Bokaro ESL Steel Limited, a Vedanta group company and national key player, organized an Anaemia Awareness Camp by ESL CSR team in collaboration with associated NGO bodies for 2 different projects- Nand Ghar and AAROGYA. The project coordinators from Vedanta ESL, Prabhati Sanyal, Project Lead (Nand Ghar) and Shankar Suman Nath, Project Lead (AAROGYA) along with the Citizens Foundation SPoCs, Dr. Musafir and Kameshwar Goswami and their teams, and Ravindra from America India Foundation. They held an awareness event on blood deficiency, disorders including anaemia, and other health-related issues there.
The event began with a speech by Panchayat Samiti member Shailendra Shekhar, and Nayaban Panchayat Mukhiya Rekha Devi, who also attended the session, encouraged the team. The purpose of this programme was to improve community awareness about anaemia and assist them realize the need of self-care. Following that, they provided hemoglobin testing services to locals who attended the session under the supervision of the doctor and staff from ESL's Health Care Center. Local helpers and volunteers from the project also contributed to medicine distribution and raising awareness among the people of Chatatand village.
The event saw more than 150 people from 2-3 villages come for their registration for tests and learn the prevention and curation for the relevant health issues. Hence, the event was conducted successfully in the presence of the ESL CSR team and the coordinators along with the volunteers, who advised the people to prioritize their family’s and their health. With this, ESL always try to get along with our common goal of reducing health related problems and fulfilment of basic necessities in our community.