My experience

Tree plantation drive on Hareli Teej

Chhattisgarh, which is also known as 'dhan ka katora' or 'bowl of paddy' has earned its title due to the deep relationship between farmers and nature. Here, agricultural festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm. The occasion of Hareli Teej is one of the most important festivals for farmers throughout Chhattisgarh. Hareli is colloquially derived from a Hindi word haryali, meaning 'greenery'. This day is marked by farmers worshipping their tools and domestic livestock and exhibiting their gratitude for the greenery on earth. And this was the day we chose for our tree plantation drive.

Tarapore Ballika Vidyalaya visit

​Nine of us from Jamshedpur visited J.H. Tarapore Ballika Vidyalaya on 8 August 2019. We were divided in groups and attended to students of classes 5 to 10. J.H. Tarapore school at Jamshedpur runs an afternoon school, Tarapore Ballika Vidyalaya (a school for underprivileged girls), in the same premises for classes 1 to 10. The school funds their uniforms, books and other writing material.

Malur Chronicles

Living in a cosmopolitan city like Bangalore, we often do not realise the importance of having proper sanitation facilities. Schools which are in the outskirts of cities or in villages do not have sanitation facilities that city folk like us do. Lack of access to primary sanitation facilities adversely impacts the health, safety and dignity of students in such schools. Initiatives taken by PwC India Foundation to make a difference have had a huge impact on the lives of these children. In the last two years, the team has built and upgraded 18 sanitation facilities in four schools and impacted about 800 students.

The joys of my CSR journey

On a Monday afternoon on the seventh floor of Tower 8C, I was felicitated and so were 23 others. In all there were 344 individuals who had volunteered for Corporate Responsibility activities from the North zone. This year, we doubled our corporate responsibility volunteering hours as compared to last year and there was a celebration. Instead of just sending the annual certificates to all the volunteers, a felicitation ceremony was hosted to recognise the efforts of all the volunteers of PwC India Foundation from the NCR region for FY 2018-19.

Making a difference

The Corporate Responsibility team along with NGO partner, Project Life, recently organised a blood donation camp in the Kolkata DN office on 28 June 2019. It was heartening to see 148 donors come together to make this a huge success, out of which we could collect 126 units of blood.

Senior professionals from PwC step in to mentor budding Social Entrepreneurs

School for Social Entrepreneurs India recently inducted its fourth Cohort. The Social start-up fellowship programme is a 9-month long fellowship which provides essential support to people with a social enterprise idea in India.

A visit to Keshav Shruti

While Environment day was still around the corner, a team of more than 20 members from PwC visited Keshav Srushti. It is a beautiful den of native plants and nature conservation habitat located in the heart of Bhayander. The team assembled at the venue by 11am on 8 June for a series of interesting activities which were lined up for them. This was followed by mouthwatering breakfast after which the NGO team briefed us about the organisation, the significance of the place, secret of conserving nature and preserving green cover, importance of ecosystem, the need of growing more trees for combating the adverse effects of weather changes and then walked us through the biodiversity at Keshav Srushti.

Plant a sapling

Trees give us a token to live on earth - Oxygen. We were taught in childhood that “who plants a tree, plants a hope". When I was in school, a tree plantation activity was common. I used to like that event as it made me feel that I was contributing to the environment which, in return, was helping all living beings and maintaining an ecological balance. After that I went to college where there was no event like the one in school. So I used to plant trees at home and wondered if I would get any chance in future to plant more trees. After joining PwC, I came to know about this CR activity around this initiative. PwC work in collaboration with many such organisations and this year it collaborated with SAFE (South Asian Forum for Environment) at Natar Bheri.

A visit to Waste to Wonder park

As part of the Earth Hour initiative, CR team in Gurgaon undertook a activities to spread awareness about the Earth Hour, pollution, and waste management among children, in collaboration with a local NGO

River front and forest cleanup

Sabarmati River and the riverfront are iconic to Ahmedabad and as we enjoy this spectacular landscape, the onus to keep it clean lies on us.

Beach cleanup

“It’s Saturday morning and I don’t feel like getting up” – This is what most of the employees think and I am no different. But something struck me that morning and I woke up straight out of bed.

A visit to Gharaunda old age home

Vasant Panchmi, the festival that marks the beginning and welcoming of the spring season seems joyous enough.

Promoting artisans for their financial independence

NGO Samvedana has been running project 'Udgreev' which helps train marginalised women to design different art forms using textile

Gifted smiles this Diwali

The organisation is striving to provide quality education to them and counselling these students to adopt careers that not only interest them but can also provide financial security

Paint the wall with happiness and joy

This activity was planned keeping in mind the engagment of people from the community as well as the participation of volunteers from PwC

Giving back to our society

I can't think of a more judicious use of words when it comes to the value of CR. Perhaps Churchill meant personal greatness here but then what are companies if not groups of people. It is these wonderful groups of people that came together in Bangalore during the PwC India Foundation Week from 3 to 7 September to make a difference to the lives of more than 300 students, girls and women. Another matter of pride is that the PwC India foundation has completed 10 years of giving back to our society.

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others

PwC India Foundation completed 10 years of existence this year. 3-7 September 2018 was celebrated as the Foundation week across our offices by conducting employee engagement initiatives under the larger theme of Urban Children.

Making the Youth employment ready

PwC India Foundation has always comes up with some great initiatives for the society in terms of education, public health, environment and much more. In a span of two years that I have been here, I’ve had lots of opportunities as an employee to give back to the society.

