IndiGoReach receives the Best CSR Award for Women Empowerment at the 20th FICCI CSR Awards

By: WE Staff | Tuesday, 13 December 2022

At the 20th FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility Awards ceremony, IndiGoReach, the CSR division of IndiGo, earned the Best CSR award for its efforts to improve the socioeconomic status of tribal tribes along the Assam-Meghalaya border and to empower tribal women.

In 24 villages in Assam and Meghalaya, IndiGoReach and Grameen Sahara have been collaborating to promote the socioeconomic empowerment of indigenous women. 1,500 female farmers from the programme IndiGoReach have been influenced to promote spices, primarily turmeric, ginger, black pepper, and king chilli.

“We are honored and delighted with the CSR award that is being conferred by the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, FICCI, to recognize IndiGo’s commitment towards initiatives across environment, heritage, women empowerment, and child care education. At IndiGo, we continue to Reach not just with our planes but also with our hearts through our solutions that are as inclusive as the subjects at hand; #IndiGoReach!” stated Pieter Elbers, the CEO of IndiGo.

Every day, IndiGoReach works to address problems that cut across the programmes they care about—everything from social assistance that reaches the most vulnerable populations to empowering education. As varied as the problems at hand are the answers. As a result, IndiGo Reach opted to cooperate with Grameen Sahara, who has a wealth of experience promoting livelihoods in the area. By establishing institutions for women farmers and promoting best practises that will increase volume and consistency of production for farmers, they have been able to work toward providing institutional assistance to women.

About this programme in the border of Assam and Meghalaya:

Together with Grameen Sahara, IndiGoReach is helping 1,670 women in 24 villages in Kamrup, Assam, and Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya, generate money. The project offers thorough instruction on diverse agricultural practises, technologies, and markets while promoting spices, namely turmeric, ginger, black pepper, and king chilli.

The project's primary areas of concentration are as follows:

Establishing institutions for women farmers to help them institutionally.

Adoption of procedures by farmers to increase crop volume while maintaining consistency.

Farmers adopting better post-harvest management procedures to open up opportunities across the full spice value chain; Business development and market connections.