Muskaan is the flagship CSR initiative of Valvoline Cummins aimed at children of drivers and EWS community. Synergie is managing the end-to-end implementation of the program leveraging its cloud-based scholarship management system and its on-ground team of social practitioners.
Synergie is implementing Saksham Scholarship in partnership with Mahindra Finance, targeted at the well-being of the children of driver's community.
Synergie, in partnership with Valvoline Cummins is setting up smart classrooms in remote government schools across various locations in India.
Synergie, with the support of the UP Government, taught spoken English to children in rural districts of Uttar Pradesh using a hybrid model that included both offline and online classes for the students.
Synergie, in partnership with Yes Bank and United Nations Global Compact Network India (UN-GCNI), launched “Future is now”, a nation-wide initiative aimed at educating school students about Sustainable Development Goals.
Synergie, in partnership with Mahindra Finance is implementing road safety workshops for Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) and Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) drivers in Delhi and Mumbai.
Synergie, with the support of the UP Government, taught spoken English to children in rural districts of Uttar Pradesh using a hybrid model that included both offline and online classes for the students.
Synergie in collaboration with Castrol India designed and implemented a program for well-being of truck drivers as part of Castrol’s CSR initiative of Sarathi Mitra. Synergie has been implementing ‘Sarathi Mitra’ since 2017 and has trained 70,000+ drivers so far.
In a multi-stakeholder joint initiative by SGNP, ONGC and a Local Tribe Trust, Synergie successfully setup a learning center for tribal women in Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
Synergie, in partnership with Becton Dickinson, is implementing a multi-year CSR initiative ‘Salkalp’ with the mission of creating a tuberculosis-free Rewari.
Synergie, as an implementation partner of ICICI Lombard’s ongoing WASH initiative ‘Niranjali’, installed water purifiers in schools of Delhi and educated students on the importance of safe drinking water.
In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, Synergie, in partnership with Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS), designed a programme to inculcate the habit of consuming organic foods amongst the masses.
Synergie in partnership with various corporates launched vaccination drive for truck drivers, helpers and their families.
Synergie and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) launched FEED A TRUCKER, a collaborative platform bringing together Corporates, Leading National Transport Associations, Civil Society and City Police, for regular supply of essentials to stranded drivers and impacted communities across the country.
Synergie in collaboration with Petronet LNG, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and Traffic Police Delhi launched an initiative called “Enabling Corona Warriors”, an initiative to support traffic police, hospitals and municipal workers by providing them PPE kits.
In 2014-15, Synergie, with support from Municipal Corporations, restarted its Malaria Awareness Program reaching out to more than 180 schools, and more than 230 slums in 18 cities, setting up Health Camps in slums, large-scale clean up drives, street plays.
Synergie in close coordination with NVBDCP combined local knowledge and practices to implement culturally appropriate and sustainable interventions to tackle and prevent the spread of Malaria in Jajpur district of Orissa state in India.
Synergie, in partnership with GoodKnight, and in support of Chennai Municipal Corporation, concentrated its efforts on prevention of Vector Borne Diseases during the aftermath of widespread floods in Chennai.
To affect an engagement that is strategic, and not sporadic, it is imperative to first assess the issues that the community perceives as important. This was done through a Community Need Assessment (CNA), for Lafarge, which aims to identify such community issues.
In a project supported by Wockhardt Foundation, Synergie worked towards generating community awareness on the issue of contaminated drinking water in different regions of Moradabad slums.
On the release of the product ‘HIT’, Synergie joined hands with the brand team of Godrej Consumer Products to design an “anti-malaria” campaign to spread the message of “Kill Mosquitoes. Kill Malaria”.
Synergie, in partnership with Mahindra Finance is implementing road safety workshops for Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) and Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) drivers in Delhi and Mumbai.
Synergie in collaboration with Castrol India designed and implemented a program for well-being of truck drivers as part of Castrol’s CSR initiative of Sarathi Mitra. Synergie has been implementing ‘Sarathi Mitra’ since 2017 and has trained 70,000+ drivers so far.
The worldwide flagship CSR initiative of Mercedes Benz, ‘Mobile Kids’, implemented by Synergie focused on addressing the issue of preventing accidents and fatalities of children due to accidents on road.
