Talent Anywhere has been working towards women empowerment and gender equality. 8th March which is celebrated as International Women's Day worldwide has proved to be a milestone in channelizing Talent Anywhere's mission of women empowerment and gender equality. The theme this year at Pune Talent Anywhere was "Women Health & Safety".

Would you be able to defend yourself and your loved ones if someone were to physically attack you? It's a question most of us don't want to consider, but violence is, unfortunately, a fact of life. Thankfully, regardless of strength, size, or previous training, anyone can learn several effective self-defense techniques. To create awareness and educate on how to prepare for and stay safe in common real-world violent situations a self-defense workshop was organized for all female employees on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8th March 2018.

Mr. Rakesh and his assistant Ms. Sonali were invited to the premises to conduct the workshop. He started the workshop by introducing the subject and letting all the attendees know the importance self-defense.

The trainer guided on prevention is the best self-defense - he shared general safety tips like being aware of our surroundings while only walking and in parking areas, keeping our keys in hand as we approach our door or car or bike, varying our route and times of travel and other personal security precautions.

Apart from avoiding confrontation, we can defuse a situation or get away by handing over our wallet/purse or whatever they want. Hand over our money rather than fight because nothing we own is worth more than our life or health.

If violence is unavoidable, however, to really defend and fight back effectively some basic self-defense techniques were displayed and at the same time pairs were made and the staff was asked to practice the techniques.

Mr. Rakesh - the trainer was excellent! He is very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful in getting the class participants to understand and practice not only the concepts but also the actual mechanics of defending oneself from a variety of real-world scenarios. He kept the class enjoyable and interesting and pushed everyone without demanding too much.

All participants enjoyed the workshop, it was extremely helpful and it reinforced to be aware and trust instincts. All the women's felt empowered to not be a victim and definitely learned new ways to defend themselves.

After safety, we touch the other subject of our women's day theme "Health".

This was a useful topic for the working women in our organization as in balancing the house chores and office affairs, health takes a back seat. So for emphasizing the awareness amongst our working women employees, we invited Mrs. Anamika Singh - Nutrition Counselor.

She had a one-on-one session with each employee and discussed their goals, objectives, and reasons for wanting to see a nutritionist. She reviewed their medical history, including any medications and supplements they are currently taking. Then she delved into their lifestyle to get a sense of their stress levels, sleep patterns, energy levels, and exercise habits. With the reference of the investigations, she discussed on dietary preferences and cooking habits and identified trouble spots like skipping breakfast or late-night snacking. From there she developed some initial pointers to help the respective start eating healthier.

The sessions were interactive we really appreciated the valuable health information provided our employees. We hope all the women achieve and maintain their personal health goals and live a happier, healthier and longer life.

After the session all of our female staff gathered to laugh, talk and be happy; Together with some lip-smacking snacks and a cold drink to go with it. All appreciated the workshop, the session, the arrangement, the office decorations and the greetings shared with them.....

BARODA

International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8th every year across the globe. We too participated wholeheartedly in this celebration at Talent Anywhere, Baroda.

We had organized two competitions especially for female employees.

Guest speaker Ms. Konica was invited to have a talk on the topic Fitness and Hygiene. It was awesome discussions as each and every member wasconnected with the discussion and the participation was heartening.

The celebration carried on to the cafe where delicious, mouth-watering snacks and cold drinks were served.

It was truly an afternoon to remember, to celebrate womanhood and feel special on being a Woman.

BANGALORE

VODAFONE HELPDESK

To facilitate the employees with benefits to their mobile numbers we had arranged a helpdesk on 22nd March 2018.

The employees who visited the helpdesk, the representative assisted them with Aadhaar card linking, upgrading their sim cards, number portability,and plan change. Employees who required new connections were also helped.

The representative also gave a resolution on queries pertaining to their current mobile numbers.

Employees gave a remarkable response to the helpdesk.

FAMILY DAY

A Family Fun day is a great way blend family life with work - not to mention the ideal way to say thank you to our employees and their family.

Talent Anywhere Family Fun Day was one of the most popular event last year - blending fun, family and work in one well-planned occasion.

The event was designed to be suitable for all the family, young and old. Staffs are given the chance to bring their family at work, and whilst they, can enjoy food, special activities, socializing and some relaxation from work.

A New Refreshment Service "Do it yourself - Sandwich" started on 3 January 2018 this is for the benefit of employees who are working in extended hours. Employees can make their own sandwiches. All ingredients are placed at the counter. The counter is made available after 7 p.m. (IST).

We received an amazing response from the employees from day one. All employees have appreciated the initiative taken by Talent Anywhere. Employees happily grab a quick bite when working late hours.....

Yadav More hails from Sultanpur which is a small village in Maharashtra. His father is farmer and has a very small piece of land and the only means of income in the family. Due to hand to mouth existence Yadav came to Pune to give financial help to his family. Yadav More is associated with Talent Anywhere since last one year. Yadav More worked with us as pantry staff since one year. He is on the payroll of the vendor.

Yadav had no prior medical history. He was complaining of headache and giddiness for few days.

• 7th of February 2018 he took a leave as the headache was severe.
• 8th of February 2018 his brother hospitalized him as Yadav was paralyzed.
• 9th of February 2018 doctors advised a CT scan for him and late night the CT scan was done.
• 10th of February 2018 early morning in emergency Yadav underwent a neuro surgery as 2 clots were diagnosed in the CT scan.

Yadav hails from a very poor family. The cost of the surgery and his hospitalization was too high. Hospital had given a package of Rs. 3,70,000/- excluding medicine expenses.

Talent Anywhere Initiative

His family and Talent Anywhere team met the doctor of concession on his bill. On the basis of his financial conditions the doctors reduced the bill amount to Rs 1,70,000/- excluding medicine expenses. His family managed to arrange funds but was still unable to match the gap. Yadav's parents and brother met our team members they were in huge distress, we consoled them.

Talent Anywhere coordinated with employees and decided that on humanitarian ground we initiate a fund raising activity which will reduce his family's burden.

We made an announcement that employees can willingly contribute any amount to help Yadav.

Current Status

Yadav is now discharged and is undergoing physiotherapy. Recently he was re-operated.

Thank you mail with all the details has been shared with all the respective employees for their support.

It was a great gesture well led and was remarkable in the way, the team could integrate with all staff members across the floor and from all clients and a substantial sum of money was collected, which helped Yadav More get over this crisis of his life.

This is another of our stories of what values we all as humans bring to our life.....

We received a very good response from all the employees; they whole heartedly supported the cause and a huge amount of Rs. 65,000/- was collected.

Talent Anywhere team visited multiple times to check the wellbeing of Yadav to understand his health and providing necessary support/assistance. From the total funds raised Rs. 45,000/- were paid against his hospital bills, Rs. 2,500/- were paid towards his medicine bills and Rs. 17,500/- were handed over to him for post hospitalization expenses.

Maher Ashram NGO organized a Sports camp for their children and was looking for assistance in terms of grocery. As a CSR activity we encouraged our employees to extend their help and donate groceries.

The grocery requirement list was shared with employees along with timeline. Employees open heartedly supported the donations.

A total grocery of 103.5 kgs was collected and handed over to Maher Ashram.

A big thank you was shared with all the employees for their contributions.

pune

January

Sarah Jane Debney

Head of Operational Quality and Compliance

February

March

John Barrow

Operations Director

BARODA

January

Sarah Jane Debney

Head of Operational Quality and Compliance