Holistic development of children from the marginalised communities is necessary to bring down societal disparity. Focusing on the future, the Company undertook various initiatives towards education of the underprivileged. In the past year, the Company through LCF and other implementation partners, successfully engaged in initiatives such as career counselling, life skill sessions, celebrations of Indian festivals and infrastructure development at schools.
On an average, only 7% of the Indian students are aware about the available career opportunities after passing their 10th and 12th standard, leaving them clueless and confused. Under our Career Counselling program, LCF has successfully conducted aptitude tests and career orientation sessions in Haryana and Pune, Maharashtra. These activities are followed with individual career counselling sessions that guide the involved students in selecting the right career path, based on their areas of strengths and interests.
As the students belonging to the marginalised communities don’t have access to basic learning aids, LCF provided stationery and other learning aids support, to underprivileged students and distributed books, uniform and stationery to the schools in Bengaluru. Stationery was also distributed to students from 2 schools in Pantnagar. Also, the Company associated with a school in Bengaluru to organise Sports Day as a part of the holistic development of children. LCF also engaged with students of several schools in Haryana for celebrating Indian festivals and organising educational excursion trips for them.
With implementation partners Monk.e.Wise and Sakshi (NGOs), LCF organised Life Skill sessions in Haryana in which the children of primary and secondary schools were provided with sessions that included advantages of independent thinking, effective socialisation, interpersonal skills and decision making.
Apart from this, LCF also engaged in infrastructure development at schools in Bengaluru which included construction of toilets and drinking water facilities. LCF also supported construction of kitchen in one of schools in Haryana. It also provided financial aid for classroom desks for the students in Haryana. On similar lines, LCF collaborated with Buddy4Study (NGO) to provide scholarships to students from schools in Haryana. Bridging the gap between health and education, LCF, along with implementation partner Sakshi (NGO), engaged in distribution of sanitary pads to adolescent girls.
Healthcare has been another important focus area for Lumax Auto Technologies. The Company has been engaged in several health camps over the past few years. Similarly, last year the Company engaged in organising health camps in association with Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute in Pune. Through LCF, Lumax collaborated with Icare to organise Eye Screening camps and Cataract Surgeries in Haryana for people belonging to the marginalised communities. LCF also collaborated with the Indian Cancer Society for organising Cancer awareness and screening camps in Haryana over the past year.
Another important focus area in healthcare is Juvenile Diabetes. Due to lifestyle changes and the environment, cases of juvenile diabetes are on the rise. A lack of awareness and expensive medical treatment are resulting in children succumbing to this disease. The Company collaborated with Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute in Pune to financially support 30 juvenile diabetics afflicted children. The initiative was started as far back as 2014 and over the years the foundation has so far supported 180 children with Type-1 diabetes. In order to spread awareness regarding Type-1 diabetes, the Company through LCF organised health check-up camps in 10 schools in Pune.
