Programs

Atul Foundation was created to bring all activities related to serving society under one umbrella. The Foundation undertakes projects | activities, broadly under six Programs: Education, Empowerment, Health, Relief, Infrastructure and Conservation. While these Programs are currently focused in India, it will be the endeavour of Atul to establish such organisations in the countries in which it operates so as to serve society in such countries. Ultimately, what comes from the society must go back to it many times over.

During 2021-22, Atul Foundation undertook the following projects:

Highlights: 2021-22

EDUCATION

  • Atul Adhyapika project

    • Imparted quality education to 4,446 primary children from 79 trained Atul Adhyapikas

  • Ojas project
    • Supported 136 needy children and 28 special children
    • Supported 13 special children to register under Niramaya policy
  • Collaborated with Anand Shiksha Niketan, to build the second floor of the school founded by Babar Ali, recognised as the youngest headmaster of the world by BBC
  • Distributed 336 essential items kits and writing material to 4,148 students at 34 schools in 17 villages
  • Provided guidance and technical support to develop a tribal school, benefitting 192 students
  • Provided 11 computers benefitting 583 students
  • Appointed a computer teacher benefitting 183 students in a primary school

EMPOWERMENT

  • Vocational courses at AIVE and ARDF

    • Trained 805 youth in 12 trades

  • Atul Uttara – self-help groups

    • Formed 29 women self-help groups and provided benefits of government scheme to 138 women

  • Micro-entrepreneurs

    • Provided tool kits to 111 young entrepreneurs in 7 trades

  • Godaan project

    • Provided 125 cows to 125 tribal families of 7 villages for sustainable livelihood

HEALTH

  • Blood donation camps: 35 camps | 3,258 blood units | 21 villages
  • Eye camps: 15 camps | 5,876 patients treated | 4,727 spectacles | 152 cataract operations | 15 villages
  • Sampoorna project

    • Reached out to 1,247 women and adolescent girls through Sampoorna project to promote their health and well-being (implementation partner: Deepak Foundation)

  • Retrofitting toilets

    • Renovated 165 units of household toilets benefitting 660 individuals in 6 villages

  • Nutrition garden

    • Supported 2,120 families to develop nutrition gardens in nine villages (implementation partner: BAIF)

RELIEF

  • COVID-19 care

    • 5 hospitals | 50 families | COVID-19 care center benefitting 959 patients| financial assistance to 20 needy patients

  • Provided fertiliser kits to 68 farmers
  • Provided financial help to 34 needy and critically ill patients
  • Provided tarpaulin 28 families living in kutcha houses to protect from leakages

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Child friendly infrastructure

    • 4 model anganwadis | 2 school toilet blocks | 5 schools | children park

  • Renovated Panchayat bhavan
  • Installed paver blocks in 3 villages
  • Constructed fishermen shed | house for a family | community toilet block
  • Provided 90 LED lights in a village | inverter and battery to Valsad rural police station

CONSERVATION

  • Installed solar system with 45.07 kW capacity | generates 67,605 kWh energy annually | reduces carbon dioxide emission by 1,386 tons
  • Solar project
    • Installed five solar pumps consuming 29,700 kWh energy annually for 37 agariya family members at Little Runn of Kutch
    • Installed two solar pumps consuming 14,820 kWh energy annually for 38 farmers at Valsad
    • Installed a 15 kWh solar power plant in a tribal school with 192 students at Navsari, generating 22,500 kWh energy annually
    • Provided small solar system to 15 street vendors and 3 needy families at Valsad, generating 585 kWh energy annually
  • Ujjwal Atul: solid waste management project

    • Collected 259 tonnes waste from Atul village | Recycled 216 tonnes | Awareness programs for 11,000 people

  • Natural Resource Management project

    • Planted 48,000 trees | Built 412 structures for conservation of soil and water at Atul village (implementation partner: BAIF)