Deutsche Bank helps bring safe drinking water to the community Photograph: Nitin Upadhye Clean water Over the next 10 years, 100,000 families will receive clean water through the programme 100,000 Clear benefit In 2016, 151,050 people benefited from clean water projects and other watershed management projects 151,050 Source: 2016, Deutsche Bank Asia Foundation partners and Global Impact Tracking, Deutsche Bank In the Community From the ground up Corporate Social Responsibility Unleashing potential Every day, around the world, we want to do things that have a positive impact on the communities we are part of. In India, one in three people live in poverty; without food and water, healthcare, equal rights and the chance of an education. Deutsche Bank’s In the Community initiative helps tackle India’s chronic shortage of water, bringing access to water to more than 150,000 people. Through the youth engagement programme Born to Be, we give young people the chance to make life choices based on their aspirations, not their circumstances. In the last year, we’ve helped over 120,000 children and youth access quality education and skills training, and made healthcare and quick treatment a reality for thousands. Making a long-term difference is not just about donating funds, it’s about knowing how to use resources in a sustainable way. Through the Made for Good enterprise programme for social good, we give charities the know-how to grow their organisations and reach more people who need help. Many employees join the Plus You volunteering and giving community, raising funds and contributing more than 2,500 hours in a single month last year. “We will continue to ramp-up our efforts to create positive, sustainable change in the community. When we say we’re committed to giving our best to India, it’s a commitment that goes beyond business,” says Ravneet Gill, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, India. • Highly contaminated ground-water used to be the only option for the thousands of people living in and around Jaipur. Unfit for consumption due to poisonous levels of fluoride and nitrate, drinking this water made people seriously ill. The health of whole communities was affected. Children became sick and malnourished, and dropped out of school. Adults couldn’t work. Sometimes people died. Families who used this water for drinking and cooking often didn’t know how hazardous it was: it was so toxic, boiling it didn’t help. But for 10,000 families previously trapped in this dire situation, life is now very different. Thanks to the work of the Naandi Foundation, Deutsche Bank has helped set up 55 community water centres in and around Jaipur. They supply safe, reliable and affordable drinking water to over 50,000 residents. In the long run, the programme will reach ten times that number of people. Life changing The water centres change lives. As well as supplying clean water to dramatically improve general health, programme workers go door-to-door educating families on why safe water is so important. Awareness and behaviours are changing. Residents buy purified water for INR 0.20 or EUR 0.003 per litre, which is a fraction of the normal cost. They can collect up to 20 litres at a time, enough for a family for one day. Water is purified through a process of reverse osmosis and ultra violet filtration, using technology funded by Deutsche Bank. The local municipality provides the land, electricity and raw water. Naandi manages the programme on the ground, working at the heart of communities to mobilise support. All of the centres are cash-less. Residents quickly dispense their water with a flash of their pre-paid, electronic card. They can check their balance, and dispense water, 24 hours a day. This system makes accessing clean water, quick and easy. As general health improves, so does access to education and economic productivity. Children go to school. Students achieve more. Parents bring home an income. Each water centre employs a manager, usually a woman, from the local community. The knock-on effects are far-reaching. • naandi.org Deutsche Bank Regional CSR snapshot Summer 2017 India 3D Beyond Water works A commitment that goes beyond business Clean water saves lives Published by Deutsche Bank India Deutsche Bank House Hazarimal Somani Marg Fort, Mumbai 400 001 db.com/india This publication is printed on certified recycled paper. Greenhouse gas emissions caused by production and distribution have been offset. Discover more db.com/asia/cr Get in touch [email protected]
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Deutsche Bank helps bring safe drinking water to the community Photograph: Nitin Upadhye
Clean waterOver the next 10 years, 100,000 families will receive clean water through the programme
100,000
Clear benefitIn 2016, 151,050 people benefited from clean water projects and other watershed management projects
151,050Source: 2016, Deutsche Bank Asia Foundation partners and Global Impact Tracking, Deutsche Bank
In the CommunityFrom the ground up
Corporate Social ResponsibilityUnleashing potential
Every day, around the world, we want to do things that have a positive impact on the communities we are part of. In India, one in three people live in poverty; without food and water, healthcare, equal rights and the chance of an education.
