What Corporate Volunteers Did With Their Hands
Testimonial · Corporate volunteers
A volunteering day is easy to photograph and easy to forget. The good ones leave something behind on the wall.
Corporate volunteers with TREEI do physical, visible work: Energy Exemplar's team painted learning murals on energy sources, the water cycle and pollution across a school's walls; other teams carry solar poles and batteries up Sahyadri forts or join Program DHARA's river drives on the Mula–Mutha. Company teams can book a day through TREEI's employee-volunteering programme.
Figures as of October 2026 from our live public dashboard.
What did the Energy Exemplar team paint?
The Energy Exemplar team spent their day on a school's walls, in brushes and white T-shirts, turning bare plaster into a set of learning murals. One wall became Energy Sources: sun, wind and water drawn as the things that power a classroom. Another traced the water cycle, from cloud to river to tree. A third told a harder story about pollution, with factory chimneys and a smog-faced sun. Each wall is now part of the school day for its students.
The murals sit beside something just as practical: solar panels on the school's roof, which the volunteers saw for themselves before the painting began.
The school day sits inside Program DHRUV, TREEI's youth leadership and life-skills programme. Since 2020 it has reached 202 schools and 1,80,000 students, with 6,932 life-skills sessions and 3,800 counselling sessions, figures published on our live dashboard.
What other work do corporate teams do?
- Fort drives. Volunteers carry every pole, panel and battery up Sahyadri forts on foot for Mission URJA Fort Edition; 876 have climbed so far.
- River clean-ups. Teams can join Program DHARA's clean-up and planting drives on the Mula–Mutha as its river nodes come up.
- Making with communities. Artemyn India's team painted diyas in a hands-on session with TREEI.
“A spreadsheet can approve a project. Only a visit can prove it.”From our field notes on corporate ground visits
Why does hands-on volunteering matter for CSR?
Employees who have carried a battery up a fort or painted a classroom wall understand the programme their company funds in a way no report can give them. For CSR teams, that is employee-engagement evidence and due diligence in one day: the people behind the budget see where it goes.
Bring your team for a day.Fort drives, river clean-ups and school days around Pune, planned with your CSR calendar.
Plan a team day →Build something that's still working in year four.
CSR lead, donor or volunteer: there's a place for you in this work.
Frequently asked questions
Can a company team volunteer with TREEI in Pune?
Yes. Company teams join fort drives, river clean-ups and school days around Pune through TREEI's employee-volunteering programme.
What did Energy Exemplar volunteers do with TREEI?
They painted learning murals on energy sources, the water cycle and pollution across a school's walls.
Do volunteers need experience?
No. TREEI briefs every team on the day and provides the equipment needed.