fast action

on planned projects, and a greater involvement of

public.

VILLAGE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

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need, requirement and the benefit which they are likely to give to the community for which they are

intended to be implemented.

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Accessible and Quality-based Primary Health Care for Villagers

he DLF run Primary Health Care Project is in its 4th

year and is continuing to provide quality based and

accessible Primary Health Care Services to the rural Tcommunity around the DLF PHCs areas with special focus on

women, children and youth. DLF runs 5 PHCs covering more

than 14 villages, having total population of about 48,000.

Children driving the sanitation campaignSanitation awareness campaign for the villagers

n the months of July and August 2013, VIVO-DLF

mobile clinics helped 3569 patients. These patients Ibelong to workers and their families at the

construction sites at six areas in Gurgaon: Corporate

Green, Manesar (979 patients); New Town Heights,

Manesar (711 patients); Express Greens M1 & Express

Greens M2 (906 patients); Sector- 90 (105 patients) and

Sector- 91 (868 patients).

Over 3500 Patients Avail Free Healthcare Services

DLF Mobile Clinic in progress...

In the months of July and August 2013, the DLF PHCs

benefited 2367 patients. On an average, 50 patients are

attended everyday and majority are young women and

children. Of the total patients who availed the services,

60% were female and 40% male. Nawada witnessed the

maximum service utilisation in Gurgaon with 492 patients.

Five Villages Benefit from DLF-ADEH Eye Checkup Camps

Kalawati being examined at the Eye Check-up Camp

Case file: Mrs. Kalawati, a patient of Village Wazirabad,

Gurgaon reported to DLF- ADEH Eye Checkup Camp for low

vision problem and has been given spectacles for her problem.

She is happy to see the beautiful nature created by God once

again. She's just one of the many patients who have benefited

from the DLF-ADEH Eye Check-up Camp.

Five villages, 653 beneficiaries: DLF-ADEH Eye Check-up

Camps were recently organised in five villages – Wazirabad

(164 patients), Kherhi Daula (118 patients), Fazilpur (96

patients), Lakhanula (176 patients) and Basdha (99

patients), benefiting a total of 653 patients.