Synergie, in partnership with ICICI Lombard implements their ongoing CSR initiative ‘Ride to Safety’ with the focus on the importance of helmet usage and head injury prevention.
In a bid to lower the number of road related deaths of children in India, Synergie works with international federation “Global Road Safety Partnership” (GRSP) to design and implement projects for making roads safer for children.
Synergie and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) launched FEED A TRUCKER, a collaborative platform bringing together Corporates, Leading National Transport Associations, Civil Society and City Police, for regular supply of essentials to stranded drivers and impacted communities across the country.
Synergie, as part of the CSR initiative of BP India (erstwhile British Petroleum), created a comprehensive road safety content for K-12 students, to help them improve their functional skills while interacting with traffic.
Synergie worked as the CSR Partner with SAB Miller tying up with Ola, Uber & Mega Cabs for ‘Respect the Road’ – Don’t Drink & Drive’, promoting responsible drinking and alternatives to driving.
Synergie is working on a clean drinking water project in slums in Moradabad that are facing an issue of contaminated drinking water and as a result, the community reports several cases of diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, jaundice, gastroenteritis and other water borne diseases. Under this project, community awareness programs, training of peer educators etc are being organized. The project aims to generate awareness about the benefits of clean drinking water in slums of Delhi, and ensure community access to clean drinking water through use of water purification tablets.
Peer educators have been trained in the slum communities to spread awareness about clean drinking water. The project is being supported by Wockhardt Foundation, a not for profit social arm of Wockhardt Ltd. that undertakes and supports social development programs.
Synergie works as CSR Partner with SAB Miller for ‘Respect the Road’ – Don’t Drink & Drive. The initiative was launched in India in 2011, with support from Gurgaon Traffic Police. The program, besides promoting the message of responsible drinking and overall road safety, also encourages people to use alternatives to drinking and driving such as calling a cab, hiring a chauffeur or designating a buddy to drive.
The program is being implemented in Gurgaon, Bangalore & Bhubaneshwar, in association with the Traffic Police of the respective cities and other partners such as Ola, Uber & Mega Cabs.
Interventions include working with pubs and bars, awareness programs such as street plays in public places such as malls, toll plazas, office complexes, petrol pumps etc. The impact has been assessed through data collected from the traffic Police, a sample of pubs & bars and from partners, and there has been a decline in the number of drunk driving challans, and an increase in the number of people opting for chauffeurs & cabs from pubs/bars.
Synergie believes that a behaviour change campaign starts with creating awareness, with the intent of mobilizing communities into taking action. Hence, to effect behaviour change, the campaign should pivot its IEC strategy on evidence based behaviour change techniques. The IEC material should not only be available in various mediums such as print, media and customized to local norms/culture, but also have cutting edge content design and development including animations, videos and infographics.
Synergie’s IEC team understands the importance of effective communication for the success of any program and combines technological and domain experience to create highly impactful content for its customers.
As per WHO, India accounts for 20% of global road fatalities. Further, the accident severity, which is measured as the number of persons killed per 100 accidents has increased from 29.1 in 2015 to 31.4 in 2016.
413 people die every day and almost 10% of the victims are children; 43 children below the age of 18 years die on Indian roads every day. Children are victims of accidents; either as passengers or when they are walking/ cycling on the roads. Today’s children are also tomorrow’s drivers and influencing them early ensures better road users in the future. Multiple areas of behavioural change interventions have shown that women and children are great influencers of families, making them prime targets for educational interventions.
Responding to the crisis of deaths and injuries caused by road accidents, the Supreme Court has set up the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety (SCCRS) with the key objective to promote safety on roads and reduce accidents in India. One of the key pillars identified by SCCRS is “education” with special focus on including road safety as part of school curriculum and building capacity of teachers to teach road safety.
Synergie, as part of the CSR initiative of BP India (erstwhile British Petroleum) created a comprehensive road safety curriculum for K-12 students. The content had inputs from a task force comprising of IIT Delhi, SIAM, UNGCNI, Government organisations, principals of private and government schools, subject matter experts and traffic police.
The content was based on ABC framework (Awareness, Behaviour and Choice), to help students improve their functional skills while interacting with traffic. The content combines domain and technology expertise to provide a very practical approach to making children safe on roads. The course content is modular, activity oriented, interspersed with animation videos and has content for both teachers and students.
