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Our School Education programs continue to be the cornerstone of our CSR initiatives, characterized by geographic breadth and thematic range. We work with ~140 partners across 27 states and UTs in the country who work on more than 15 thematic areas. Under our Access to Education Program last year, we supported 32 partners working towards providing access to education for about 12,000 students and 480 educators.

Our goal of improving educational quality progressed further with the support extended to 10 new organizations under the Systemic Education Reform Program; working in collaboration with our partners, we have reached ~15,000 students and 3,000+ educators through this program. Our ‘Education for Children with Disability’ Program was also strengthened. Seven new organizations were added under this program through which we effectively reached more than 11,000 CwDs through 21 partners.

The Wipro Education Fellowship Program, which supports early-stage education organizations through fellowships for the founders, has 71 Fellows across 40 organizations who reached out to ~30,000 children and ~2,000 educators.‘Wipro earthian’ is one of the largest sustainability education programs in India. It offers diverse learning opportunities for students in both schools and colleges. The program has engaged 3,000+ schools and 4,000+
teachers in 200+ districts across India.

In addition, we also run a large national sustainability quiz for college students. Launched in 2015, it has seen participation from 8,600 teams till date. Over 50,000 students were covered through TalentNext, a large-scale program combining digital skilling for final year college students and capacity building for college faculty. In addition, 850+ faculty from 300+ engineering and science colleges across India participated in faculty development programs.

Boosting and strengthening our urban primary healthcare system is a focus area for us. This is because vulnerable communities still lack adequate personnel and amenities for their healthcare needs. Last year, we rolled out a mental health initiative in one of the communities in Pune, where we were already providing maternal and pediatric care.

In Bengaluru, we began engaging with our schools network with a focus on improving the health and well_x0002_being of children and adolescents. We introduced healthcare projects in Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Jaipur. We added 12 healthcare projects in FY23, taking our total to 26 projects in the primary healthcare space. We reached out to 1.3 million people through our work in healthcare across India, including 150,000 young and expectant mothers.

As a part of our deep commitment to ecological sustainability, Wipro has been involved with multiple programs related to the environment, both within our business ecosystem and in the civic and social sectors outside. Under our Urban Ecology Program, we remain committed to our key undertakings in groundwater administration and regulation in metropolitan areas such as Pune and Bengaluru. To foster conversations and encourage interdisciplinary collaborations on sustainability in Bengaluru,

Wipro Foundation co-convened an inter-institutional initiative called Bengaluru Sustainability Forum (BSF). BSF has become an important space in the city for wide-ranging discussions on issues related to urban sustainability in the city. It also runs a successful small grants program that supports action-oriented projects on the urban environment.In Chennai, through the small grants program, we currently support 6 community-based interventions on water, climate and biodiversity.

n Hyderabad, a call for six design interventions in water, waste, and public spaces has been initiated by our partner Hyderabad Urban Lab Foundation (HUL Foundation). In the National Capital Region (NCR), a new initiative to address urban biodiversity and hydrology issues has commenced in the Aravalli hills. The Aravallis offers crucial ecosystem services. To restore the health of this vital ecosystem, it is imperative to collaborate with the forest department for rainwater conservation and water provisioning to promote biodiversity.

Additionally, we envision extending the well-known Mangar Bani Eco Club into other villages in the area.Under our Community Ecology Program, we focus on striking an ecological balance in our proximate communities by taking up projects that have direct and tangible benefits. We added a new project in Bhubaneshwar (Eastern India) that will support peri-urban communities in building integrated water, sanitation and hygiene management systems. It will also ensure continuous availability of clean water for drinking and domestic use.

We are implementing rainwater harvesting in 7 government schools in the Greater Bengaluru Metropolitan Area. The project plays a role in enhancing the schools’ self-reliance for their water requirements, and spreads awareness on water conservation among students. We continued to support groforestry projects supporting farmer livelihoods at Coimbatore and the welfare of waste-pickers at Bengaluru and Mysuru.

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones are beyond our control. These have devastating effects, especially in a geographically and climatically diverse country such as India. When these disasters strike, it is the already precarious livelihoods of underprivileged groups that are severely affected, leaving them particularly vulnerable.Wipro Cares collaborated with ‘Doctors For You’ (DFY) during the Assam Floods (2022) to provide comprehensive support for relief operations for flood_x0002_affected vulnerable communities in the districts of Cachar and Nagaon.

The assistance provided included emergency health care services and the distribution of hygiene kits to over 65,000 households.As part of our long-term response to the Kerala floods of 2018, we collaborated with Kottappuram Integrated Development Society (KIDS) to establish a stitching unit to provide livelihood support to women in the state’s Thrissur and Ernakulam districts.Our disaster response projects aim to strengthen communities and assist them in rebuilding their lives and livelihood.