EDUCATION

Education is an important aspect of everyone’s life. It empowers individuals by preparing them to face numerous challenges in the life. Indian Education system is one of the finest and largest in the world, with more than 1.5 million schools, 8.5 million teachers and 250 million students. The National Education Policy in India was formulated in 1986 and amended in 1992.The Government of India has taken several measures, to ensure betterment of education in India. Literacy rate at the time of independence, was around 12%, however, as in 2021, it has jumped to a whopping 74.04%. (Source - Educational Development in India / Education / By L.K. Monu Borkala / March 14, 2022)

We at Dee Foundation are making smart and effective investments, in the education sector, which is critical for the development of human capital, to bring an end to extreme poverty. The core of our strategy is – to reform the needs and tackle the learning crisis, putting an end to Learning Poverty - helping the youth acquire the skills, needed to succeed in today’s world, through the following initiatives:

1. STEM Education – aims at skilling an individual making them employable to meet the current labour demand. Each STEM component will bring a valuable contribution, to a well-rounded education.
2. Skilling in Schools - the New Education Policy 2020 has ushered in innovative approaches to learning, by adding job-oriented and job-linked inputs in the school curriculum, by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education). In India, skill-based education is considered a vocational skill, obtained through short-term training or courses, which are not a part of formal education sector, thus providing employment in informal sectors.
3. Remedial Education - is also known as developmental or compensatory education, which is designed, to help children achieve their expected level of competency in core academic skills, like literacy and numeracy.
4. Adult Education – encourages education from the age group of 18 and above, to teach them basics of education, motivating them to not only read and write their own name, but also learn to sign, instead of using their thumb print.
5. Vocational Training – has been an important fragment of education development in India. The first five-year plan and its subsequent education policies, have laid stress on the vocational training of the youth in India.

HEALTHCARE

Healthcare is the maintenance of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in individuals, which is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields. Providing health care services means "the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

Health systems are organizations established to meet the health needs of selected population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a well-functioning health care system requires a financing mechanism, a well-trained and adequately paid workforce, reliable information on which to base decisions and policies, and well-maintained health facilities to deliver quality medicines and technologies. An efficient health care system can contribute to a significant part of a country's economy, development, and industrialization.

Preventive healthcare is an important dimension of health that needs significant attention and investment from all sections of the society. It is a national health priority and a notified area under Schedule VII of the CSR Section 135 of the Companies Act and aims to raise expenditure on healthcare in a time bound manner to 2.5% of GDP.

(Source - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com › blogs › how-csr, 17-Mar-2017)

In Healthcare, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) means that there is an ethical obligation that requires hospitals and other organizations to do beneficial work, in issues such as delivering quality health care to everyone entitled. Dee Foundation continues to work with likeminded partners and organisations, aiming to provide continuous sustainable solutions to improve the healthcare in India, such as:

Dee Foundation pledges its future Healthcare goals to be: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound, in each relative skill domain, that we plan to work in, by drafting a development policy aligning the competing needs and demands to build upon a “Healthy India”.

VOCATIONAL SKILLING

Dee Foundation was established with a primary objective of undertaking Community Intervention, by virtue of volunteering towards – ‘Mission Skill India’ – offering a wide range of Vocational Skill Development Services, which enhances the performance of needful individuals as a whole.

At Dee Foundation, we take pride in providing, training solutions in the skill development space, by establishing rock solid partnerships, with our ever growing clientele of Corporate and Knowledge Partners. Within the eligible industries, we are completely focused on understanding our partners’ business culture and addressing their challenges, by implementing customised and suitable solutions to achieve the desired goals.

DEE FOUNDATION’s VOCATIONAL SKILLING INTIATIVES ARE:

1. COMMUNITY CENTRIC: Dee Foundation determines people, primarily from the marginalised community and makes them realise their full potential, by providing them with the required opportunities, to expand and improve their lives, paving their way towards a better future.
2. CSR PARAMOUNT: Dee Foundation organises around its partners - from understanding their specific requirements, to addressing their core needs, by making sure that their CSR initiatives are implemented and delivered within the specified timeframe.
3. TRUST ENTRENCHED: At Dee Foundation, we establish trust by building solid relationships with our stakeholders – keeping our integrity, excellence and professionalism, at the core of our working methodology.
4. COMMITTED TO INTEGRITY: Dee Foundation challenges itself in executing its duties, flawlessly and consistently delivering highest quality of services towards Community Development, adhering to our ethics and integrity.

Dee Foundation delivers professional Vocational Skill Development Program. It is focused on acquiring highly effective, performance driven, competent, capable and action-orientated human resources, predominantly from the rural areas, at the grass root level, by providing them with hands-on skill training in sectors of: Healthcare, IT/ITES, Electrical & Electronics, Chemical and Chemical Products, Handicrafts, Apparel, Beauty & Wellness, Retail and ever growing sectors, thereby creating a formal workforce, by effectuating their immediate needs, thus securing a positive future for the Community, in the most efficacious manner.




WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Women empowerment is promotion of women's sense of self-worth, their ability to determine their own choices and their right to influence a social change. It is something that is being considered as a “new management style” for the companies these days. Private companies and various Government establishments are continuously formulating new policies, thereby developing a future framework, to meet women’s employee – expectations. To accomplish the purpose, related goals have been set up, enabling them to take control of their jobs and develop new skills, which they were never aware of.

Dee Foundation group has always collaborated with its Corporate & Knowledge partners, promoting Women Empowerment by organising numerous ‘women only’ - Vocational Training Centres for their copious ‘CSR Initiatives’. Corporate world now, mentions women in every possible area / field, in which it functions, recognising their moral responsibility towards society. Lok Bharti group is building future relationships with likeminded organizations / industries, implementing unique ‘women centric’ programs providing them with required opportunity, by skilling them according to their ability – in the specific / new domains, subsequently creating a trained ‘women workforce’. Whereas, Narendra Modi led Indian Government has launched flagship schemes to promote gender equality like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Save the Daughter, Educate the Daughter), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (a scheme to provide gas connections to women from below the poverty line households) and Mahila-E-Haat.

Dee Foundation plans to “Empower the Women”, by:

1. Placing women as leaders and giving them decision making roles.
2. Investing in – Women’ Entrepreneurial Ideas.
3. Mentoring them professionally as well as personally.
4. Promoting women's sense of self-worth.
5. Creating favourable ‘job opportunities’ for them.
6. Acknowledging the thoughts, to have determined choices.
7. Developing access towards new and essential resources.
8. Stimulating the power to control their own lives, both within and outside the households.

Dee Foundation underlines the importance of ‘Women Empowerment’ with effective policies, backed by determined actions to accord them. Their due rights and equal opportunities will be critical, in bolstering the overall efforts of fostering their growth as well as social advancement, also helping in prevention of sexual violence, against the women.