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Statutory Reports • Business Responsibility Report Annual Report 2014 - 15
11,000+
students
Educated through
25 Pudami primary
schools.
LABS aspirant placed at Spencers Daily, Trivandrum
development. The implementation of
these programs is carried out through
various partner organizations. We work
primarily in the areas of education,
livelihood and health. The key
programs are described below:
Education
Our education initiatives focus on
enhancing the quality of education. These
initiatives are implemented through the
Dr. Reddy’s Foundation and include:
Pudami Neighborhood Schools and
English Primaries aim to make available
quality English medium education to
children from underprivileged sections.
Four secondary and 25 Pudami primary
schools are educating over 11,000
students. Kallam Anji Reddy Vidyalaya
(KARV), a model Pudami School caters
to 1,600 students.
Kallam Anji Reddy Vocational Junior
College (KAR-VJR) trains tenth
class pass-out students in two-year
vocational courses. Every year it trains
nearly 500 students.
School Improvement Program (SIP)
in government schools focuses on
12,000 students in 27 schools across
five districts of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana. It helps the schools in
remedial learning, computers skills,
spoken English, basic amenities, safe
water and sanitation. SIP also provides
scholarships for meritorious students to
pursue higher education.
Livelihoods
Our livelihood programs, implemented
through Dr. Reddy’s Foundation, focus on
making the Indian youth employable and
enhance their earning potential.
LABS: Livelihood Advancement
Business School (LABS) program
is developed for youth between
18 and 30 years, who have limited
opportunities and inadequate skill
sets. LABS equips them with jobspecific
skills, soft skills, basic English,
computer skill and placement linkages.
In FY2015, we trained 7,128 young
people through our supported centers.
LABS-PwD: LABS-People with
Disabilities (PwD) program is a
placement-linked program for
differently-abled youth, between 18
and 30 years. In FY2015, we trained
904 differently-abled youth from our
supported centers.
Rural Livelihoods Program
LABS-F program assists farmers
on technology and methodology
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