New Delhi. On World Aids Day, Vedanta, India’s only diversified natural resources company, together with the local communities and NGOs in India &
Africa held awareness campaigns and implemented health programmes to prevent and
HIV/AIDS. The initiatives are aligned with the World AIDS Day’s theme for this year’s -
Getting to Zero; End AIDS BY 2030”.
Vedanta’s commitment to prevent HIV & Aids continue to be a focus across all operations.
Sensitization camps and workshops for all stakeholders including contract partners and the
trucking community were organized by Vedanta’s business units in India and Africa, to
commemorate World Aids Day.
The community development team at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Zambia undertook
a unique campaign ‘Zambia’s Future: Getting To Zero New HIV Infections’. Although
over the years, KCM teams have been sensitizing, voluntarily counseling and testing
(VCT) people in the work place and in the surrounding community, this year, KCM has
also partnered with the local authorities to educate the employees through interesting plays
and speeches, continued VCT and also distribution of condoms.
In Chhattisgarh, the BALCO Team in collaboration with the Chhattisgarh State Aids
Control Society, Raipur, formed an informed human pool to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.
At a one day workshop to commemorate the occasion, the company also honored seven
people who made significant contributions in raising HIV/AIDS awareness among
communities.
Sesa Goa Iron Ore in Goa, teamed with the Goa AIDS Control Society & Goa Medical