Deutsche Bank’s In the Community initiative helps tackle India’s chronic shortage of water, bringing access to water to more than 150,000 people.
Through the youth engagement programme Born to Be, we give young people the chance to make life choices based on their aspirations, not their circumstances. In the last year, we’ve helped over 120,000 children and youth access quality education and skills training, and made healthcare and quick treatment a reality for thousands.
Making a long-term difference is not just about donating funds, it’s about knowing how to use resources in a sustainable way. Through the Made for Good enterprise programme for social good, we give charities the know-how to grow their organisations and reach more people who need help.
Many employees join the Plus You volunteering and giving community, raising funds and contributing more than 2,500 hours in a single month last year.
“We will continue to ramp-up our efforts to create positive, sustainable change in the community. When we say we’re committed to giving our best to India, it’s a commitment that goes beyond business,” says Ravneet Gill, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, India. •
Highly contaminated ground-water used to be the only option for the thousands of people living in and around Jaipur. Unfit for consumption due to poisonous levels of fluoride and nitrate, drinking this water made people seriously ill.
The health of whole communities was affected. Children became sick and malnourished, and dropped out of school. Adults couldn’t work. Sometimes people died. Families who used this water for drinking and cooking often didn’t know how hazardous it was: it was so toxic, boiling it didn’t help.
But for 10,000 families previously trapped in this dire situation, life is now very different. Thanks to the work of the Naandi Foundation, Deutsche Bank has helped set up 55 community water centres in and around Jaipur. They supply safe, reliable and affordable drinking water to over 50,000 residents. In the long run, the programme will reach ten times that number of people.
Life changingThe water centres change lives. As well as supplying clean water to dramatically improve general health, programme workers go door-to-door educating families on why safe water is so important. Awareness and behaviours are changing.
Residents buy purified water for INR 0.20 or EUR 0.003 per litre, which is a fraction of the normal cost. They can collect up to 20 litres at a time, enough for a family for one day. Water is purified through a process of reverse osmosis and ultra violet filtration, using technology funded by Deutsche Bank. The local municipality provides the land, electricity and raw water. Naandi manages the programme on the ground, working at the heart of communities to mobilise support.
All of the centres are cash-less. Residents quickly dispense their water with a flash of their pre-paid, electronic card. They can check their balance, and dispense water, 24 hours a day. This system makes accessing clean water, quick and easy.
As general health improves, so does access to education and economic productivity. Children go to school. Students achieve more. Parents bring home an income. Each water centre employs a manager, usually a woman, from the local community. The knock-on effects are far-reaching. •
naandi.org
Deutsche Bank Regional CSR snapshot
Summer 2017
India3D
Beyond
Water works
A commitment that goes beyond business
Clean water saves lives
Published byDeutsche Bank IndiaDeutsche Bank HouseHazarimal Somani MargFort, Mumbai 400 001
db.com/india
This publication is printed on certified recycled paper. Greenhouse gas emissions caused by production and distribution have been offset.
Dr Banavali works with ImPACCT Foundation to help children with cancer Photograph: Kavita Carneiro
Basamma, a Young Instructor Leader, teaches science to her peers Photograph: Nitin Upadhye
The midday meal scheme keeps children in school, happy and healthy, while state-of-the-art kitchen facilities (below) ensure food is prepared to the highest hygiene standards Photographs: The Akshaya Patra Foundation
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Education New possibilities
Education Life changing
With the right support, and a strong start, anything is possible. But millions of young people in India are held back because they don’t have access to basics like the ability to see a doctor and be treated quickly, to eat regular meals, or live in a safe environment.
That’s why in India, Deutsche Bank’s youth engagement programme Born to Be, tackles more than just education. As well as providing necessities for health and
well-being, we believe young people should receive quality education and skills training to match their ambition.
Together with non-profit organisations, we support programmes that have a positive impact on life choices of young people, from birth to age 24, from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. •db.com/asia/borntobe
Education is free and compulsory for all children in India. But for many reasons, including socio-economic pressure to work and for girls to marry young, millions miss out. Hunger is one of the biggest obstacles.