Synergie worked with international federation “Global Road Safety Partnership” (GRSP) to design and implement a project for making roads safer for children in India. 46 kids die in India every day due to road accidents. While multiple factors are responsible for this alarming trend in India, one of the major factors is children not wearing a helmet when riding pillion. A conducive ecosystem needs to be in place to encourage children to wear helmets. Synergie designed and implemented the project around the following pillars:
Synergie continues to host many Stakeholder Consultation Workshops to address the critical issue of Making Roads Safer for Children.
Ride to Safety campaign is a nationwide initiative launched by ICICI Lombard to generate awareness on road safety, with specific focus on preventing head injuries. In a country where a life is lost every 4 minutes in a road accident, inculcating sensible road behaviour in the masses is necessary to make them responsible citizens.
Synergie has been implementing ‘Ride to Safety’ for ICICI Lombard since 2017. As a part of this initiative, Synergie has been conducting road safety workshops spreading awareness among children and their parents about importance of road safety and helmet usage. Parents with a valid 2-wheeler license are given ISI-marked helmets for themselves as well as for their children. The initiative is being conducted with active participation from students, their parents and the Traffic Police of Bengaluru, Chennai & Delhi. The initiative has so far covered 100+ schools and 20,000+ helmets have been distributed.
Synergie implemented ‘Mobile Kids’, the flagship CSR program of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development Institute (MBRDI) aimed at road safety amongst school children; a comprehensive program on road safety to help children improve their functional skills while interacting with traffic.
The modular one-year course taught children about various facets of road safety with the help of sports of development (S4D) activities and in-class sessions. It consisted of experiential learning and special projects, giving children the opportunity to showcase their learnings, thereby encouraging them to take actions on road safety issues. The program also included active employee volunteering and enthusiastic participation of schools as well as employees in the program.
The initiative covered 100 schools: 90 in Bangalore and 10 in Pune and impacted 13,000+ students.
Synergie works with brands to help them drive profit with purpose, designing and implementing marketing campaigns (urban and rural) which strengthen brand positioning to a related cause. The campaigns include the following:
Godrej Consumer Products launched “HIT”, a mosquito repellent with the positioning of “Kill Mosquitoes. Kill malaria”. Synergie worked with the brand team to design an “anti-malaria” campaign implemented across 30 cities in India based on HIT’s positioning of Kill Mosquitoes. Kill Malaria.
The campaign covered more than 850 schools, 330 Housing Societies and Markets and more than 300 slums. It was supported by the municipal corporation of all the 30 cities. The campaign consisted of various activities such as public addresses by doctors, roadshows on canter, quiz competitions, puppet shows, rallies, awareness sessions, clean up drives etc.
The campaign generated more than 3 lakh likes on its Facebook page “Malaria Kills Opportunities”.
As part of their CSR initiative, organizations seek to engage strategically with the local communities to have a net positive impact on their lives.
In order to effect an engagement that is strategic, and not sporadic, it is imperative to first assess the issues that the community perceives as important. This is done through a Community Need Assessment (CNA), which aims to identify such community issues. In addition, Stakeholder Mapping is also carried out with key internal and external stakeholders to identify the interests they represent, the amount of power they possess, whether they represent inhibiting or supporting factors for the organization to realize its objective/s and so on.
The insights from the CNA and the Stakeholder Mapping form the basis for a long-term engagement program by the corporates for the communities.
Synergie with its team of experienced social practitioners undertakes need assessment study for the corporates.
The key objectives of these studies are:
Synergie follows Participatory Aspiration Study (PAS) which is based on the premise that people can articulate their problems themselves and participate directly in the process of defining, analyzing, suggesting solutions and acting upon them. The process provides for encouraging the voices of the people towards articulating, in their own terms, the dimensions of the problems they experience. A systematic interaction with the community is the most fundamental principle of this approach. Recognizing the role of other factors and forces influencing the situation of the people through interaction with multiple stakeholders is also central to participatory process.
Profiling the heterogeneity of the community, in terms of different social status, age, gender and different degrees of access and control vis-à-vis productive resources and equally diverse coping strategies requires the PAS methodology that effectively brings to the fore their aspirations, problems and issues from their own perspective.
