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Wave
of relief
Drawing on people and
resources from across the Group, the Tata Relief
Committee has been working overtime to help rehabilitate
those devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami |
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Cracking
the culture of silence
Anandi's endeavours
in rural Gujarat have given voice to marginalised
women, helping them demolish gender barriers and
build more meaningful lives |
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Candle
in the dark
Arth's efforts to deliver
healthcare in Rajasthan have been a panacea for
poor communities battling to cope with disease and
debilitation |
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Hope
in the hills
The appropriately named
Atree has been working with the Soliga tribal community
to reverse the damage done to the ecologically fragile
BR Hills region near Mysore |
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A
matter of minds
Compassion and professional
expertise form the balm that Banyan applies to nurture
homeless mentally ill women back to normality |
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Rekindling
the lamp of learning
The Bharat Gyan Vigyan
Samithi is back on track with its social transformation
crusade, a remarkable endeavour that has lifted
140 million Indians out of illiteracy |
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The
case for civility
The target is youth
and the change agent is the Centre for Civil Society,
an unusual organisation that is stretching every
sinew to unshackle India from the bureaucratic chains
keeping it fettered |
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Spinning
success
Weaving cooperatives
in Andhra Pradesh have found a friend in Dastkar,
an organisation that is employing innovative marketing
strategies to reinvigorate the handloom heritage |
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Succour
for soldiers
The Tata Defence Welfare
Corpus, set up in the wake of the Kargil war, helps
Indian soldiers maimed in combat rebuild their lives,
thus repaying, in some small measure, the debt of
gratitude we owe our fighting men |
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Wealth
in our villages
Why should the poor
be deprived of the best expertise? The Dhan Foundation
believes that rural development requires a professional
approach rather than a do-gooder mentality |
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Sight
to behold
The Tata Agricultural
and Rural Training Centre for the Blind does much
more than provide vocational training to sightless
students. It heals their spirit and instils in them
the vision to take on the world |
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Getting
out of the woods
Community forestry has
proven to be a powerful tool in the preservation
and regeneration of India's fast-diminishing forest
tracts. Thanks to backing from the Dorabji Tata
Trust, this concept now has an improved chance of
succeeding |
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Oasis
rising
Icrisat's 'small is
beautiful' approach and partnership methodology
have sown the seeds of agrarian renewal in many
semi-arid regions in India and elsewhere |
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Water
way to go
The water warriors of
the Tata Water Policy Research Programme, a partnership
involving the International Water Management Institute
and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, are fighting to avert
a water catastrophe in India |
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The
pink of rural healthcare
Medical treatment used
to spell debt or death for the tribal communities
of Bilaspur district before the Jan Swasthya Sahyog
began bringing health and hope to the beleaguered |
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Closing
the learning chasm
A dedicated group of
educationists in Goa is helping children with learning
difficulties keep up with their peers in school
— and rediscover their self-esteem |
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Minstrel
in the mountains
The inequities inflicted
by poverty have placed a heavy burden on people
and land in the Himalayas. The Pan Himalayan Grassroots
Development Foundation has been working overtime
to lighten this load |
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Songs
of redemption
Prayas, an organisation
that works with under-trial prisoners and within
the criminal justice system, is bringing a bit of
sunshine into previously bleak lives |
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Giving
the good earth a chance
Rural Communes, a voluntary
organisation, has struck a chord with its bid to
turn the clock back on environmental disaster in
Maharashtra's Raigad district |
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We
shall overcome
Help, rather than handouts,
is the idea powering Saath Saath, an innovative
initiative that provides productive work to young
adults with disabilities |
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The
tais of Parinche
Semi-literate women
spreading the healthcare message — that's the
approach in an innovative project run by the Foundation
for Research in Community Health |
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From
rehab to rebirth
The Tata Relief Committee's
initiative to help those devastated by the Gujarat
earthquake is a shining example of altruism, partnership
and commitment |
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The
comfort of strangers
Sathi, a non-governmental
organisation supported by the Sir Ratan Tata Trust,
has arranged happy homecomings for numerous lost
and runaway children |
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Sturdy
when wet
Water was a scarce commodity
in the Bhoire-Khurd village before a non-governmental
organisation supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
stepped in to save the day |
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Surviving
life
Support from the Sir
Dorabji Tata Trust and the JRD Tata Trust is helping
two institutions in Mumbai lend a caring hand to
the mentally disabled and the elderly |
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Of
moos and embryos
The BAIF Development
Research Foundation, with support from the Sir Dorabji
Tata Trust, is translating the message of rural
development into action |
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Communing
with nature
The Dorabji Tata Trust
is supporting Rural Communes, a voluntary organisation,
in helping villages in Maharashtra's Raigad district
turn the clock back on environmental disaster |
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A
matter of trusts
A substantial part of
the profits of Tata Sons, the parent company of
the Tata Group, goes to the Tata trusts, which in
turn have established national institutions of research
and learning, and financed a host of projects. R.
M. Lala profiles the personalities behind some of
these trusts
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