Gujarat’s biggest media house, The Sandesh Limited is committed to conduct its business in a socially responsible and ethical manner and it continuously works towards improving quality of life of the deprived communities of the society.

CORE VALUES

• Proactive engagement with target group/beneficiaries for effective community empowerment.
• Protecting interests of all stakeholders including partners and community members.
• Comprehensive and sustainable development by various key programmers and initiatives and upliftment of the people of poor strata.

AREAS OF WORK

CSR activities are spread across various development aspects with goals to improve overall socio-economic indicators of operational areas.

HEALTH CARE

Sandesh healthcare programmes aims to provide affordable medical assistance for curative and preventive health care.lt makes essential medicines and medical treatments available to financially challenged people of the society across rural and urban areas of Gujarat.Sandesh also provides mobile health van services for taking healthcare to the doorsteps of the needy people by reaching out to the underserved rural areas.

EDUCATION

Sandesh carry out educational initiatives for children across the deprived communities and families with economic limitations from rural as well as urban society.It creates a platform for financial assistance through school adoption programmes, which provides improved school infrastructure, books, uniforms, scholarships and allied support for the children and their education.

SANITATION

Sanitation programme provides access to sanitation facilities for rural households in partnership with the local panchayats.It promotes benefits of sanitation among the communities to improve their knowledge, attitude and practices through constructing model Individual Household Latrines (IHLs).

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Sandesh’s village adoption program aspires need-based social activities in rural areas focusing on creating easy access to basic facilities in the villages. It promotes local community development by protecting all stakeholders’ interests.

RESPONDING NATURAL CALAMITIES

Sandesh is always at the forefront to provide help to the victims of natural calamities. Sandesh is first to rise to the occasion and embark upon of providing basic relief materials to the people affected by natural disasters such as drought, flood and earthquakes.

COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVITIES

These include organizing specialized medical health camps, activities for the school children, orphanages and old age homes and also commemorating special observances.