A PROJECT FOR CONTROL OF DENGUE/MALARIA IN CHENNAI SLUMS IN THE AFTERMATH OF DEVASTATING FLOODS IN DEC 2015 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOODKNIGHT & CHENNAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
In December 2015, severe spells of rain flooded Chennai and its neighboring areas. More than 400 lives were lost, and immense damage caused to property and livestock. While the government, NGOs and the Samaritans, organized relief and rescue, many companies also contributed to the efforts.
As flood waters recede, mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue & Malaria pose an imminent threat. Synergie, in partnership with GoodKnight, and supported by the Chennai Municipal Corporation, concentrated its efforts on prevention of Vector-Borne Diseases by organizing large scale distribution of mosquito repellents and organizing cleanup drives.
The campaign was run in December 2015, with multiple centers running simultaneously. The outreach extended to thousands of families in slums across Chennai. FM radio and social media was used to spread the word about the location of the distribution centers.
Local NGOs, Churches, Youth Clubs, all came forward to support this initiative.
Synergie has conceptualized and implemented various programmes to address Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. The programme design includes the following:
As a case study, Synergie in partnership with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, formed a task force chaired by National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and comprising of corporates, industry organisations, bi-lateral agencies and subject matter experts.
Government of India called it as one of the most innovative Public-Private Partnerships during the World Malaria Day 2018, as it led to corporates focusing on vector-borne diseases (specifically malaria and dengue) in their premises as well as in the communities near their area of operations. The national-level task force led to corporates forming their own focused groups like “Gurgaon Task Force” to maximize their impact.
Synergie provided thought leadership to the task force in the areas of amplification of message leveraging social media, using IT tools to fight VBD, pooling resources from industry to meet the identified goals and sharing learnings and best practices during the duration of the project.
Synergie also implemented the best practices identified by the task force in the tribal villages of Jajpur, Odisha in collaboration with Jindal Stainless Steel and NVBDCP, Jajpur. The Program was implemented by Synergie with the objective of malaria elimination in 6 villages of Jajpur impacting 4500 people. The forest-based economy in tribal villages meant many people worked in areas thick with the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite. Malaria incidence was high depriving the local people of their potential.
Synergie launched a comprehensive 4-pronged strategy comprising of launching awareness campaign with an intent to behavior change, investing in capacity building of local people with focus on diagnosis, treatment and prevention, fostering multi-stakeholder partnership for sustainability and strengthening data collection and monitoring mechanism to eliminate malaria.
Within one year of the project the incidences were brought down to zero in two villages and 90% reduction in remaining villages winning accolades from the government.
In 2014-15 also, Synergie continued its program for Malaria awareness and preventive action. The program, started in 2011, aims to create awareness and catalyze preventive action to curb malaria in the country.
This is an awareness program against malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases and aims to reach out to slum communities, school children and the public at large. During 2014-15, we reached out to more than 180 schools and more than 230 slums in 18 cities.
Slum communities and school students were sensitized to the need for maintaining hygiene and cleanliness in their homes and surroundings. Health Camps were organized in slums. Large scale clean-up drives were organized with support from the Municipal Corporations of various cities, youth groups, communities etc. Sessions with doctors were organized and several awareness programs such as street plays, puppet shows, etc were organized to spread awareness on preventing vector-borne diseases.
The municipal corporations in each city supported the program by providing additional support like workers for cleanliness, collection of garbage and disposal, fumigation and a sprinkling of insecticide powder in larvae breeding places. In several cities, the Mayors or other senior officials flagged off the Awareness Rallies of students.
While the country was amid the pandemic situation, frontline workers including doctors, health-care workers, medical staff members and enforcement agencies had risen to the challenge and were leading the battle against Covid-19 from the front. PPE kits ensured their personal safety. Synergie in collaboration with Petronet launched an initiative called “Enabling Corona Warriors”. Under this initiative, 900 Hygiene/PPE Kits procured from DRDO certified vendors were provided to Hindu Rao Hospital, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Traffic Police. In addition, IEC material was also displayed in hospitals and municipal corporations to create Covid management awareness.
