United Way Mumbai

Works with the objective of initiating long-term, extensive and sustainable social change in six key focus areas of education, health, income, environ Read morement, public safety and social inclusion. In the education sector, the vision is to improve accessibility of education for all sections of the society to help in employment retention. In the health sector, the aim is to improve access to healthcare and improve the health infrastructure. In the income sector, it works to ensure financial stability for individuals as well as their families. Its work in the environment sector is focused on conservation and preservation of the environment and development of an ecologically responsible culture. Its work in the other two key areas is focused on improving public safety through better safety infrastructure in Mumbai and to ensure social inclusion of individuals from all backgrounds. It works by collaborating with NGOs and corporate organizations with active involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, designing of CSR strategies, due diligence of NGOs, impact assessments, financial reporting, employee reporting, programmatic reporting and workplace giving campaigns. The present projects include the Mission Mangroves Initiative which aims to replenish the cover of Mangrove trees along the coastline of Mumbai, the TATA Mumbai Marathon, the Let's Read Campaign, Project Poshan to combat malnutrition, the United for Road Safety Campaign, Project Ankur which aims at ensuring early childhood development, Live United against Diabetes Initiative to ensure prevention as well as management of diabetes, the Kerala Flood Relief Campaign and the Commemoration of World Hepatitis Day 2018. Its past projects include L'Oreal Citizen Day, 3M Volunteer Day Activities, Let's READ Carnival, DESIRE Society Summer Camp, Integrated Child Health Project, Uttarakhand Disaster Response, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Mission Skill Development. Over the course of its operation, it has collaborated with more than 300 companies and more than 1,00,000 individual donors; raising approximately INR 648 crore for community development projects.