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DLF FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 2012

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COVER STORY

FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

GURGAON RENEWAL MISSION

VILLAGE CLUSTER DEV.

EDUCATION

DLF Foundation Replenishes Depleting Water Levels in Gurgaon

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From the Editor's Desk Contents

COVER STORY

FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

GURGAON RENEWAL MISSION

VILLAGE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION

DLF Foundation Replenishes Depleting Water Levels in

Gurgaon.......................................................................... 3

DLF Foundation Establishes

Skill Training Centre in Hospitality at Faridabad.............4

Kudos to DLF Raghvendra Scholar!................................. 4

DLF Foundation Organises Seminar on

Water Management in Gurgaon.................................... 5

DLF Cluster Development Programme........................... 6

Children Enthusiasm Enigmatic at DLF Swapna Sarthak

School............................................................................. 7

Slum Children Learn to Read and Write at

DLF Katha School............................................................ 7

More Reasons to Rejoice at DLF Shiksha Schools .......... 8

SBM School celebrates Independence Day ....................8

Water is the nectar of life. Can its importance in our

life ever be undermined? But it is a matter of

concern that this natural resource is depleting

fast...and the point is that water cannot be created nor

destroyed. We can find alternate sources of fuel but we

cannot find another source for water.

Anticipating the need to conserve water, DLF Foundation has

taken up the onus of

Besides, an interesting and informative seminar on Water

Management in Gurgaon was successfully conducted at

Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), Gurgaon.

The audience were enriched with the various facts and

measures taken by the administrative bodies to tackle water

crisis in Gurgaon.

Last two months saw a flurry of activities by DLF Foundation,

particularly educational programmes of various DLF

Foundation supported schools such as SBM SChool, DLF

Shiksha Schools and DLF Katha Schools, a report of which has

been presented in this newsletter.

Happy reading!

construction of over 45 Rain Water

Harvesting (RWH) units in the Millennium city, Gurgaon. It is

felt that installation of these units will aid in replenishing the

depleting water levels in Gurgaon and also thwart flooding of

the roads and low lying areas which causes tremendous

inconvenience to the public in general.

EDITORIAL

A perfectly landscaped green cover adds beauty to every surrounding and the DLF Horticulture Department strives to

ensure that Gurgaon city is soothing to the eye and healthy for the lungs. A tree plantation drive was initiated by the

department during the monsoon. The plantation drive

was undertaken by residents and representatives of RWAs of

DLF CIty. Headed by a manager, two supervisors, three officers

and about 150 gardeners, DLF is well equipped with a dedicated

work force as well as an infrastructure that has eight tractor

tankers, lawn mower trolleys and mechanized augers for

digging.

The department has a nursery spread over 1.5 acres in Phase II

which serves four phases in addition to another in DLF Golf

Course for Phase V.

The Horticulture Department boasts of 88 parks spread

over 70 acres, incidental greens over 30 acres and a green belt of

over 40 acres in addition to 120 km of road side tree plantation.

Towards a Greener City...

Tree plantation drive in progress

COVER STORY

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DLF Foundation has started construction of over 45

Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) units in the

Millennium city, Gurgaon. It is felt that installation of

these units will aid in replenishing the depleting water levels

in Gurgaon and also thwart flooding of the roads and low lying

areas which causes tremendous inconvenience to the public

in general.

Talking on the initiative, Lt Gen Rajender Singh, CEO, DLF

Foundation said, “DLF Foundation in partnership with SURGE

has initiated this project and has already completed

construction of six Water Harvesting Units in DLF City Phase III

so far. We are working on a target to complete the remaining

39 units over the next 6 -7 months from now”.

The construction of one Water Harvesting Unit takes 8 -10

days and two teams have been assigned to set up three units

each per month. All these harvesting structures would come

up in DLF Cities Phase I to Phase V. The maintenance charge of

cleaning the Units will be borne by the Foundation for a

period of three years; thereafter the responsibility of

45 Rain Water Harvesting Units under construction

DLF Foundation Replenishes Depleting Water Levels in Gurgaon

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maintenance will be the mandate of RWA.

The construction of these Water Harvesting Units will entail

prevention of water logging and recharge of ground water so

that the water table rises. There has been no talk of the rate of

groundwater abstraction in Gurgaon, until recently, which is

reportedly more than thrice the quantum replenished by

rains.

