Ambuja’s Interventions during COVID-19 May 2021

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Table of Contents

1. Interventions since initial phase

2. Current Interventions

3. Impact & Reach due to Interventions

4. COVID-19 Monthly Study Vaccination Camp at MNREGA site. 90 workers vaccinated

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INTERVENTIONS SINCE INITIAL PHASE

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Strategic Interventions Awareness Creation, Vaccination Facilitation and Removal of Resistance - Education on COVID-19 spread & vaccination, prevention measures - Social Distancing, Use of facemasks and Hand washing demo

- Assisted Panchayat during Lockdown and Vaccine Drive

IEC Material Distribution

- Posters, Banners, Pamphlets, Hoardings created

- Information posters for village and panchayat distribution provided

Emergency Services

- Of Private & Govt. Health centres around villages - Oxygen, Ventilators & Ambulance services

- Sanitation & Fumigation in villages - Safety kits, PPE & Hand Sanitizers distributed

Basic Healthcare Services

- COVID centres, testing, treatment & facilities contacts shared

- Directory of toll-free numbers & essential services including PDS shared with the community

Creation of SPOCS

- A single point of contact in every village created

- Dissemination of digital content through SPOCs

- Connect in the community through WhatsApp

Engagement with Health System

- Sakhi engagement with health system

- Monitoring home quarantine-migrants

- Facilitating Vaccination

Responsible Behaviour seen in the community

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Reaching out to Specific Audiences

Online training, placement support and daily messages provided for SEDI trainees

Awareness, Insurance Linkages and 0% interest free loans assistance to Farmers

Voice and video messages sent to

Truckers

Follow-up, regular calls and voice messages for

Elderly

MCH services and nutrition content shared with Pregnant / Lactating Women in Angandwadis

Exploring Livelihood Opportunities for Returning Migrants

Reaching out to staff members and beneficiaries with mental

health counselling

Screening Camps and Vaccination Drive for Ambuja Plant Employees

and Communities

Supporting Patients in Isolation Centers with medical equipment

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Continuous Support and Opportunities Created

Ration Distribution

Supported families, migrants and labourers with ration kits: -15,520 families - 80,000 lives in cities over 15 days of lockdown

-1,537 ration kits in 36 villages by Sorath Mahila, Kodinar

Healthcare Support in 2020

- 15 ventilators - 14 oxygen concentrators to COVID-19 centers - 5 oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 centers - Additional PPE kits, pulse oximeters, medical and infrastructural equipment

Livelihood Opportunities

- 6,14,072 face masks made and sold by women

- 505 women in Sankrail and Punjab started kitchen gardening and selling vegetables in local markets - 821 SHGs received COVID-19 Sahay Loan of Rs. 4.38 Cr - A Livelihood Fund was also created

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Awareness and Training Support

- Home screening by Sakhi - IEC development and distribution

- Temperature check and oxygen saturation

- COVID-19 testing booth fabricated by SEDI students - SHG groups pledged to fight COVID -19 - RTO Roko-Toko Initiative in Darlaghat

COVID-19 training for staff /SPOCS - Several Online Webinars and Trainings with internal and external experts - Knowledge transferred to village PRI and community leaders which helped to build village awareness strategy

Mental Health Training - 618 trainers trained - Sessions with 3352 beneficiaries - Counselling 71 cases - Using techniques like active listening, problem solving, behavioral activation, relaxation techniques and using appropriate references

Participation in Govt. Campaigns Gujarat, Maharashtra and Mundwa

Let’s Be COVIDIENT A campaign for Employees, SEDI trainees and Communities on COVID-19 - COVID-19 theme based placards, FAQs and Group discussions - Games, videos and paintings - Facts & Myth Buster messages

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CURRENT INTERVENTIONS

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Oxygen and Support to Medical Centres Oxygen Plant • Ambuja Cement has set up 1 oxygen plant at Ambuja Hospital, Ambujanagar, Gujarat and a few more

are in process

Oxygen Concentrators and Cylinders • 192 Oxygen Concentrators have been provided till date to various COVID-19 centres, hospitals and

isolation centres • 125 Oxygen Cylinders provided Medical Equipment/PPE Kits provided to medical institutions • 5 Ventilators • 11,360 Triple Layered Masks • 100 Thermal Scanners • 7 Stretchers • 24 Vaccine Carrier Boxes • 100 PPE Kits • Other equipment like Nebulizers, Oximeters, Regulators, Thermometers, Testing Kits and Tablets were

also provided to centres Drinking water systems were also provided to centres.

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COVID-19 vaccinations in villages

Vaccination awareness was initiated in villages with 73 IEC materials, 8 videos and 23 new images distributed to all SPOCS & community members from January onwards. This included vaccination awareness with scientific information to address anxiety and myths based on govt. guidelines.

