The WE Foundation aims to drive social change through sustainable development projects focused on family transformation and resilience, operating since 2011. It engages various stakeholders, including government and NGOs, to address poverty, improve education, health, and provide emergency response in India. Their programs emphasize community capacity building, skills development, and advocacy for vulnerable populations, especially affected by COVID-19.

1. COLLABORATING FOR
DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATION PROFILE

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About The We Foundation
The We Foundation envisions a society in which development projects/programs embrace family transformation, and
production and consumption by families are based on four pillars of sustainability.
To bring individuals, organizations, and technology together for building resilient communities and sustainable families,
and systems to alleviate poverty and save lives from climate change through the development and replication of
reliable, cost-effective, and technology-based solutions.
Commitment, Integrity, Respect & Excellence
Value-oriented Organization and started with an approach to understand the issues of poverty-stricken families and
Government system-related limitations and thereby plug the gaps by bringing CSR, Government, UN, other actors to drive
positive change in the lives of less-informed/privileged families of the society.
February 2011, as Public Charitable Trust, operating at scale from January 2019
Year of Establishment
Across India
Area of Operation
Approach

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About The We Foundation
THEMATIC AREAS
Emergency Preparedness and
Response
Health & Nutrition
Education
Safe Drinking Water,
Sanitation & Hygiene
(Wash)
Training & Skill
Development
Sustainable
Enterprises For Youth
And Women
Art And Culture
Protection
Vulnerability
assessment and
action to ensure the
most vulnerable
families meet their
unmet needs
1. Gender
transformative value
chain approach
2. Market-based
approach to
encourage
entrepreneurship and
enhance economic
opportunities
Leadership and skills
strengthening for
better management
of activities
1. Building capacities
at all levels
2. Engage educated &
unemployed youth
1. Facilitating links
and dialogues
between
government, private
and civil society
2. Policy level
advocacy at national
and international
levels
PROGRAM APPROACH

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About The We Foundation
 Highly experienced and energetic team with proven domain
knowledge (WHO, AWS/LINUX, TISS, Indian Youth Ambassador to
UN, Ex-LG/Goodyear)
 A combination of local, national and international
 Gender balanced
 Multi-tasking and pro-change/positive mind sets
 Retired Government/PSU/Corporate professionals as Advisors
 Status
 Permanent: 20
 Contractual: 15
 International Volunteers: 20 at present
 National Volunteers: 30
• Government Departments, Rotary- Inner Wheel, Institutions- School/Colleges, Round
Table, Young India
• CSR: Cognizant (2020-21, 2021-22), India Carbon Limited (2020-21, 2021-22), Pan
Seeds ((2020-21, 2021-22), TATA (TATA Steel) (2021-22)
• Affiliates: ICC, NGO networks, Government networks, IMA, WICCI, FICCI, UN Bodies,
CII
WORKFORCE
NETWROKS

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1. Training of 100 MAS Groups (1000-1200
trainees) of Howrah Municipal Corporation
2. Child immunization programme – effective
linkages.
Major Achievements in Last 3 yrs
EDUCATION
1. Reached 20000 rural and urban children
with improved education and health status
(hand washing techniques) in WB
2. Build capacity of 100 Govt Primary School
Teachers with improved teaching
techniques.
3. TOT-Teacher’s resource group developed
without even realizing the change-
Behaviour change.
4. Education sponsorship to needy children
HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
1. 100 high secondary and graduate students on
career guidance and placement sources.
1. Youth Development Programme with Ministry
of Youth & Sports Affairs in HS schools.
INCOME GENERATION
SKILL - BUILDING
1. Plan for health and State Disaster Management
Authority in Imphal, Manipur schools.

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1. “Synergy between Government, CSR, and
TWF:PPP model in development”
2. VISION CARE: Free eye care camp for 250
villagers of Domdoma village, Birbhum, WB
in Feb 2021
Major Achievements in Last 3 yrs
HUMANITARIAN
1. Reached 5000 rural and urban less
privileged families with dry food and hot
cooked meals in WB
2. All beneficiaries were screened by TWF
staff and suspected patients were referred
to district hospitals for RTPCR test
3. Helped curb the spread of the virus in the
community.
HEALTH Improved Infrastructure for Anganwadi school children
1. Renovation of 6 Anganwadi schools in South and
Central Kolkata.
When
Beneficiaries are
happy and Govt.
accountable, we
consider the
project a grand
success

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PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATION
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
HEALTH
SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION OF GLOBAL/INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR CREATING AN
ENVIROMENT FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION DIGITALLY
COLLABORATION FOR PROTECTING VULNERABLE COVID-AFFECTED ORPHAN
(SINGLE/DOUBLE) CHILDREN IN INDIA
COLLABORATION FOR WOMEN/YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
COLLABORATION FOR STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
NUTRITION COLLABORATION FOR NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO POVERTY-STRICKEN FAMILIES

