Honda responded to massive floods caused by heavy monsoon rainfalls in the Banaskantha and Patan districts of Gujarat. Our relief operations helped deport food items and water pouches worth rupees three lakhs in collaboration with Vithalapur Gram Panchayat for victims in Banaskantha.
To help disabled people lead a productive and dignified life, Honda distributed aids & assistive devices to 201 identified disabled people from the community. Under its programs, Honda has supported by providing artificial limbs and various devices like hearing aids, wheelchairs, tricycles, joystick wheelchair, motorized tricycles, tablets, etc., which are helping people to create a new world for them. ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India) is Govt. of India Central Public Sector Enterprise that works for the betterment of people with disabilities by manufacturing rehabilitation aids. It also promotes, encourages the availability, use, supply and distribution of artificial limbs and other rehabilitation aids to the disabled persons of the country.
A disability awareness program was recently organized by Honda. The aim of this program was to provide free medical advice, physiotherapy. It educates the underprivileged physically challenged about the government schemes running for their well-being, health & self-reliance. Under this project, 1200 + physically challenged beneficiaries have been covered in 4 workshops in the presence of the Red Cross Society.
The villagers of Jesangpura village which is near Honda's Vithalpur plant informed Honda officials of the challenges they face with regard to shortage of drinking water. When Honda officials visited the location, they found out that there was no proper storage facility in the village for household supply and the current water storage tank in the village was in a dilapidated condition with several leakages. Given these conditions and hoping to mitigate the issues faced in the village, Honda decided to invest and construct an RCC overhead water storage tank of 50,000-litre water capacity. Under a similar initiative, Pavor block road was constructed to improve the commute and transportation in the area.
In its endeavor to provide clean drinking water in the vicinity of its plants, Honda 2Wheelers has successfully implemented and provided 30 nos. of RO water plants (on a self-sustainable model – first five years to be run by an agency & then to be handed over to Gram Panchayat). Additionally, four borewell & water coolers in Government schools & public places have been set up to support the noble cause in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka & Gujarat. Honda has installed water RO systems in 10 villages in and around the vicinity of Narsapura, Karnataka, where water quality is poor and not fit for drinking.
Blindness caused due to cataract is becoming a major problem in our country. Around 3.8 million people in a year suffer from cataract blindness in India. Keeping in line with the World Health Organisation's global initiative: “Vision 2020”, Honda 2Wheelers in partnership with Deepalaya, a non-profit organisation, has set up a vision centre in Gusbethi Sahsola village of Mewat District, Haryana. In collaboration with AIIMS, this project ensures weekly visits from doctors who offer OPD services and identify the people suffering from cataract. Identified patients are transferred to AIIMS for surgery. Follow up camps are conducted for them after the operation.
Honda 2Wheelers recognizes the greater need for sensitization of Indian societies and initiating more programs that support differently-abled persons (PwDs) by helping them improve their overall quality of life, gain access to equal opportunities and live independently in an inclusive society. Keeping that in mind, we as soc iated with Artificial L imbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO)-a Government of India undertaking under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, to support programs that work towards a more inclusive society. After conducting a thorough needs assessment to ensure that beneficiaries would be able to use the devices that would be given out to them, camps were organized in Alwar district in order to distribute aids and assistive devices to beneficiaries. The overall goal for this was to boost self-confidence among differently-abled people and help them live independent and confident lives.
Honda 2Wheelers initiated an intervention in Karinayakanhalli, Karnataka to improve plight of the village women and provide clean water to all. We also laid underground pipelines to ensure availability of water at doorsteps of every household in the village. The project impacted 2000 beneficiaries.
Mobile Medical Units (MMU) was introduced with the objective of making healthcare more accessible to the larger population of rural India. It was initiated to ensure that basic and essential healthcare facilities are made accessible and affordable to senior citizens, financially weak families and to people in remote areas. These MMUs provide facilities free of cost, emergency relief and also helps transport people to hospitals if required. Help Age India, Honda's implementation partner for this initiative, runs these MMUs which are equipped with an MBBS doctor, nurse, social mobilizer and a driver. Services include checking blood pressure, testing for diabetes, general consultations, advice on personal hygiene and cleanliness of the surrounding.
The challenge that the vast majority of India's rural population face is accessing affordable quality healthcare. To help end this discrepancy in the availability of healthcare services, Honda 2Wheelers initiated a flagship project “Healthcare to Hut”. This project aims to conduct essential medical tests such as Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Blood Haemoglobin, Heart rate, Routine blood grouping, Pulse Oxymetry, Body Mass Index and Typhoid, Malaria, Syphilis and ECG free of cost for poor villagers. It also provides Ante Natal Care (ANC) to pregnant women under the supervision of women doctors and supervisions.
This project provides benefits to its beneficiaries in case of emergencies by pre-identifying blood groups if a sudden need for blood transfusion arises, or by pre-identifying beneficiaries who are at risk of developing diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Recommendations for improving lifestyle changes at an early stage helps beneficiaries become more aware of their problems and how to help improve their health. The health records of the examined villagers are maintained and are shared with Government health authorities for further reference.
Extending our support to “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, we have presented a Garbage collection & disposal vehicle equipped with attachments to Gram Panchayat Gudha village, Gohana, Haryana. The garbage is collected with the help of this vehicle and dumped at a common place. Around 5000 villagers have been benefitted by our effort of clean India.
