GREEN BRIGADE
· Newsletter No. 3
What Samarthanam Trust does with the waste it collects
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled has been working since 1997 to empower visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people. The Trust provides quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training, and placement-based rehabilitation to help them achieve personal independence. The Trust works towards creating an inclusive society which provides opportunities without any discrimination.
Samarthanam Parisara is a waste management programme that was initiated in 2003 by the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. It has emerged as a waste management partner for individuals, apartments, educational institutes and corporate houses in Bangalore.
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled has been working since 1997 to empower visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged people. The Trust provides quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training, and placement-based rehabilitation to help them achieve personal independence. The Trust works towards creating an inclusive society which provides opportunities without any discrimination.
Samarthanam Parisara is a waste management programme that was initiated in 2003 by the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. It has emerged as a waste management partner for individuals, apartments, educational institutes and corporate houses in Bangalore.
The aims of Samarthanam Parisara are in line with those of leading recycle companies authorised by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. The Samarthanam Trust has also set up a paper recycling plant at Peenya Industrial Estate in Bangalore.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, or the Three R’s as they are known, is the mantra that Samarthanam Parisara is trying to popularize among big companies, residential units and financial institutions to make them aware of the huge benefits of donating their dry waste.
For the past few years now, Samarthanam Parisara has been collecting dry waste from many corporate houses and apartments, including Brigade Gardenia, and recycling it through safe, scientific and eco-friendly methods.
We at Brigade Gardenia have donated more than 2,500 kg of dry, segregated waste since November 2009.
Remember YOU are making these children smile when you donate your dry waste because the money earned goes directly towards helping visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged children being cared for by Samarthanam Trust. All the revenue earned through this effort is used for these children’s education, health and future. In the Samarthanam Parisara programme, around half the staff are disabled. So you are also contributing to their livelihood.
For more details, go to http://www.samarthanam.org/
Next Issue: What are the different categories of dry waste? What goes into each bin/bag?
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