Deutsche Bank’s partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation provides free midday meals to 62,000 children in government schools to fight classroom hunger and malnutrition.
The midday meal can be the only meal children eat in a day, explains Babita, who teaches at a school in the programme. “About 80% of the kids don’t get breakfast at home. Their parents work in labour intensive jobs like carpentry, rag picking and domestic service. They leave their homes early in the morning and return by sundown. There’s no time to prepare breakfast or lunch.”
As well as providing a vital source of energy, enrolment has increased by 30% for schools involved in the programme and attendance is up by 70%. Regular school attendance also helps communities; keeping children away from child labour and improving their future prospects.
Progressive learning is another positive outcome, explains Babita. “The hot, fresh meals enable the children to concentrate. They become generally healthier, and achieve more academically and socially.” The assurance of one healthy meal a day for their children incentivises parents to keep them in school: “The midday meal scheme is a blessing to these children and their families,” she says.
Making quality meals on a large scale requires industrial, state-of-the-art kitchen facilities. Starting with just the shell of a building, Deutsche Bank funded a full renovation of Akshaya Patra’s kitchen in Ajmer, Rajasthan last year. 15,000 children now eat a hot, nutritious meal everyday as a result. •akshayapatra.org
“Children are not small adults, they need a different type of holistic care,” explains Dr Shripad Banavali, Head of Medical and Paediatric Oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Mumbai. “It takes a team to treat a child with cancer. That’s why ImPACCT is so special.”
The ImPACCT Foundation (Improving Paediatric Cancer Care and Treatment) is a specialist paediatric unit in TMH, providing free diagnosis and treatment to children and support to their families. Deutsche Bank helps fund treatment and other services for 1,300 children, from birth to age 18, in their care.
“Although treatment is free, a quarter of patients used to drop out. Now, fewer than 5% drop out.” says Dr Banavali. The team includes dieticians, nutritionists, social workers, psychologists, infection control officers, blood and platelet support staff, pharmacists and nurses.
“Treatment is most expensive in the first two months,” Dr Banavali explains. “We must act fast for the best outcome. With Deutsche Bank’s help, our Emergency Fund kicks in on day one, allowing treatment to start without delay.”
Funding also helps with accommodation for families, bereavement support and post- treatment care such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT). “45 of our patients are undergoing HRT, thanks to the support of our partners,” Dr Banavali comments.
What keeps everyone’s spirits high? “Seeing the children go on to do great things,” says Dr Banavali. “I remember one young girl coming all the way from Nepal. Her mother had no partner or money in her pockets. After treatment, they made a life for themselves in Mumbai. The child now has multiple scholarships and is training to be an actor.” •impacctfoundation.com
Fourteen year old Basamma loves science. Her passion started during her first visit to the Agastya’s science centre in Bangalore, where children from disadvantaged backgrounds learn about science in a hands-on way.
Through our Born to Be programme, Deutsche Bank works with the Agastya International Foundation, a charitable education trust, to bring science education to rural villages in mobile labs, on buses and motorbikes. With the bank’s support, Agastya has opened science centres in Chennai, Jaipur and Pune, running more than 150 experiments and models.
Basamma starts her day with domestic duties, before rushing to school. For thousands of other children who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity, Agastya has sparked curiosity about science and the natural world. It also aims to improve teaching quality, with more teacher-student interaction and practical learning.
Inspired by what she sees and learns at Agastya, Basamma runs her own nursery. She grows medicinal plants such as basil, aloe vera, lemon, turmeric and ginger in containers made out of coconut shells and used water bottles. Basamma makes her own fertiliser from kitchen waste, and is building a model to grind the waste in a churner so it can flow down regular pipes for her family to use.