During the lockdown in 2020, thousands of truck drivers were stranded away from home, at transport hubs and even on highways, with no access to food. Many vulnerable communities in India are struggling to find essentials such as food and hygiene items. One of the worst hit are truck drivers who are stranded on the road or in transport hubs – 3.5 lac, as per a report by Times of India.
Synergie and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) have launched FEED A TRUCKER, a collaborative platform bringing together Corporates, Leading National Transport Associations, Civil Society and city Police, for regular supply of essentials to stranded drivers and impacted communities across the country.
The key highlights of the project are as follows:
Synergie, in partnership with Castrol provided free COVID vaccinations for the Drivers Community in Delhi and Mumbai. So far, 10,000 vaccinations have been given through this initiative.
Synergie in partnership with various corporates launched vaccination drive for truck drivers, helpers and their families. It worked with the CMO offices of Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon to establish well- equipped vaccination centres where the community could get easy access to free vaccine, awareness about Covid, importance and necessity of vaccine and other safety measures. The initiative aimed to augment the existing vaccination capacity by supporting the government and reach communities that are currently underserved within the areas. 15000 community members were vaccinated.
Safe drinking water and water purifiers are still not available in many schools, leading to a threat of water-borne diseases and health ailments for students.
Synergie, as the implementation partner of ICICI Lombard’s CSR initiative ‘Niranjali’ installed water purifiers in 135 schools in Delhi-NCR. Synergie also educated students on healthy consumption of water and the importance of clean drinking water, by using interactive content and videos. This ongoing initiative has so far impacted 4500+ students.
India has the largest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. In 2019, BD signed the Corporate TB Pledge as a platinum member. To further its commitment to support NTEP in eliminating TB by 2025, BD launched ‘Sankalp’ project in Rewari district of Haryana as part of its CSR initiative.
Synergie, is the implementation partner of this project is managing the project end to end. This involves the following:
The project is expected to impact 1.5 lakh households in Rewari district, Haryana.
Synergie has successfully set up a Learning Center for tribal women in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), Mumbai, which falls under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. This is a multi stakeholder joint initiative by SGNP, Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Synergie and a local Tribal Trust. Under this project, tribal women of the Warli Tribe residing within the SGNP premises are being trained to make cotton bags. These bags will be purchased by SGNP and provided to visitors to the SGNP park, in an effort to make the SGNP park premises plastic free. The initiative will thus serve a dual purpose - an environment friendly initiative towards making the Sanjay Gandhi National Park plastic free, and an income generation initiative for tribal women.
Sewing machines and other necessary equipment (scissors, raw material etc) have been placed in the Learning Center, and a trainer has started training the tribal women in making cotton bags. The tribal women trainees will also be taken on exposure visits to markets so as to help them identify raw material and other equipment, so that they are self sufficient in making the bags on their own, after the end of the project period. All the machines, furniture etc will be handed over to SGNP at the end of the project period, and the women will take forward the project on their own.
In India, truckers spend long hours on the road, driving under testing conditions. Lack of sleep, fatigue & stress increase vulnerability to lifestyle diseases and even risk to life. In addition, lack of knowledge of road safety, defensive driving techniques etc. also makes them vulnerable to accidents. As per National Crime Records Bureau’s data, 20% of all fatalities on the road in India in 2014 involved truck drivers. Hence there is a clear need for a programmatic intervention amongst the trucker community to enable them to stay safe on the road.
Synergie in collaboration with Castrol India designed and implemented a program for the well-being of truck drivers as part of Castrol’s CSR initiative of Sarathi Mitra. Synergie is managing the end-to-end implementation of this program since 2017. The initiative was rolled out from training centres in transport hubs of Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Jaipur in collaboration with the government, traffic police, transporters, associations of transporters, and other local stakeholders. Synergie leverages its hybrid training platform to provide continuity of the program and training sessions for drivers on online (integrated with zoom APIs) and offline modes.
The 3 key pillars to make the initiative impactful and sustainable were:
So far, Synergie has trained more than 70,000 truck drivers on defensive driving techniques, digital banking, financial prudence and healthy lifestyle.
In India, professional and commercial drivers spend long hours on roads under difficult working conditions. Lack of sleep, fatigue & stress increase vulnerability to physical health and mental wellbeing, lifestyle diseases and even risk to life. Synergie, in partnership with Mahindra Finance, launched Road Safety awareness for drivers focusing on road rules, defensive driving, driving under different weather and terrain conditions, basic vehicle maintenance and soft skills (passenger communication, stress management etc.).
