Forbes Marshall received National Awards for Excellence in CSR and Sustainability

We are very happy to announce that On Friday, 24th July, Forbes Marshall received National Awards for Excellence in CSR and Sustainability and in the category of Innovations in CSR practices. The awards are endorsed by two organizations namely, World CSR Day and World Federation of CSR professionals.

Our initiative called “Arambh” (The beginning), taken with the partner organizations called “Ummeed” and “CARE”, related to Early Child Development was presented for the awards. The speciality of the initiative is the Community Health Workers educated from 5th to 12 th standard have been trained to identify Development Deficiencies among the children in the age of 0-6 years and concentrating on communication with the child for better development.

The project’s success is mainly due to the excellent training given by our partner organizations and the motivation and sustained interest shown by the Community Health Workers who are the key role players in the whole initiative.

The awards ceremony was organized at the Taj Lands End Hotel in Bandra, Mumbai and It was heartening to be recognized in the large gathering of the CSR professionals