Message from the Chairperson
Dear Valued Shareowners,
The situation improved as the year progressed and hope was back across the world. Celebrations happened again, albeit with a limited number of people. People could travel, go out to meet friends and family, and go back to work again. It was a happy time though laced with great caution and fear.
At the Persistent Foundation, we started school-related projects in anticipation of schools reopening. We helped in refurbishment of infrastructure in schools. We also started support classes and study centers to help students revise their old curriculum and prepare for the new academic year. Additionally, we provided 20 refurbished laptops to students to help them continue learning the digital way. In the upcoming year, we aspire to provide more such laptops and desktops to students and schools.
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The Nursing students successfully completed their course and were placed in hospitals across Pune. Other skill development courses provided employment to all the candidates. This was indeed heartening and encouraging for us. Our new batch of Kiran girls was onboarded in February 2022 and our batch of graduating girls was successfully placed in good companies.
The Facial Cleft project picked up through the year and benefited 624 children. We also helped 1,000 severely malnourished children improve their health by providing nutritional supplements.
We planted 16,000 trees and nurtured 24,000 more trees. We helped 40 families earn their livelihood through bamboo craftsmanship. We constructed 2 wells to solve the drinking water problem for 550 people. Desilting and recharging of water, construction of water storage tanks and soil conservation were a part of the Watershed program. The livestock development program was successful with birth of substantial number of healthy calves. Our solar power initiatives are helping the charitable hospitals save significantly in terms of power consumption.
We continued COVID-19 Relief work this year as well. We reached out to more than 5,000 families with food kits and cooked meals. We provided medical equipment to hospitals across all our 5 locations and provided hospital staff with PPE kits, sanitizers, masks, multipara monitors, and more. We partnered with the local Municipal Corporation to set up a 600 bed COVID-19 Care Centre with the necessary consumables. The vaccination drive was conducted in Pune and Hyderabad, which benefitted almost 43,000 individuals.
As we look at the year ahead, we have hopes in our hearts and smiles on our faces. We pray that this is the last we have seen of the COVID-19 era, and life can now resume once again. It will be a tough journey coping with the new normal and dealing with the aftermath of the pandemic. The scars are deep and will take a long time to heal. We need to look beyond and focus on our goals and aspirations.
As always, our Trustees have stood strong beside us with their invaluable encouragement in such trying times. I am truly humbled by the generosity shown by our employees through donation and volunteering drives for the COVID-19 relief work during the lockdown. We are grateful to the Persistent Board for their constant appreciation. I have a fantastic team and I cannot thank them enough for their relentless commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. All these achievements are a result of their teamwork and dedication. I would like to thank each and every one who has been a part of our Corporate Social Responsibility journey and I hope to see more participation from many more of you.
Sonali Deshpande
Chairperson
We have hope in our hearts for the upcoming year. It will be a tough journey coping with the new normal and dealing with the aftermath of the pandemic. We need to look beyond and focus on our goals and aspirations. We are eager to pick up the threads and resume work again.
The last year saw many ups and downs due to the fierce second wave of COVID-19. It destroyed and disrupted our lives as many succumbed to it across the world. The perspective of life changed as we lost some loved ones. It was a tragic time, with seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel.
Here’s to a more normal, safe, happy, and productive year!
32nd Annual Report 2021-22
32nd Annual Report 2021-22
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FY22 Performance Highlights
Our Expertise
Our Clients
Our People
Our Ecosystem
Our Communities
Environmental, Social and Governance
Persistent Foundation
Awards & Recognition
32nd Annual Report 2021-22
32nd Annual Report 2021-22
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FY22 Performance Highlights
Our Expertise
Our Clients
Our People
Our Ecosystem
Our Communities
Environmental, Social and Governance
Persistent Foundation
Awards & Recognition