According to a recent study released by CSE, there is no

reliable data on the quantum of groundwater abstracted. In

2011, Gurgaon with over 30,000 tubewells, recorded

extracting 70-230 million litres of water in a day. Going by

this rate of extraction, the water table will decline by 1.2

metre every year. As per official estimates, in 2021, the

NCR township with a projected population of 3.7 million will

have a water demand of 666 MGD per day. Hence, it is

important that the ground water is replenished by all relevant

stakeholders like developers, RWAs and the government,

while alternative sources of water is being worked out by

HUDA.

"Water is the driving force of all nature."- Leonardo da Vinci

FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

DLF Foundation Establishes Skill Training Centre in Hospitality at Faridabad

80 students pass out with flying colours

As a continuation to the DLF Foundation's efforts to

nurture skills amongst the unemployed youth, which

in turn would help them earn their livelihood, Skill

Training Centers have been established in Hospitality, Food &

Beverage Services, Food Production, IT, Electronics,

specialized Trades in Construction and Customer Relations

amongst others.

Under the mandate, the Foundation has inaugurated a new

skill training center at Faridabad. The courses being offered at

the centre are 'Food Production' and 'F&B Services' under

which students are provided basic training in food production

and cookery through interactive laboratory based training by

highly trained faculty. The training is provided free of charge

to youth between the age group of 18 to 28 years. Youth

belonging to low income group, who have passed class eighth

in school can apply for this training.

The faculty for the course includes trained chefs and qualified

Hotel Management professionals who have linkages in

various hotels in the Hospitality sector. All trainees studying at

the centre are provided placement support for which the DLF

foundation has signed MoU with corporate partners. The

centre at Faridabad has successfully completed the training of

its first two batches of students in Food Production and 80

students have passed out in the month of July 2012.

The skill development program is part of DLF Foundation's

flagship, ''Million Jobs Programme''. The programme has a

target of providing job placement to atleast 75 per cent of the

youth receiving training at the Centres.

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Kudos to DLF Raghvendra Scholar!Rachita Luthra ranks 8th in MBA (Financial

Markets) at Guru Gobind Singh IP University

Rachita Luthra

"Education is the most powerful

weapon which you can use to

change the world"

- Nelson Mandela

Miss Rachita Luthra, one among the over 176 DLF

Raghvendra Scholars, pursuing MBA (Financial

Markets) has scored 8th rank in Indraprastha

University, Delhi. She was awarded scholarship in 2011 under

the Talent Nurturing Programme, one of the flagship

initiatives of DLF Foundation.

Rachita belongs to a low income

family; her father works as support

staff at Sadar Bazar, Delhi while her

mother is a housewife. Her father is

the sole bread winner of the family of

five.

“I received the DLF Raghvendra

Scholarship last year,” tells Rachita

happily. “And I look forward to

continued support this year as well.”

This is just one success story; DLF Foundation is building

lives of many more meritorious and underprivileged students.

Instituted in 2011, DLF Raghvendra Scholarship aims to

nurture talent amongst underprivileged meritorious

students. The scholarships cover school children from class VI

onward to under-graduate and subsequently post graduate

studies in professional courses including medicine (MBBS),

Engineering, IT, Fine Arts, Sports and Management at all-India

scale. The Foundation believes that money and mentoring

should not be a constraint for meritorious underprivileged

students to pursue their education in reputed educational

institutes. That's the mission of DLF Raghvendra Scholarship

programme! The Foundation is aiming to give over

875 scholarships per year as the program matures over a

period of time.

A one-day seminar on 'Water Management in Haryana

with Special Reference to Gurgaon' was organised at

the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA)

Complex, Gurgaon. Mr. K.K. Jalan, IAS, Financial

Commissioner & Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department,

Haryana was the Chief Guest at the seminar. The event kicked

off with a welcome address by Dr. G. Prasanna Kumar, Vice

Chairman, IIPA HRB, followed by the presidential remarks by

former Chief Secretary of Haryana, Mr. M.C. Gupta.

Mr. K.K. Jalan said that the raw water availability in Gurgaon is

250 litres per person per day but still there is water scarcity

due to various reasons. “In order to tackle this problem, there

needs to be proper water accounting system in each colony,”

he said. He also outlined the various measures taken by the

irrigation department, which included cleaning drive of the

rivers, recycled water to be used for power plants, rainwater

harvesting, etc. Besides, he also informed about the action

taken at the village ponds to segregate the fresh water with

unclean water. “The pricing of water needs to be changed as

well,” he added. Another interesting fact that he mentioned

was that 90% of the surface water is used for irrigation while

only 10% accounts for domestic and industries use.

