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incurrence of a cost or a resource or a charitable/ been promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship
philanthropic act of social benefit. It is an opportunity among underprivileged women. The program has
to bring in social innovation and change. This belief benefitted over 1000 underprivileged girls and women
is articulated in Amway’s vision of helping people in the states of UP, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and
live better lives. When it comes to commitment to Chennai.
corporate citizenship, Amway India makes a serious
and concentrated effort to reach out and help people Amway India as part of its “Power of 5” program has
improve their lives. been working to fight childhood malnutrition and
benefitted over 500,000 people including over 1,00,000
Amway India supports a comprehensive CSR children across the country. We have also recently
programme covering a gamut of initiatives including a expanded the program to Lucknow.
water conservation project to improve the groundwater
level in 7 villages in the Dindigul district located Amway has also taken various initiatives to support the
around the manufacturing plant. Amway supports a cause of the visually impaired. Amway also supports
village health program targeted at 32 villages in the underprivileged children in education, health and
Dindigul district, to provide quality healthcare to the hygiene under a project titled ‘Sunrise’.
underprivileged. Amway India has been conferred with the ‘Golden
Peacock CSR Award’.
Amway India set up 5 telemedicine centres in the
Dindigul district to ensure consistent healthcare Amway India was recently awarded the CSR Health
support to the villagers. This program has eliminated Impact Award for its invaluable contribution towards
distance barriers and improved access to medical promoting nutrition. Amway India has won the CSR
services in distant rural communities. The centre aims Times Award four years in a row since 2018, towards
at providing free medical treatment to over 35,000 eradicating malnutrition, water & soil conservation, the
patients in a year. welfare of differently abled individuals, and now the
also organized awareness initiatives under the theme empowerment of underprivileged women.
“Feed with Kindness – Preparation and Distribution Amway India as part of its Livelihood Skills program, has
of Nutritious Food” in association with its Power of 5
program partner ChildFund India across its program
locations in Mumbai, Kolkata and Lucknow, as well as
its Village Health Program partner, S R Trust (Meenakshi
Mission Hospital & Research Center) in Dindigul district,
promoting the importance of nutrition and community
support.

Amway has a long-standing association with the
Akshaya Patra Foundation to promote the importance
of nutrition. This includes sponsoring mid-day meals
for 1,600 students and conducting nutrition education
sessions for underprivileged children in 2022. In 2021,
as part of its COVID relief efforts, Amway—supported
by its distributors and employees—distributed
thousands of nutrition kits across Gurugram, Thane,
Panvel, Chennai, and Bhubaneswar, reaching over
10,000 individuals affected by the pandemic.

About Amway India CSR initiatives
Amway India’s CSR initiatives are based on the belief
that social responsibility is much more than the

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