SIB reaffirms its green mission through three pillars:
Action
We don’t just talk — we act.
From community clean-ups to sustainable living projects, we start to implement real solutions for a green, healthy planet.
Awareness
Change starts with understanding.
Through campaigns, workshops, and educational outreach, we spread vital knowledge about environmental challenges and solutions.
Advocacy
We raise our voices for the Earth.
We work with stakeholders, policymakers, and citizens to influence environmental policies and promote sustainable development at all levels.
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-SIB’s Fistul of Grains project also rolled off. About 125 kgs of grains and 47 kilos of pulses were collected from the Global City International School (GCIS) and donated to Rakum Blind School. About 80 kilos of grains and 10 kilos of pulses were picked up from The International School Bangalore and transferred to Sai Orphanage, near Srirangapatnam.
-Jamuna, an SIB member through Vayah Vikas, her NGO for the elderly, gave career counselling tips to Doddanakundi school, where she also distributed sweets and test sheets.
]]>The programme aimed to spread awareness, change mindsets, transform attitudes and create beliefs in building sustainable lifestyles. Most of the women staff members are caregivers to patients, so they were given talks on role expectation, seniority, power imbalance and gender hierarchy.
Anuradha spoke about cultural bias, the patriarchal system and some of the unjust social practices, as well as countering them with meaningful empowerment. Anita touched on developing empathy, expressing emotions through journaling, mindfulness, transference, providing equal opportunities for all and creating equitable societies without burdening some.
She gave tips through quotes, guidelines and poems, creating a vibrant space for self-expression.
On October 18, SIB, in collaboration with Rotary International, took a session on Parenting and Anger Management at Tunbridge High School.
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That was an electric Saturday on October 26, 2024. SIB, in partnership with Sicilians Academy, enabled 80 men from ten corporate bodies to join a football fundraising tournament at Coolulu Turf Park at Koramangala. The whole auditorium was flush with orange, as members wore the colours and the players sported orange bands. There were certificates, trophies, emergency supplies, an ambulance and some medical supplies as well as snacks – to take care of anything that went wrong – though they never did.
Elfonze Technologies was the wonder winner in the tournament that had 10 corporates, each with eight members. AXA Life Insurance was the runner-up. Other clubs that participated included Northern Trust, Continental Automotive, Reverie Language Technologies Lmt, Grant Thorton, Happiest Minds Technologies, Iron Mountain and Criticalog India Pvt Lmt.
]]>As Sandhya Suraksha had requested, SIB provided pedestal fans, a ladder and individual kits comprising wellness products for each inmate, in partnership with Himalaya Wellness.
Menaka, our member, also taught many of the inmates to make tassels.
]]>Women from nearby slums were enrolled and introduced to tassel making and marketing. Another member, a doctor, gave them talks on health and hygiene. SIB also agreed to help the women find work.
Our member Dr Prathibha, an experienced botanist, gave talks on health and hygiene to clear misconceptions, gave health tips and answered questions.
]]>These anxieties were addressed by SIB members Jamuna and Shashikala for the students of Class X at SIB’s adopted Doddanakundi School
SIB teamed up with Vayah Vikas, an organisation for the elderly. The members distributed advice, reams of exam papers and sweets to keep up the students’ hopes and spirits.
]]>It was a breezy International Women’s Day on March 8, when the SIB team partnered with SRV Hospital to fulfill the ‘Embrace Equity’ mantra.
· It conducted Haemogram tests for 26 women at the Abhaya Ashram, to fight high concentration of anaemia. The tests helped to identify the counts of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, the concentration of hemoglobin and the hematocrit in each woman.
· Doctors in the team gave talks on health, awareness and ways to enhance strength and immunity.
· SIB also donated foodgrains from Ernst and Young employees, as part of its project on the Joy of Giving.
International Seniors Day (October 1)
SIB had a spirited show on International World Seniors Day, when it became part of Hiriyara Habba, or ‘A Festival for Senior Citizens’ in partnership with an NGO, ‘Vayah Vikas’.
An SIB member is the CEO of Vayah Vikas.
SIB managed a stall at the fair, helping to brand and create awareness. The excellent arrangements, management, organisation and a high footfall made it eye-catching, with a number of goodies, such as SIB’s orange and blue caps, sashes and jackets.
A number of members acted as SIB’s ambassadors.
SIB also got immense coverage in TV9 and Udaya Channel. Watch:
Domestic Violence (November 18)
Senior advocate Anuradha Pradeep spoke about reducing Domestic Violence through legal steps, psychological counselling, helplines and partners such as Nightingale and MAVA.
It is important to fight back and identify practical steps that can help women to defend themselves, she said.
Mindful Parenting (October 18)
Counsellor Anita Belagodu gave a talk on Mindful Parenting at Tunbridge High School for SIB, in collaboration with the Rotary Club, on October 18. It was a Youth Services Initiative.
“Mindful parenting is your interactive effort to bring in attention, curiosity and awareness with your children,” she said.
How will you do it?-
By listening to the child
By reflecting on what the child is saying and
In choosing to respond , that enlivens both child and the parent.”
World Skills Day (July 15)
SIB, with its offspring, SI Delhi, presented a first-of-its-kind hybrid counselling session to women at the SAFAL Skill Development Centre, through talks in in Kannada and English by four expert psychologists from Delhi and Bangalore. They explained soft skills such as self-confidence, team building, and gender equality, with simple activities for physical as well as virtual attendees. The set-up, lunch and journaling kits in reusable bags were sponsored by two SIB members. SIB was the mother club of SI Delhi, so it handheld one of Delhi’s projects on World Skills Day, July 15.