IndiGoReach wins best CSR award for Women Empowerment at the 20th FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards
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National, December 12, 2022: IndiGoReach, the CSR arm of IndiGo won the Best CSR award at the 20th FICCI Corporate Social Responsibility Awards ceremony, for working towards empowering tribal women socio-economically and improving the livelihood of tribal communities in Assam-Meghalaya border areas.
IndiGoReach in partnership with Grameen Sahara has been working towards socio-economic empowerment of tribal women across 24 villages in Assam and Meghalaya. Through the programme IndiGoReach has impacted 1,500 women farmers from for the promotion of spices, mainly, turmeric, ginger, black pepper, and king chilli.
Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo said, “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!”
IndiGoReach constantly strives to address issues that span across initiatives they care about—everything from education to empowerment to social aid that reaches the people who need it the most. And the solutions are as diverse as the issues at hand. Hence, IndiGo reach decided to partner with Grameen Sahara, as they come with extensive experience of working on livelihood promotion in the region. Through this association, they have been able to work on providing institutional support to women by creating women farmers institutions by advocating best practices that will enhance the volume with consistent production for farmers.