ACFs approach in vaccination- • ACF conducted an awareness & input session for all ACF health workers and employees • Focused on BCC awareness before vaccination and followed up post vaccination • Awareness campaign on vaccination across villages with announcements through ACF ambulances and E-Rickshaws • Networking and awareness with PRI members • Setting up: Registration Desk, Building Pavilions, Drinking Water Stations, Seating Areas at the centres • Company buses and vehicles were provided to ply beneficiaries to the centres Reach • 4.9 lakh people vaccinated in ACF villages (Cumulative) • 73% ACF staff vaccination from all locations • Vaccination camps were also organized for staff in the ACL Campus • In Phase 3, 18 – 44 years beneficiaries also being addressed

ACF has been assisting beneficiaries and the local government administration during the vaccination drive since January 2021.

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Stories of Activation from the Field

Continuous awareness sessions and door to door house visits are done at ACF locations by the Sakhis and ACF staff

Nalagarh • Ambuja Ambulance

shuttled COVID Task Force and 25 patients in crisis to the COVID-19 centres Sanitization in core villages done

• Awareness session with CAP members and SPOCs

Ambujanagar • Mobile Dispensary and

Screening camps organized for high risk patients in core villages

• Emergency Antigen Testing by Sakhis carried out in villages

• Reached MNREGA workers with vaccination drive at sites

Chandrapur • Strategically organized 7-8

vaccination camps in villages in collaboration with local health team

• Awareness with core-non core villages, BCI farmers, SHG members and other stakeholders

• Antigen Testing encouraged in villages

Roorkee • Announcements made

through Mandir and Masjid Intercoms

• Awareness Campaign through E-Rickshaws

• One on One meeting/awareness on Handwashing and Social Distancing

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COVID-19 Safe Home - Farakka

Isolation Centre (Safe Home) set up in collaboration with Block Development and Medical Team.

• ACF set up a Safe Home of 30 Beds • 5 Oxygen cylinders procured and installed • All infrastructure provided: Fans, Sanitizers, Surgical Masks were provided to health

staff and patients • 23 Patients were admitted to this Isolation Centre

Components of the Safe Home • Only asymptomatic and mild symptomatic patients allowed • Safe Home connected to the nearest Block Hospital • Clinical Parameters like temperature, pulse, oxygen saturation, breathing rate

monitored by the Public Health Functionaries • Linkage with the dedicated COVID-19 hospital for critical patient. • 24x7 Ambulance available connected to the centre

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Mask making initiative with Cipla Foundation - Nalagarh

• A tripartite agreement was signed with ACF, Cipla Foundation (CF) and IICT (Indian Institute of Chemical Technology) for designing of masks, sharing and capacity building of rural women.

• Capital support by ACF was provided for initial 20,000 masks production.

• 10 women from Handur SHG – Nalagarh were involved; SHG PAN & GST for business expansion received

• Capacity building completed and mask production is in progress

• IICT approves the samples after quality check

• More than 20,365 masks already sold out of 21,500 masks produced

• 89 responses received Pan India through online orders • 38,767 mask orders received from ACF, ACL & external

agencies.

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IMPACT AND REACH DUE TO INTERVENTIONS

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Outreach till date

Target Beneficiaries reached through COVID-19 awareness through digital platform

808094 Vaccination Coverage in ACF Villages

Total no. of people immunized in ACF villages

497392

Total ACF Staff Immunized 890

Supporters

SPOCS 3533

Ambuja Volunteers 215

COVID-19 Interventions Broad Reach

Districts 22

Villages 1928

Households 6.52 Lakhs

Population reach 34.41 lakhs

COVID-19 Training

Staff COVID-19 -ToT 183

Mental Health- Staff 590

IEC Vaccination Awareness

Images 23

Videos 8

General prevention 73

Awareness Materials

Pamphlets 114700

Hoardings 225

Wall Paintings 1784

Hand Sanitizers 14984

Village Fumigation 461

PPE Distribution 50037

Images 198

Voice Messages 133

Animated Videos 43

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Partnerships for managing COVID-19

Noora Health: Technology

Message Support and Training

Tata Trust: Video Information

Support

Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy:

Content, Training and Awareness

Support

Gramvani: Telephonic & IVRS Spport

IDH Netherland: Insurance to

Farmers and BCI Staff

Rang De: Loans to Farmers

Samhita Social Ventures: Loans

to Farmers

CIPLA Foundation: Medical and Mask Making

Support

Swasth Alliance: Concentrators

Support

Waterfield Advisors:

Concentrators Support

IndusInd Bank: Concentrators and Medical

Supplies

Ashok Leyland: Concentrators and Medical

Supplies

Content and Technical Support

Farmers Support

Medical Equipment and Oxygen Support

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COVID-19 MONTHLY STUDY

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Month-Wise Cumulative Data in ACF villages

2033 2065 2402 3266

9080

72 17 211 896

1558 1938 2025 2163 2288

7154

23 23 28 82 368

Jan Feb March April May

Covid cases Active Recovered Deceased

Till December 2020 total 1960 COVID-19 cases were identified out of which 93 were active cases, 1845 cases were recovered & 22 were reported deceased.

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Study of Cases in Core Locations

59.1 60.0 69.8 94.9

263.8 333.3 347.1 394.0

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Number of corona positive cases per one lakh population

ACF Villages

Rural areas

of the

district

Till December 2020, the number of corona positive cases per one lakh population in ACF villages were 56.9 compared to 320.5 in rural areas of the district.

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