HCL Foundation’s flagship urban community development program - UDAY, seeks to create ‘green, clean, healthy and empowered communities. Aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, it is developing an integrated solution to break the vicious cycle of urban poverty.
HCL Uday’s success is drawn mainly from the ‘convergence’ model where NGOs, duty bearers, communities and HCL Foundation come together and work towards integrated community development. An NGO/ CSO/ not for profit organization can apply in one or more pillars i.e.
(i) Skill Development Centers or Yuvakendras,
(ii) Strengthening women collectives
(iii) Incubating Social Entrepreneurs and Enterprises
(iv) Strengthening Government Institutions.