While, Lt. Gen. Rajender Singh, CEO, DLF Foundation

highlighted the water issue from a common man's

perspective. “Gurgaon is a city with tremendous advantages

but unfortunately, it has tremendous problems too; and

water is one of them. The water crisis is real – there is

DLF Foundation Organises Seminar on Water Management in Gurgaon

Seminar focuses on the way to tackle the water crisis in Gurgaon

Lt. Gen. Rajender Singh, CEO, DLF Foundation expressing his views

Mr. K.K. Jalan, IAS, Finaancial Commissionr & Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Haryana, addressing the audience.

adequate amount of raw water but due to issues in treatment

and delivery of treated water, the city is reeling under water

crisis. But, it is heartening to see that the government is

actively involved in tackling this issue; their plans just need to

be expedited. Besides, we as citizens, should work towards

recharging the ground water level and ensure there is less

wastage of water,” he said.

Other dignitaries at the seminar included Mr. S.K. Bansal,

Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation Department; Mr. H.R. Bangia,

Honorary Secretary, HIPA; Mr. Harmail Singh, Engineer in

Chief, Irrigation Department; Mr. R.S. Rathee, President,

Gurgaon Citizens Council; Mr. K.K. Bhugra, Director, KY

Consultants Pvt Ltd, to name a few.

The seminar was ably organised by DLF Foundation under the

aegis of 'Gurgaon Renewal Mission” (GRM) in partnership

with Haryana Regional Branch of Indian Institute of Public

Administration and Haryana Institute of Public

Administration, Gurgaon. The GRM movement aims to

provide a platform for all stakeholders to spur action to

resuscitate Gurgaon and initiate Gurgaon centric

development.

The seminar was well-attended by over 100 water expert

organizations, academicians and RWA representatives and

focused on the ongoing water crisis in Gurgaon and the

recent judicial interventions; and subsequent steps being

initiated by the Gurgaon Administration to tackle this

grave issue.

GURGAON RENEWAL MISSION

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DLF Cluster Development Programme

Integrated development of rural areas in Gurgaon

Table describing attendance of patients in various health centers

DLF Foundation is actively engaged in developing

cluster of villages in rural Gurgaon. Under this

programme, a series of Primary Health Centers in

rural Haryana have been established to act as nodal point of

intervention. These centers provide free medical consultancy,

specialist treatment, free diagnostics and subsidized

medicines to a large rural community. Linkages have been

established for secondary and tertiary care. Apart from

provision of palliative and curative care, the emphasis

remains on the preventive and promotive health care. In the

recent past, two months alone, more than 1700 patients

received care at these centers.

In line with organisation's commitment to 'Health for All' , DLF

Foundation organised awareness programmes on nutrition,

hygiene and cleanliness in schools and Anganwadi centers in

four villages of rural Gurgaon. Interactive sessions with

students and teachers were conducted by health experts and

queries were addressed. In addition, a comprehensive school

health checkup was also conducted by medical officers of

respective PHC. More than 1500 school students underwent

VILLAGE CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

health screening and in the process preventive, curative and

promotive services were offered.

Besides, DLF Foundation is also focusing on forming the

Village Development Committee (VDC), which would

comprise of three sub-committees: the Village Youth Council

(VYC), the Village Council of Elders (VCE), and the Village

Health Committee (VHC). The VDCs, in turn, will take a lead

role in the process of continuing to understand and respond to

the needs of their community.

In wake to arrival of Monsoon, lot of water logging is

happening in the villages, which is haven for mosquito

breeding and subsequent spread of vector borne diseases.

Anti-larval sprays and fumigation was also being done to avoid

this menace.

PHC Female Male Total Old New

Nawada Fatehpur 191 178 369 183 186

Hyatpur 133 141 274 172 102

Shikopur 153 153 306 168 138

Sakatpur 125 143 268 109 159

Dhanaura 250 258 508 242 266

Grand total 852 873 1725 874 851

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"The growth and development of

people is the highest ca

lling of

leadership."

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EDUCATION

The environment at the DLF Katha School in Gurgaon

and Manesar is vibrant! The learning methodology is

simple, non-threatening and non-competitive. This is

in accordance with the psyche of the children of slum

dwellers. DLF Foundation is not leaving any stone unturned

for the upliftment of children from slum areas.

The teaching methodology at these schools is appealing.