The training pedagogy comprises of interactive, activity oriented (sports for development) sessions, maintaining Covid hygiene & social distancing full of Informal quizzes and games to reinforce learnings. As of now more than 1200 LMV drivers have been trained in Delhi and Mumbai.
The Covid-19 pandemic severely impacted the logistics industry with thousands of families of truckers and mechanics at risk of falling into extreme poverty and their children at risk of dropping out of school.
Launched in Jan 2021, the Muskaan Scholarship Program provides scholarships to support their education and prevent dropouts. Synergie is managing the end of end of implementation with the help of its online scholarship management system.
The scholarship consists of a comprehensive and transparent due diligence system, dynamic case history, SMS alerts, online virtual mentoring/counselling sessions for the selected scholarship holders while providing an opportunity for employee volunteering for Valvoline Cummins.
Muskaan Scholarship Program (https://synergieinsights.in/muskaan/) has so far impacted more than 700 students PAN India by giving them financial assistance, imparting soft skills and career guidance to enable them to continue their education and follow their dreams.
Access to education has been a challenge to a significant percentage of students in India, especially the ones from the EWS category. Under the Saksham Scholarship Program, (https://synergieinsights.in/saksham/) scholarships are being provided to children of LMV/LCV drivers. Synergie handles end-to-end implementation right from mobilization, due diligence, selection process and disbursement of the scholarships.
Students from grades 1st-12th, undergraduate and postgraduate students can avail the scholarships. So far Synergie has implemented two phases of the scholarship with 5000+ scholarship holders from UP, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu.
Synergie provided financial assistance for the children of two-wheeler mechanics on behalf of Castrol India. So far, 47 students have been given financial assistance through Synergie’s scholarship management system.
Lack of digital access and technological backwardness act as a major gap areas for schools and its students, especially for children residing in remote/tribal areas. Under the initiative of ‘Muskaan’, in partnership with Valvoline Cummins, Synergie has set up state of the art smart classrooms in various parts of India. As a part of this ongoing initiative, Synergie is also deploying its learning management system to help students leverage the tech infrastructure and increase their learning outcome.
In India, only the privileged few have access to quality English education. There are lakhs of kids, especially in rural India who have the will to learn a new language but lack the resources and access to do so. The knowledge of English opens new doors of opportunity and is a way to progress in life for these children.
Synergie implemented Nihar Shanti Pathshala Funwala, with the aim of making conversational English accessible to children in rural areas. Students were taught and graded on Listening Comprehension (ability to listen and understand), Spoken Interaction (ability to understand and respond in words/phrases) and Spoken Production (communicate using elementary vocabulary in everyday situations).
The program was rolled out in 198 rural government schools in 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh covering more than 50,000 children, with the support of State Government of Uttar Pradesh. Initially the program started on ground, with in-school sessions involving comprehensive on- ground social mobilization and stakeholder mapping. Owing to the pandemic, the initiative was redesigned and rolled out digitally, through Synergie’s online platform, ‘Synergie Insights’.
The United Nations has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) to empower people, drive prosperity, protect the planet, foster peace and nurture global partnerships to tackle the world’s biggest problems by 2030. Children play a pivotal role in realising these goals as they are the changers of tomorrow.
In India, more than 40% of the population is less than 18 years of age. To solve the nation's problems, this generation needs to know what those problems are. A good way to ensure this is to teach them about the Global Goals and enable them to take action.
Synergie, in partnership with Yes Bank and United Nations Global Compact Network India (UN-GCNI), has launched “Future is now”, a nation-wide initiative aimed at educating school students about the Sustainable Development Goals (#TellEveryone), enable them to take- action (#TakeAction) and support on-going initiatives (#GreenGoodDeeds).
The project was implemented in 110 Government Schools under the Department of Education, North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The project impacted 11000 school children.
As a part of this initiative, one-hour experiential training sessions were conducted leveraging the best practices and learning material propagated by the UN. The training were interspersed with theory and interactive sessions and engaging games to help the students imbibe the importance of the Global Goals, with special emphasis on the environment and climate change
The following training process was followed: