Canon India Strengthens COVID-19 Relief Efforts In India
30 May 2021: Supporting the country in the battle against COVID-19, Canon India, one of the leaders in the imaging space, is conducting a vaccination awareness drive and setting up support camps in its adopted villages- Maheshwari Village (Haryana), Parivali Village (Mumbai), Kalyanpur Village (Kolkata) and Annadodi Village (Bangalore), to help them register for vaccination. Canon India is helping the villagers with the required information on vaccination, its benefits, after-effects, and procedures. Additionally, considering the lack of access of digital resources amongst the villagers for vaccine registration, the organization is also helping them to get registered on the government portals, in case walk-in registration is not available.
Apart from volunteers taking individual sessions with villagers at their homes, village authorities and leaders are also supporting the drive by circulating the right information and encouraging the residents to learn about the vaccination process. Within a week of the awareness drive, the organization has helped over 1,000 people with vaccination regarding procedures and get them registered on portals.
Manabu Yamazaki, President & CEO of Canon India said, “As a socially responsible corporate entity, it is extremely imperative for us to stand united in our fight against COVID-19, especially now more than ever as we are battling the second wave of this pandemic. At Canon India, the safety and well-being of our people continue to be a top priority and this includes our employees, their families and also our extended families from our adopted villages. In line with our corporate philosophy of ‘Kyosei’, which is at the heart of Canon India’s CSR endeavours, we consider it our responsibility to empower our adopted communities in their fight against COVID-19 in whatever ways we can. With the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, our volunteers are working round the clock to bring in a behavioral change and increase uptake of vaccine in these villages.”
Last year, Canon India had commenced its COVID-19 relief efforts by donating essential ration kits to over 12,500 beneficiaries including the daily wagers and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in its adopted villages and sanitation items to children from SOS Children’s Village Family homes. Along with distributing essentials such as surgical masks, sanitizers, liquid soap, and home & surrounding cleansing items, informative and awareness sessions were also conducted for the children of SOS Children’s Villages in Faridabad & Hyderabad. They also provided over 732 PPE kits for healthcare workers of the country to safeguard the paramedical staff and to the government hospitals near their adopted villages in Mumbai, Haryana, and Bengaluru, ensuring the safety of health workers involved.