Their speaking skills have been improved by story-telling

sessions on popular stories like "Balkhati Kaun"," The Famous

Smile", "Daddu's Day out" & the poem "The Sea". Readathon

& Spelling Bee enhanced their reading skill and word power,

respectively. They are also taught how to make shapes with

clay and paper folding to make interesting shapes. A

scintillating performance was also given by the children on

the eve of Independence Day.

At Jhunjhunwadi, the pre-school for children from slums,

children learn to draw and colour, besides learning alphabets

and two letter words. They can also chant beautiful prayers

like “Pyasa hiran jaise, Jag ke ujeyare” and patriotic songs like

"Hind desh ke niwasi",” Ae mere watan ke logon" and “Bharat

ke kan-kan me Ankit."

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Slum Children Learn to Read and Write at DLF Katha School

Children Enthusiasm Enigmatic at DLF Swapna Sarthak School

The enthusiasm and eagerness on the smiling faces of

the students when the DLF- Swapna Sarthak School,

Nathupur resumed on 9th July 2012 was heartening. In

the first two weeks, earnest studies were carried out to get

the children into the groove after a long summer break. In the

last week of July, the children were engaged in making rakhis

and a special assembly was conducted on the significance of

rakhi and Janamastmi. Students of class 1st and 2nd had

hands on experience in planting saplings. They were given the

responsibility of nurturing the plants and watch them grow.

Besides, students were involved in various activities as a part

of Independence Day celebrations. Kites, doves, flags and the

wheel were made in the theme of the colours of the national

flag. The children learnt about the significance of the flag and

about freedom fighters. The highlight of the function was an

inspiring skit by students of class 3 on the childhood of Lal

Bahadur Shastri. Patriotic songs and poems were rendered by

the students of nursery, KG, 1st and 2nd.

The function culminated with the national anthem sung by

the students. The aim of the Swapna Sarthak School is not

only to impart literacy and education but also to inculcate

pride in the cultural heritage of our country.

On repeated demands of the parents of students at

DLF Shiksha School, the school at village Jharsa has

been upgraded to 6th and 7th standard from

this session.

Another major landmark in the history of DLF Shiksha Schools

is a new primary school at DLF Phase-IV/ Chakkarpur. It was

inaugurated by former Governor of Punjab and Chief of Army

Staff (Retd.) Gen. O.P. Malhotra on July 20 in the august

presence of Municipal Councillor, Sunita Yadav, Ward No.33,

Chakkarpur; Mr. Vijay Singh and Mr. P.K. Joseph of DLF

Foundation. The strength of the school was 35 students on

the first day, which has reached 75 in just one month's time

and is still on the rise.

Besides, the month of July also rejoiced with the celebration

of Foundation Day at DLF Shiksha School at village Jharsa, and

DLF Shiksha School, Wazirabad on July 17 and 23, respectively.

More recently, the 66th Independence Day of our beloved

country was celebrated in all the three schools. Municipal

Councillor, Sunita Yadav hoisted the national flag at DLF

Shiksha School in Chakkarpur. Eye-catching cultural programs

at all the three schools were very well received. The main

theme of the program at village Jharsa School was “Girl child is

More Reasons to Rejoice at DLF Shiksha Schools

New Primary School opened at Village Chakkarpur and Jharsa school upgraded to VII Standard

Inauguration of DLF Shiksha School in Chakkarpur

Independence Day was celebrated with full enthusiasm &

fervour in the green lawns of S.B.M. Sr. Sec. School, Shivaji

Marg, New Delhi. Sh. P. K. Joseph, Associate Director -

Programs from DLF Foundation was the Chief Guest & Sh.

Monit Anand, Project Manager from DLF Capital Greens was

the Guest of Honour. After unfurling the National Flag, a

Cultural Programme was performed by the students. A

project on “Foot Operated Mouse for Physically Handicapped

Persons”, which bagged the first place in Delhi State Level

Exhibition & Project Competition under Inspire Award

Scheme was also demonstrated before the guests.

Scholarships were given to meritorious students as well as to

the students having single parent on behalf of the DLF

Foundation.

SBM School celebrates Independence Day

All social and economic interventions by DLF Foundation are identified and conceived keeping in mind the need,

requirement and the benefit which they are likely to give to the community for which they are intended to be

implemented.

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equally important, if not more, than boys”. Prizes were

distributed by the Chief Guests to the students who took part

in cultural programs.

Today, 1040 underprivileged children are availing the facility

of totally free quality education in the schools, with 710

students in village Jharsa and about 330 in Wazirabad school.

EDUCATION