Patronising Youth Sports
In order to patronize sports we conduct a football academy mostly for slum children. It happens for 3 hours from Monday to Saturday. We support different youth forums with outdoor sports kit viz., football, cricket, volleyball, and in rare cases, carom board too. Games actualise unity among youth which is necessary to guide them to achieve their goal.
Holistic Support To Orphan Children
We provide support for education and overall development for a century-old orphanage which houses 40 children. Digital literacy is ensured for the students upto XIIth Standard.
Self-Defense Training For Girl Students
To ensure the safety of girl students while they are pursuing education outdoors, Ambuja Neotia organizes weekly self-defense training for them. It trains them in body fitness, reflex, alertness and self-protection. Presently 50 students are undergoing training. It’s a 3-month training for each batch and goes the round periodically in different govt. schools. Female self-defense trainers are engaged to overview the training.
Nutrition project
We launched a Malnutrition Project in North and Central Kolkata, in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur, which restored the health for 569 malnourished Grade IV children over 4 years.
Educational Tour & Art workshop
Educational Tours and Art Workshops are organised every year for children-in-need to give them outdoor exposures in nature, sports, zoo and museum. Their talent in painting & drawing is encouraged and greetings card made by them is procured from them. This year we had it with specially-abled children with a group of 55.
Women Sports
In a patriarchal society where rural women are often confined to household duties, participating in sports is rare and often a taboo. However, with our NGO partners we organize Women’s & mother’s sporting event for their breaking the taboo, show of unity, boosting confidence, zeal to win, entertainment and participation. Around 250-300 women take part in various events of brick race, tug-of-war, football, and kabaddi. The events symbolizes breaking of taboos, gender equality and emphasizes women’s rights to participate in outdoor activities.
Anand Ahaar
Catering to the SDG of ‘Zero Hunger’ by United Nations, we have launched Anand Ahaar, a food project where we provide stomach-full lunch to around 400 hungry people/per day in the various slums of Kolkata. Its our pledge to eradicate hunger and malnourishment.
Karukala
Its an annual handicraft exhibition organized at our corporate office where rural women directly put up kiosks and exhibit and sell their handmade products. It symbolizes women empowerment par excellence as the sale proceeds directly benefit their families.
Community SOS
When there is an outbreak of Dengue especially during monsoon, we distribute mosquito-nets among communities. It is implemented with the Ramakrishna Mission. Similarly, during peak winter, blankets are given to the needy and senior citizens in slum dwellings. These initiatives take place every year whenever we get a crisis call from the communities we work for.