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eSarvaShiksha
CONTEXT :
1. UN SDG Goal no. 4: Quality education for children by 2030
1. Teachers play a vital role to prepare future generations
2. Skill development for empowered teaching force
3. Digital learning for untrained teachers as continuum of professional
development/proficiency levels
2. UNESCO data, 28 May 2020: 2.7 million teachers in India are untrained
digitally to continue education.
3. GOI New Education Policy 2020: aims at making “India a global knowledge
superpower”,
4. “New Normal” Situation: respond to new societal, economic and digital needs
• Strengthen the education system
• Promote the usage of digital resources as a key learning tool
in primary and upper-primary school education system
• Build Capacity of 500-1000 Government school teachers on
ICT tools
PROJECT
GOAL e-Teacher Virtual Skilling for Teachers from Govt and Govt aided
schools on digital tools and techniques- supported by Cognizant
Virtual Classes for School students- (Supported by ICL for 15 schools)
• School subject tuitions, English classes.
• Digital literacy(MS)
• Experience STEM
• Code Camps
Support digital lab in 100 schools
Develop, maintain and manage LMS platform for online
classroom in 100 government schools- app, teacher/parent
login, security features.
Facilitate teachers to develop rich digital content for better
learning outcomes in collaboration with University of North
Bengal – supported by India Carbon Limited (for 15 schools)
(Need donors to support 85 more schools in Kolkata)
Implementation Plan 2020 onwards
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COMBAT COVID19: OUR WORK DURING SECOND WAVE OF COVID
1. Community Health Outreach: Oxygen Café For
Slum And Street Population in Kolkata Supported
By TMILL (TATA Steel)
2. Distribution Of 27 Oxygen Concentrators in Rural
And Urban Government Hospitals: Supported By
Cognizant and NIT Alumni Association of North
America Use of Community-based oxygen café- TATA-supported
project
HEALTH - COLLABORATION FOR STRENGTHENING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Use of Community-based Oxygen café-
Use of Oximeter during distribution of
dry ration by schools

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COMBAT COVID19: OUR WORK DURING SECOND WAVE OF COVID
1. Hot-cooked meals to 500 covid-affected families for 1
month in urban slums in partnership with Kolkata Police
2. Food and Personal Hygiene Kits To 500 Yaas-cyclone
Affected Families in Kultali Block, South 24 Parganas
district
3. Food, Personal Hygiene Kits, Health And Eye Camp For
500 Yaas cyclone- affected Families Of Fishermen in
Association with Department Of Fisheries, Govt of WB,
Indian Medical Association (IMA) at Digha-Mohona
Fisheries Centre, Purba Medinipur, WB.
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 AND CYCLONE YAAS

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PREVENTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND REHABILITATION OF 100
COVID-AFFECTED SINGLE ORPHANS IN BENGAL
WB NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY OF
JURIDICAL SCIENCES
(premier law institute in India)
COGNIZANT
DIGITAL PARTNER
(stem training to single orphans)
UNICEF & STATE
GOVERNMENT
E-content on covid, motivational
videos, identification of single
orphans in Bengal
THE WE FOUNDATION
IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION
Facilitate child restoration and protection
outreach programme, prevent trafficking, ensure
govt entitlements, provide supplemental
nutrition, tutorials, creative classes, periodical
health check-up and yearly eye check-up for 100
children
BORDER SECURITY
FORCE (Agreement
Signed)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
BENGAL
(UGC-recognized)
Verification and certification of e-content
DONOR
Volunteering and funding
COLLABORATION
FOR PROTECTING
VULNERABLE
CHILDREN IN
BENGAL
WHY?
1. Earning member/mother died
due to covid.
2. 2-3 children in one covid-affected
household.
3. Highly vulnerable to traffickers
4. Government of India supports
orphan through protection
homes (10 lakh fixed deposit
after 18 years, kendriya
vidhyalaya schools, basic
nutrition) under “pm cares for
children” scheme and “pm jay
health insurance” scheme of 5
lakh.
5. Govt schemes exclude the
following essential services:
i. Nothing mentioned for
children in outreach,
ii. No psychosocial, add
nutrition support.
iii. No tutorial home, digital
education and periodical
health check-up.
WHAT?
Collaborate with government
institutions, departments, ngos, for
mental, physical and social wellbeing of
children and protection against
traffickers.
HOW:
1. Identification of 100 single
orphans/orphans through the
government/NGO network
2. Research study on effects of
covid on children with WBNUJS
3. Focus on children in outreach,
staying with single parent or
guardian of extended family-
victims of trafficking
4. Ensure government
entitlements of all 50-100
children
5. Child sponsorship includes
nutrition, growth monitoring,
periodical health check-ups,
tutorial classes for children,
vocational training for children
above 14 years, yearly eye
check-up, creative, stem and
digital classes for children.
WHERE:- Districts
1. Darjeeling
2. Jalpaiguri
3. Kolkata
4. South 24 Parganas
5. Howrah
6. North 24 Parganas
CAN BE
REPLICATED IN
ANY STATE

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION FOR WOMEN/YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

13. The We Foundation
2A, Regent Tower, 121/1, NSC Bose Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata-700 040
Call 99101 02311 | Email: info@thewefoundation.org.in | Website: www.thewefoundation.org.in
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