Pune, June 23rd, 2020: Finolex Industries and Mukul Madhav Foundation have been working and supporting women empowerment in many ways. The United Nations observes 23 June as International Widows Day since 2011, to draw Global attention towards the voices of widows and to galvanize the unique support that they need. This day is followed at the Foundation to enhance and empower the lives of widows in our society
Empowering widows and supporting their families also means addressing the stigma they face and to create an inclusion into our society. Supporting and empowering widows gives her new life to survive and educate their children, to be a good citizen of society.
The pandemic has devastated the condition even more for these women. They have been cut off from their social economic and family supports and rely on others for support. In this situation widows and lone women needs urgent attention.
The Foundation has been supporting widows over the last 22 years in Pune at the Mahila Sewa Ashram and Maher in Pune by enhancing their personal wellbeing.
A need assessment and survey indicated that widows are in high numbers in Osmanabad. This is due to the scarcity of rainfall, drought and leading to an increase in the number or farmer suicides. 312 widows have been identified in the Vashi and Kalam taluka in Osmanabad and were provided with Soya and Tuvar Seeds. The process began with identifying, helping with land acquisitions, training them with basic know how of farming through Krishi Vighyan Kendra and enhancing their marketing and pricing skills. The harvest was sold in the nearby market place. 60 % of women are self-independent and has enabled them to pay their loans and send their children to school. In order to make this self-reliant seeds have been provided this year too to support them to be entrepreneurs on their own.
Alongside this the Foundation has spread its wings to support 60 women out of which about 12 are widows have been supported in Srinagar with grocery kit comprising of Sugar and Mustard oil.
13 widows from Anusaya Mahila Ashram, Pawas, Ratnagiri have been supported with Kaftans, grocery and personal grooming kit.
Even after the national law exists for widows there has been a dearth in the situation that they are in. To deal with this situation the Foundation strives hard to ensure that the sustainable development goals are addressed and accelerated.
On this occasion, Mrs. Ritu Prakash Chhabria, Trustee at Mukul Madhav Foundation said ‘This has provided an opportunity to create awareness in communities to mitigate the pain and address challenges faced by these women. We at the Foundation will look at serving the women in our society and enhance their well-being.”
About Finolex Industries:
Finolex Industries Limited, headquartered in Pune, is India’s largest manufacturer of PVC Pipes & Fittings. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing plants at Pune and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Masar in Gujarat provide excellent resources to better serve our customers. We have our own PVC resin manufacturing facility in Ratnagiri, set up in technical collaboration with Uhde GmbH, with Hoechst technology, which provides a consistent supply of superior quality resin to our pipe manufacturing plants. Our open sea cryogenic jetty, the first of its kind in the Indian private sector, has been the hallmark of our PVC complex. We are the first Indian PVC Pipes manufacturer to have been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Certification.
Our major strength lies in our skilled workforce. We recognize and attribute our operating excellence and success to our employees. We have a widespread presence throughout the country, with a wide network of over 18,000 dealers, sub dealers and retailers who work as our extended arm in bringing our quality products to our customers. Our core values of quality, trust and integrity help us to build an unbreakable bond with both customers and stakeholders.
Our founder late Shri Pralhad P. Chhabria was a great advocate for spreading hope to those who feel they don’t have the right to be hopeful. He always said, “We need to go out and look for opportunities to help those less fortunate than ourselves, even if that service demands sacrifice.”
About Mukul Madhav Foundation:
Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF), was established in 1999 as a Public Charitable Trust. Today it is renowned for its charitable activities in Healthcare, Social Welfare, and Education.
Its collaboration with Finolex Industries in 2014 has strengthened and increased the spectrum of MMF’s work to the fields of Water Conservation, Social Welfare and Sanitation.
One of MMF’s groundbreaking projects was to construct a 59 bed state of the art Neo natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. MMF also provides medical and financial assistance to the less fortunate in society who need various surgeries and rehabilitations.
It offers funding to educational institutions and also assists financially challenged students with their fees and living expenses. In 2010, Mukul Madhav Vidyalaya (MMV) an English medium school in Golap village, Ratnagiri was opened. The school has made the dream of getting a quality, all round, holistic education a reality for the children of rural Ratnagiri.
MMF has implemented many water schemes across rural Maharashtra & Gujarat, enriching the lives of thousands of villagers. The type of assistance given includes digging new wells, reviving old wells, installing electric pumps, and supplying water through tankers to the villages, as well as setting up water filtration units and water tanks.
MMF is registered as a charitable trust under the Bombay Charitable Act 1950. All donations are exempt from Income Tax under 80G Certificate. In April 2012 MMF obtained the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Certificate (FCRA) which enables it to receive funds from abroad.
For more information, please contact or visit www.mmpc.in
For more information, please contact or visit www.mmpc.in
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