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Our Community Initiatives
The Group has been active in a whole range of community areas. We focus on education, sports, community development and childcare – areas that mean something to our business and where we can make a positive impact. Currently, our endeavours are focused in two countries, Nigeria and Estonia.
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SIFE
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a global, non-profitable organisation supporting university students in more than 40 countries to carry out community development projects.
The Senior Management Representatives of Tolaram Group participated as judges in the recently held National Competition of SIFE for respective Universities and Polytechnics in Singapore and Nigeria. The nominated winner from the respective countries will participate in the SIFE World Cup to be held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2009.
The Group will consider the possibilities for association with SIFE in their various community outreach projects.
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ISHK Limb Center
Tolaram Charity Foundation has successfully completed its first out station camp in Warri in Delta State, Nigeria.
The camp was organized in two stages in Warri, the Measurement Stage followed by the Fitting and Training Stage.
Fabrication of the artificial limbs had taken place in Lagos at our IshK Limb Centre. The Foundation successfully fitted 56 limbs in the Warri camp.
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National Campaign on Education and Sports
In order to successfully promote the synergy between sports and education, De-United Foods Industries Limited (DUFIL) has partnered veteran sports figure, Chief Segun Odegbami. Chief Segun is a legendary footballer and has been encouraging the development of sports in Nigeria.
Chief Segun and DUFIL have joined hands and developed the National Campaign on Education and Sports with an emphasis on football. Through this project tagged ‘Taking Football Back to School’, De-United Foods has distributed 10,000 footballs to 25 schools in 25 states in Nigeria. With this initiative, “Taking Football Back to School” has touched over 500,000 children’s lives.
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Indomie Football Club
Our devotion to developing football at the grassroots level led to the formation of the Indomie Football Club of Ota. The club is constantly discovering raw talent who are then groomed to become professional players.
The success stories include Taiye Taiwo and Muri Ogunbiyi who have represented the country at national and international championships.
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Community Development Projects
One of the challenges experienced in third world countries, especially in rural areas, is accessibility to potable water. De-United Foods Industries Limited (DUFIL) has contributed to the alleviation of this problem in its host community by constructing boreholes to provide clean water.
Residents of Ilata and Idedo communities in Ota, Ogun State now have access to good water.
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Ijamido Motherless Home Sponsorship
De-United Foods Industries Limited (DUFIL) has also been able to contribute to the education of abandoned and motherless children at the Ijamido Motherless Home.
Over the years, we have donated computers to the home to help train the resident children and prepare them for a working environment. To help the children appreciate music and develop their talent, we have also gifted musical instruments. Children at the centre also enjoy lunch on a daily basis courtesy of DUFIL.
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Educational Development Projects
A commitment to enable children to achieve their best intellectual potential has seen De-United Foods Industries spending over 170 million naira on education grants to less privileged students in the society to help in the realisation of their dreams. Signboards have also been erected to properly distinguish schools that are part of the programme. Educational materials such as note books, writing instruments and teaching aids have also been donated to support teaching and learning.
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Medical equipments like high-tech incubators, baby weighing scales, digital thermometers and sphygmomanometers were donated to the Pediatric ward of Massey Street Children Hospital and Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan.
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Youth Development
As part of Youth Development, donation was made for the Skills Acquisition Program.
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Tolaram Foundation
Tolaram Foundation, Tolaram’s charity wing in Estonia, has been created by Sonny Aswani, the head of Tolaram Group in Estonia, to enhance the social fabric of the country by lending an opportunity to those who are shunned by society, to develop their self esteem and be able to add value to their lives.
The Foundation has defined a direction that addresses the need to assist handicapped children, by way of establishing a Centre for Music Education. This Centre will allow these children to express and enjoy themselves through music.
Tolaram Foundation will be adopting the Figurenotes methodology, a highly acclaimed and proven system that has been developed by Finnish music therapists. This method uses a combination of figures and colours to help the children identify each note and octave. Figurenotes have opened a new page in music culture. It presents a new opportunity to those who are unable to master the traditional note system.
Tolaram Foundation has published a special book of Figurenotes in Estonian for mentally disabled people, presenting them with an opportunity to learn and play music. This book consists of
two parts:
• Methodology description and pedagogical advices
• A selection of songs in Figurenotes
Besides this ongoing project, the Foundation has been exposed to many different aspects of the society. We have raised funds through donations and annual events to change windows at Tallinn Diacony Hospital, which cares for the terminally ill. We have also supported the Union of Mentally Retarded People to open their Day Centre in Tallinn. In our efforts to reach out to those who are forgotten by the Estonian society, we are also supporting a soup kitchen run by Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity, who do a fantastic job of feeding and housing the homeless. |
To get more information about our endeavors, please visit our website at www.tolaram.ee/fond
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Tolaram Group through various charity organizations in India has been supporting and encouraging the underprivileged sections of the society.
“Mohan Vaswani Family Trust”, the philanthropic arm of the Group in India came into existence with the objective of fulfilling the Group's social responsibility. The trust has implemented various projects that provide aid in education, medical facilities, flood relief and other natural calamities.
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