Our Response to COVID-19 at Shell Fuel Stations

Our retailers in Pune, Nashik, Vizag and Hyderabad, along with their teams, safely packed and distributed essential food items like wheat flour, rice and pulses to those who have been most affected by the lockdown. Through this activity, they were able to support the daily needs of over 500 families.

Our frontline team from Pimpri, Pune participated in a blood donation drive when the turn out to such drives is expected to be low on account of the lockdown.

Our retailers in Nashik interacted with around 100 children in Adharteerth Ashram. These children are from agricultural families that have lost their livelihoods due to various adversities surrounding Covid. Our retailers taught the importance of hygiene through demonstrations and provided the children with food packets and sweets.

The frontline teams in Pune also distributed masks and sanitizers to PCMC ward office which caters to 14 healthcare wards.

Our sites in Vadodara have formed a unique partnership with the local police. They are assisting our men in uniforms in taking care of their vehicles by offering periodic checks of the health of their vehicles.

Our retailers and their teams in Surat thanked the essential services personnel by offering them tea and snacks for their hard work during these challenging times.

In an effort to make the community a safe zone, our service champions from Aslali and Vastral have started an initiative called “CARE KARO NA” wherein they have taken the responsibility of educating the staff, vendors, local shop owners, and other community members about the virus and ways to prevent it, like regular washing of hands, sanitization of frequently touched surfaces, regular temperature checks, use of protective gear like masks, etc. They have also been distributing essential protective items like masks and soaps to members of the community.

Our retailer Balraj Murugan, noticed that the police department in his area was facing a challenge in procuring face masks and hand sanitizers. Murugan recognized the challenge and procured additional masks and sanitizers. Through his efforts, he and his team were able to distribute 350 sanitizers and 1600 face masks, all of which were self-sourced.

To help the senior citizens in their society, our service champions from Avadi Poonamalle decided to help them with their daily essentials and groceries. Our service champions played the part of responsible neighbours perfectly and left the groceries at the security desk along with a bottle of sanitizer to prevent the risk of infection.

Our dealer partners have also been lending their support and supporting their local communities. Our dealers from Assam and Meghalaya have been engaged in distributing ration kits to entire villages and have been able to support more than 1700 families till date. They have also been spreading awareness about importance of personal hygiene and social distancing. Their acts of kindness have garnered coverage in the regional media.

One of our dealer partners from Vadodara distributed over 700 packets of home-cooked meals to migrants stranded in camps on the outskirts of the city over multiple days. He also supported the migrant population by distributing over 1000 packets of personal hygiene products including toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps, etc. to promote personal hygiene.

Our dealer partner from Kornahalli fuel station in Karnataka distributed over 200 masks to customers visiting the fuel station when he realized that there was a shortage in the area. Through this activity, he was able to spread awareness about COVID-19 and limit the risk of exposure for both the customers and his team of service champions.

Our dealer partner from Dahod has been engaged in distributing fresh home cooked meals twice a day (lunch and dinner) to over 750 migrants in a camp near the city.

The team of service champions and our dealer partner also supported the migrant workers in the town of Nasik in Maharashtra who were trying to return to their native states due to loss of livelihood under the current circumstances.