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Inspiring SELP Project! Must Read

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Project was created by my participant name Anil Gupta. The project started way back in Feb. 2007 and once you read the entire project I’m clear you’ll inspired by what he created in last 1 year and still going strong. His coach Shaunak Choksi created a key role in impacting this project. Hats off to you Anil and Shaunak. I’m really inspired by what you are creating in this world.

Background:

SELP project goal is to support the education of 20,000 girls till they complete 10 years of education.

Naandi Foundation:

www.naandi.org

www.naandi.no

Naandi foundation is a non-for-profit organization that runs several programs. The board of directors comprise of eminent industrialists and personalities in India including

  • Dr. Anji Reddy
  • Mr. Anand Mahindra
  • Mr. Ramalingam Raju
  • Actor Cheeranjiv

One of their programs in called “Nanhi Kali”. Nanhi Kali means flowering bud. Nanhi Kali enables the education of under privileged girls from class 1 to class 10. This program is run in collaboration with the local government by adopting government schools.

The program:

  • Supports education delivery by increasing the teacher-student ratio and enabling the teachers by training and support.
  • Provides uniforms, books, stationery to the girls.
  • Provides regular medical check-ups and complete treatment to the girls through tie-ups with doctors and hospitals. It also provides hygiene education and support to the girls and their family.
  • Provides the mid-day meal in the school.
  • Supports and motivates the social environment (parents of the girl) to ensure that the girls continue to attend school regularly. This is done by appointing 1 mentor per 50 girls. The mentor works closely with the girl’s parents and school environment to track the girl child progress.

The cost:

  • It costs Rs.2500 per annum to support one girl child in the Nanhi Kali program.
  • The government provides Rs. 2 per child per day for the mid-day meal.

Current status:

  • Presently Capgemini supports approx 4000 girls in the Nanhi kali program.
    • Capgemini India- 1500 girls.
    • Capgemini Norway- 2500 girls.
    • Capgemini Sweden- launched the program in Jan 2008. The numbers supported are not known yet.
  • In 2007 Capgemini Sweden did not give Christmas gifts to the employees. Instead they donated the 10,000 euros to Naandi Foundation.
  • Capgemini operations in UK, Netherlands and Finland are actively considering the Nanhi Kali program.
  • The Capgemini Global CSR leader Ms. Carolyn Nimmy is very supportive and working to make this a global program.

The ambition:

  • The ambition is, by end of 2009, to have the Capgemini Global CEO make a public statement that “For every Capgemini employee in the world we support the education of at least one girl child in India.” That would mean 80,000 girls.
  • Include a CSR Incentive in all Capgemini proposals.
    • We will propose that for every team member deployed on a client project, Capgemini will sponsor the education of one girl child in India. The first such proposal was made in Dec 2007 to a client in Norway.


The chronology of progress:

23Feb 2007

 Capgemini India launches Power of 50 program An email is sent to all employees in Capgemini India to participate in the Power of 50 program.The initiative is called “Power of 50”. Employees can voluntarily contribute Rs. 50 per month (or multiples of 50) through salary deduction. Capgemini India will contribute a matching amount (capped to a maximum limit)

1 mar 2007

 14 Members of Parliament from Norway visit Naandi Foundation in Hyderabad

· The Norwegian Parliament Standing Committee on Education Research visit Naandi Foundation schools and mid-day meal kitchen in Hyderabad.

· Mrs Anna Ljunggren, the youngest MP in Norway, accepts to be the Goodwill Ambassador of Naandi.

· Anders Lier, VP Capgemini Norway hands over a cheque of 10,000 Euros to Naandi Foundation in a ceremony.

Event covered by the press.

5th June 2007

 Launch of Naandi Norway on 5 June 2007 in Oslo. Inauguration by

· Dr. Anji Reddy, Chairman of Dr. Reddy Laboratories Ltd and Chairman of Naandi Foundation.

· Salil Parekh, CEO of Capgemini India

End Aug 2007

 Inauguration in all Capgemini Norway branch offices After the launch in Oslo, Capgemini Norway also inaugurated Naandi Norway in other branch offices (Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger) The initiative is called “Power of 10”. Employees can voluntarily contribute 10 NOK per day (or more) through salary deduction. Capgemini Norway will contribute a matching amount (capped to a maximum limit)

Aug 2007

 Naandi Norway website is launched www.naandi.noThe website is launched. It is updated to show the number of girls supported by this program from Norway.

