Adarsh charitable foundation providing relief to flood victims

Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. Adarsh Charitable Foundation – Providing relief to flood victims

Introduction • Inception: 1999 • Industry: Financial Services • Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. is one of the most trusted and leading credit co-operative society in terms of branch network, advisor strength and deposit procurement • It was granted the status of Multistate Co-Operative Society in February 2008 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India • Currently has a wide presence with 820+ physical branches, serving approximately 1.7 million members through 2.5 lakhs Advisor base

Adarsh Charitable Foundation • Inception: 2015 • Objective: Improve the quality of life of communities across the country by addressing issues of national concern through pioneering development initiatives.

• Uplifting the society we live in and caring for the less privileged is an integral part of Adarsh Credit’s business philosophy

Initiative • Many states of India were impacted due to heavy rains.

Rajasthan and Gujarat were amongst the badly-affected states that were severely flooded.

• People living in villages suffered the most due to this.

• Adarsh Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Adarsh Credit understood this tough situation very well and extended its support to the flood victims.

• The volunteers of Adarsh Charitable Foundation made it their mission to make life easier for the flood victims.

A CSR initiative by Adarsh Credit • Rahul Modi, the managing director at Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. was in constant touch with the volunteers of Adarsh Charitable Foundation and made sure all the supplies reached the affected regions as planned.

• They also hired chartered helicopters to dispatch food packets to regions such as Sirohi and Jalore.

• The volunteers supplied clean drinking water to them along with food packets and medical kits.

Relief Work - Rajasthan • Adarsh Charitable Foundation distributed: i. 25,000 food kits in Sirohi ii. 10,000 food packets in Jalore iii. 2000 tents iv. 500 blankets •. Moreover, food packets were also distributed in villages such as Sanchor, Bhinwal and Raniwada of Jalore district.

Relief Work - Gujarat • The affected regions of Gujarat were also provided similar support by Adarsh Credit. • The volunteers of Adarsh Charitable Foundation with the help of local administration distributed: i. 21,000 food packets ii. 15,000 sukhdi packets iii. 80,000 water pouches iv. 3000 milk containers in Banaskantha district of Gujarat

Medical Camps and Food Supply • Adarsh Charitable Foundation also organized health camps in Banaskantha.

• Over 400 medicines were distributed free of cost to the flood victims in medical relief camps set up in Dhanera and Jasra villages.

• They also supplied raw food material pack in flood-affected regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat.

• Each food material pack weighed 18 kg and consisted of 10 kg wheat flour, 1 kg mixed dal, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg salt, 1 Ltr mustard oil, 250 grams tea powder, 250 grams pack consisting of chilli powder, coriander powder and turmeric packet.

Appreciation

• Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje was highly impressed and appreciated the work done by personally contacting Mukesh Modi, Founder, Adarsh Charitable Foundation.

Conclusion • Working towards welfare of the society has always been the mission of Adarsh Credit and such CSR initiatives prove the same. • Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. understands the significance of this CSR initiative in lives of the flood victims.