Through Agastya’s programme, Basamma’s confidence has grown as well as her knowledge. She is one of their 3,000 Young Instructor Leaders who teaches science to their peers. During an ‘Eyes on nature’ Agastya visit to her school, the children spotted a common Jezebel butterfly emerging from its cocoon and take flight. “It’s amazing to see the same kids who used to kill caterpillars without a second thought, now guarding them from others!” she said. •agastya.org
Strong start
Food for thought
Bright sparks
Recovery rates If diagnosed early and treated properly, more than 80% of children with cancer can be completely cured
80%Source: ImPACCT Foundation
Born to Be More than 120,000 children and youth in India have benefited from our support in 2016
120,000Source: 2016, Deutsche Bank Asia Foundation partners and Global Impact Tracking, Deutsche Bank
Young people in India need access to the basic necessities for health, well-being and education
Making science education interesting for children in rural villages
ImpactA multi-disciplinary approach helps children fight cancer
Hot, nutritious lunchtime meals give children energy to learn
Employees in India spend time out of the office helping the community Photograph: Carl Pereira
Atma’s Accelerator programme helps NGOs to grow Photograph: Kavita Carneiro
A strategy for growth
Accelerator programmeNGOs under Accelerator have realised exponential growth, up to seven times their original capacity from the moment Atma was involved. Deutsche Bank is funding Accelerator for Atma and four other NGOs in the education sector. Almost 5,000 children will benefit from this support
5,000Source: 2016, Atma Education
“I joined Atma because I wanted to help people to help themselves,” says Joycelyn Andrades, Atma Education’s Partnership Manager, “Organisations like Karunya Trust already do amazing work. We just help them reach their potential to make an even bigger impact.”
Atma is a non-government organisation (NGO) providing consultancy to high-potential NGOs in the education sector through their Accelerator programme. As part of Deutsche Bank’s global enterprise initiative Made for Good, we support Atma’s partnership with Karunya, an education focused NGO working hands-on with over 500 children from Mumbai’s most marginalised communities.
Growth Mary Ellen Matsui, Atma’s Executive Director, gives an example: “Karunya is a lifeline for children living at Deonar, Mumbai’s largest waste dumping ground. They’re on site providing holistic support in unimaginable conditions. This is intense work and just one of their projects. Naturally, there’s little time for organisational strategy.” Matsui explains: “Lack of strategy makes it harder to raise funds, to forge connections with other NGOs and the government,
and to attract new volunteers. Ultimately it limits how much Karunya can grow and how many people they can help.”
Fit for futureWith Atma’s support, the Karunya team will use new technology to track the well-being of those they support, instead of paper. “Monitoring and evaluating impact is really important. We’ve helped Karunya define what they want to track and create tools to capture quality data,” says Andrades.
Recalling the journey to implementation, Matsui commented, “Karunya were inspired to use technology to capture their impact after they saw it working at another organisation, as part of a visit we arranged.”
Going back further, Matsui says, “When Deutsche Bank first approached us to support Karunya, the information that we came across did not reflect how good their work was. Now, their data management, HR practices and reporting systems set them up for the future.” •atma.org.indb.com/madeforgood
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Enterprise Enabling growth in high potential NGOs
Plus You Hearts and minds
In and out of the office
All in a week‘s work In just seven days, during India Volunteering Week 2016, Deutsche Bank employees spent more than 2,500 hours on community projects
2,500Source: 2016, Corporate Volunteering Tool, Deutsche Bank
Bigger, better, stronger
Community spiritThrough the Plus You programme, employees in India spend thousands of hours in the community, from rolling up their sleeves planting trees to teaching children about computers. In October 2016, over 500 colleagues in 15 cities left their day jobs behind to pour their energy into India Volunteering Week. In Pune, volunteers travelled three hours to teach young people financial literacy in rural Raigad. In Mumbai, they welcomed children into a branch to see how banks and ATM machines work.
Game onThe bank raises funds for worthy causes through Trade for a Cause. The rules are simple. Every time an employee joins Trade for a Cause, Deutsche Bank’s annual virtual trading game, they make a real, cash donation to charity. Players then receive an amount of virtual money to trade with on the platform. Using live feeds from international stock exchanges, they buy and sell for the biggest return. Whoever makes the most ‘money’, wins. But charities are the real winners.
Since the game was launched in 2011, employees have donated INR 6m (EUR 85,000) to worthwhile causes from their own pockets. Over 1,000 employees gave to clean-water charities through the game in 2016. In previous years, Trade for a Cause has helped bring sustainable solar lighting to over 450 homes and sanitation facilities to rural schools. •
