Kolkata. 11 Sep 2023. On 30 Aug 2023, the collaborative project between Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. and Child Rights and You (CRY) was inaugurated in Kidderpore, Kolkata. This initiative aims to support the holistic development of 300 children from 265 households in Watgunj and Munshiganj (KMC Ward 75). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for this partnership was initially signed on 31 May 2023. The inauguration event was graced by the presence of DIG Subrato Ghosh, ICG (Retd.), Director (Personnel) of GRSE, along with Smt. Lipi Das, GM (HR & A), GRSE, and other distinguished guests.

The key initiatives under this collaboration include increasing school enrolment and minimizing school dropouts, regularity in school attendance, supplementing nutrition, educational coaching, conducting self-defence & life skill sessions and also improving health, hygiene, safety and psycho-social well-being of the children as a part of CSR initiative of the Company.