On April 20th, 2014 Colorss Foundation gave a shout out on Twitter
and Facebook for people to donate a sewing machine for Project Urja. On June
12th, 2014 this request was fulfilled by Nielsen on the Nielsen Global Impact
Day (NGID). This donation was made to Colorss Foundation as part of Nielsen
Cares, Baroda initiative.
#colorss #womenempowerment #nielsencares - Team Colorss at Baroda |
Colorss Foundation started Project Urja with a focus to empower
rural women to become entrepreneurs and in turn become self-reliant citizens inspite
of limited opportunities. This program marked a step ahead in this direction
through this generous donation. Slums of Indiranagar, Baroda participated in
various activities that Colorss Foundation and Nielsen had organised to
celebrate and spread awareness about Project Urja.
The day's plan had something for each community member. A drawing
competition was held which saw more than 60 children in the age group of 6-11
years take part from Sanjay Nagar - 1 and Sanjay Nagar - 2 slums of Indira
Nagar. The kids also had fun playing various other games while their mothers
got a health check up at the general medical health camp conducted on the day.
Free medicines will be provided as per their prescriptions in the coming week
to more than 65 women who participated in the camp by Nielsen. A workshop was also conducted to emphasize the
value of managing time and finances in the lives of these women who play multiple
roles of a mother, daughter, wife, friend and confidante to feed and nurture
their families as well as contribute to their communities. The objective was to
reach out to these women and motivate them to join Project Urja.
Ms Sophie Joseph Vice President of Nielsen sharing her thoughts about Colorss
The men were definitely not forgotten. A short informative skit was
performed by the Nielsen team to put forth the ills of alcoholism. In spite of
Gujarat being a dry state, alcohol is still playing havoc in the lives of rural
and marginalized population. This is affecting whole families and especially
children. The performance addressed the negative impact an alcoholic father can
have on the education of a girl child. A message for rehabilitation through de-addiction
camps was communicated to help reform the fathers.
Nielsen Global Impact Day with Colorss Foundation in
Baroda ended with a prize distribution for the winners of the drawing
competition and hot and delicious Chai-Samosa for refreshments. But Colorss'
engagement has definitely not ended with Baroda. Colorss Foundation through the
Nielsen cares initiative reached out to over 200 people from the community. The
foundation aims to bring together a lot more people from other parts of Baroda
to grow Project Urja. Colorss also hopes the society to come forward and get
involved through monetary or/and volunteering support. You can started by
visiting their website/ blog to know more about their
various other projects. Don't forget to follow them on Facebook , Twitter and YouTube to show your
support and stay updated.
For Love,
Prajakta Patil
#colorss #nielsen #nielsencares #nielsenglobalimpactday #baroda #ngo #children #womenempowerment
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