Page 24 - Reliance Foundation Annual Report 2020-21

RF gave many tribal women like Sumantra a reason to smile, by making drinking water available in Hoshangabad village, Madhya Pradesh Transformation Rural

Rural Key highlights of FY 2020-21

Transformation 17 lakh 131+ lakh

Cubic metres of water
Rural livelihoods enhanced, (1.26 crore
cumulatively); treated and supported
created
1.9+ lakh livestock animals harvesting capacity
As India takes the lead in economic progress while addressing and bridging the aspirations
across the world, there lies great opportunity to with the help of resources, knowledge, timely
promote inclusive growth in rural India. A resilient interventions and innovative solutions. Under
rural India can bring significant improvement in this program, Reliance Foundation has, over the
lives through breakthrough technology, ambitious last decade, collaborated with different social 10,000+ 10,000+
government initiatives and increased awareness. impact organisations, private and government
stakeholders to catalyse change across levels. Elected representatives and village Reliance Nutrition Gardens set up to
Reliance Foundation’s Rural Transformation volunteer capacities built to strengthen ensure nutrition security during the
(RT) program provides 360-degree support In FY 2020-21, RF also rallied to support rural local governance pandemic
to the pillars that can help transform rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
communities – innovation for social impact, to help rural households withstand pandemic-
livelihood enhancement, nutrition security, induced shocks by tweaking service delivery to
water and ecological security, women provide them livelihood opportunities and
empowerment, governance and market linkages. other support. 8,800+ 1,700+
The RT program is aimed at helping rural
communities gain more agency over their lives, Transforming lives in rural India Unemployed youth received skill Women-run SHGs mentored for
training online; 79% of them found leadership by RF during the year
UN SDGs IMPACTED placement, many of them their first
job, earning on an average nearly
D 11,000 per month