Counting blessings….and being a beacon

A bunch of us interacted with rescued girls at the PwC office in Bandra In a life where we chase one target after the other, work our way through the rat race, and strive incessantly to gather more, we often forget to slow down and smell the roses. More so, we lose touch with the fact that our existence is not just about ourselves; that whether or not we acknowledge it, we are intrinsically connected to each other, our surroundings, and every human we possibly don't even know.

Welcome SSE India's Third Cohort

This cohort has witnessed female participation surpassing male participation. SSE India cohort 2018 With excitement and gratitude, Shalabh Mittal, CEO of SSE India, welcomed the third cohort of the Social Start-Up Fellowship Programme at their first learning block hosted at Atal Incubation Centre, part of BIMTECH, Greater Noida. 

180 days in India and PwC

Emma Derham talks about her volunteering experience with PwC India Foundation, and getting her ‘hands dirty’ for social causes in rural India

Expresso yourself with Jaivir Singh

Kulpreet Dhamija’s recent meet with Jaivir gave her an opportunity to gain insights on PwC India Foundation

Colours of joy

Here's how the M&A tax team in Gurugram celebrated Holi in a different way.

On board the wheels of change

PwCite Avishma brought in New Year 2018 by participating in the Jagriti Yatra train journey, thereby joining the mission to transform our nation.

A trip to a village

Jeraz Mullan and a group of PwCites elaborated on the benefits of water harvesting and tree plantation to the locals of a village in Jawhar district in Maharashtra.

SSE India fellows applaud PwC leaders’ insights

SSE India fellows gather in Delhi for a ‘learning block’ where their skills and capacities are enhanced to become better social entrepreneurs.

Sanitation facilities in Ajmer

PwC India Foundation (PwCIF) is working on a project that aims to provide sanitation facilities in government girls’ schools in Ajmer City benefitting 4,500+ girls across five schools.

Joy of Giving: Mentor-Menteeship

PwC India Foundation did an exclusive interview with SSE India fellow Anirudh and IFS Senior Director Swati Agarwal to share a snippet of their journey together as a mentor and mentee with SSE India

Immediate humanitarian relief

In the aftermath of the floods that hit the north eastern part of India recently, PwC India Foundation stepped in to provide humanitarian relief to the flood affected communities. A PwCIF volunteer, Aakritee Kapoor visited villages of two districts Katihar and Araria of Bihar during the distribution of health and hygiene kits and saw first hand, the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by the community.

Day out with Students

The Corporate Tax team in Bengaluru engaged with 15 students of Government Tamil Higher Primary School children on 6 September 2017. The team had organised for a cab to pick these children up and they were delighted as it was a new experience for them.

Immediate relief to flood affected communities in Assam

PwC India Foundation along with its NGO partner distributed health and hygiene kits to the flood affected villagers of Telahi Block, Lakhimpur district, Assam.

Interacting with school children in Doddaguppi

Fifteen volunteers from the Bangalore office took part in a Corporate Responsibility initiative that was organised by our NGO partner Dream School Foundation in a government school at Doddaguppi, a little place away from the noisy city, on Saturday, 22 July.

The thread that binds

Raksha Bandhan is a wonderful reminder of the thread that binds a brother and a sister. To mark this special occasion, the CR team in the North partnered with NGO SETU and organised a visit for the children to our office in Gurgaon on 28 July.

Interacting with the Warli community at Doyapada

Our daily life is often so hectic, there is very little time for one to connect with nature or give back to the society. But 29 July 2017 saw 29 PwCites come together to make a difference for a social cause.

PwCites travel to Ajmer to discuss sanitation and hygiene

Volunteers from PwC conducted several sessions, competitions and activities on sanitation, health and hygiene. Students shared their personal experience on adopting safe sanitation practices in their families and friends. The children and staff are now well equipped with maintaining hygiene in washrooms and hand washing units.

Shining bright

As part of our Earth Hour initiative in March 2017, PwC India Foundation (PwCIF) ran a campaign that encouraged our employees to purchase solar lanterns. In return, PwCIF pledged to purchase and distribute the same number of lanterns to communities we support.

You too can make a difference!

When a mail reaches your inbox with an opportunity to contribute to society - don’t hesitate. Our involvement in our work is such that it is very difficult for most of us to take time out from our schedule and participate.

Ahmedabad launches vocational centre to train youth

PwC India Foundation (PwCIF) launched a vocational centre for training youth in Ghodasar, Ahmedabad on 12 July 2017, in collaboration with NGO - Saath Charitable Trust. The centre will undertake a three month long retail training, preparing students to get placed with organised retailers.

Doctor on wheels

The report helped us take pro-active steps to address the basic needs of children who require healthcare services. We partnered with NGO Bal Umang Drishya Sansthan (BUDS) to run a mobile healthcare service ‘Doctor on wheels’, which aimed to reach out to the orphans and vulnerable children in Delhi and a village named Ghasera in Mewat.

Saving the planet, together!

This year’s environment week celebration saw all the regions coming together enthusiastically for a common cause.

School for Social Entrepreneurs India family grows!

An initiative to nurture social entrepreneurs

Mentoring and Development Programme

A CR initiative in the North

Visiting the girls rescued from human trafficking

A CR initiative in the West

My mentor was a strong support

Raisa Dawood from Tamil Nadu shares her experience as an SSE India Fellow​

We rise by lifting others

Contributed by Gurgaon Advisory Analyst Anjali Arora

Importance of cleanliness

Richa Wahi, from PwC's Human Capital team, narrates her experience of visiting govt. schools in Rajasthan.

Rebuilding a school to rebuild lives

Richard Collier-Keywood, Vice Chairman, PwC Network shares his first account version to Srinagar, Kashmir