End Aug 2007

 Naandi Norway Supports 2000 girls in India At the end of August the 2000 Girl Child mark was reached by Naandi Norway. Target: Support at least 3000 India girls.

End of June 2007

 Norwegian Minister Attention At the end of June, Anders Lier briefed the Norwegian Minister of Development, Erik Solheim about the “Power of 10 Program”. Mr Solheim showed great interest in how we contribute to education and fight the battle against poverty. He his very supportive of the idea that a company such as Capgemini takes the lead in supporting a Norwegian NGO, Naandi Norway, which support an Indian NGO, the Naandi Foundation.

20th Aug 2007

 Naandi Norway hits India Press Collaboration between the social sector and the corporate sector is one of the foundations on which the Naandi Foundation in India is built. Dr. Reddy, Founder and Chairman of the Naandi Foundation, speaks about the idea of partnerships between the corporate and the social sector. In a article published on August 20 in DNA, Dr. Reddy speaks of the Norway Initiative, the “Power of 10 Program” in very glowing terms. “Norway has turned a new leaf in this direction of collective responsibility. Individuals in Norway are donating 10 Kroners a day to remit to India to support the education for the girl child”, Dr. Reddy tells DNA.

July 2007

 Field Trip to Rajasthan In early July a field trip to the Nanhi Kali program in Rajasthan was organized. Participants in the trip included, Sheetal Mehta (Executive Director for KC Mahindra Education trust), Anil Gupta (Rightshore Sales Director CEA), Anna Ljunggren (Goodwill Ambassador of Naandi Norway and Member of the Parliament), Turid M. Maehlum (Dean at Besstum School in Norway), Nicolai Halbo (Director Risk and Legal Capgemini Nordic, Board Member Naandi Norway) Anne Sofie Breivik (VP & Head of Business Development), Anders Lier, Chief Secretary of Rajasthan and District Collector in Udaipur. The entire team visited the schools and villages where the Naandi Foundation runs their Nanhi Kali program. The visit provided the team a direct experience of what the program is fighting against, how the Naandi Foundation is able to make an long lasting impact and why it needs to have continued and widespread support.

July-Dec2007

 Enrolling key persons in various countries

· Meetings were held with Capgemini management teams of various countries in Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium

Presentation and introduction of Naandi to CEO of Holland, Denmark and Sweden.

· Carolyn Nimmy, Manoj Kumar (CEO of Naandi Foundation) and Anders Lier had meetings with Henk Vermaas (Holland) and Kjell Ulmfeldt (Denmark).

· Anders Lier met with Jan-Erik Karlsson (CEO Capgemini Sweden) .

· They showed great interest in Naandi and agreed to consider Nanhi Kali as their CSR program.

· We will continue to support them and other countries interested in setting up a Naandi foundation of their own.

24 Sep 2007

 Capgemini India celebrates Women’s day A campaign was launched to celebrate the women’s day on 24th sep 2008. The objective was to enroll/ register more employees to support to the Power of 50 program in India.

Dec 2007

 Seasonal/ Christmas cards and support for Naandi – Talent: Laurent Delattre and the Talent (Capgemini Intranet portal) Editorial Team launched seasonal Greetings e-cards designed by some girls supported by the Nanhi Kali program.Capgemini employees could send eCards to friends, clients and colleagues.

· For every 1000 e-cards a girl child will be sponsored by Capgemini.

· 75,000 e-cards were sent out. 75 girls were sponsored.

Dec 2007

 Capgemini Sweden decided to launch the Power of 10 program The Power of 10 launched in Capgemini Sweden effective from Jan 2008.

During 2007

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on officially included in presentations to clients A slide is officially included in internal and external presentations by CEO and management team.

Dec 2007

 CSR incentive clause is included in our proposal A CSR incentive is included in one of the major bids. In this Capgemini commits bear the cost to support one girl child in India for every resource deployed for the client project. This is could be a potential to support 100 girls.The client decision to award the contract is expected in April 2008.

25 March 2008

 Status of number of girls supported by Capgemini The contributions from the following operations of Capgemini are supporting the Nanhi kali program of Naandi Foundation.

· CG Norway- 2500 girls

· CG India- 1500 girls

· CG Sweden- not known, since launched in Jan 2008