Peer Educators Felicitation Programme

Project: Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centre, Yeshwanthpur

Under: Healthcare for Long Distance Truckers and Allied Population

Event Location | Date: Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centre, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru, Karnataka | 19 January 2026

Partners: Apollo Tyres Foundation (CSR Partner), Telerad Foundation (Implementing Partner)

Background

Long-distance truck drivers form a highly mobile and dispersed community, making sustained healthcare outreach challenging through conventional facility-based models alone. To bridge this gap, the Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centre (ATHCC) programme integrates Peer Educators as a core component of its community engagement and service delivery strategy.

Peer Educators are individuals embedded within trucking ecosystems at major transshipment hubs such as Yeshwanthpur. These include tea vendors, dhaba owners, mechanics at truck repair garages, pan shop owners, attendants at public sanitation facilities, and small hotel operators—places that truck drivers routinely visit during rest stops and halts.

Through everyday transactional interactions, Peer Educators play a vital role in:

Creating awareness about ATHCC services and facilities
Guiding drivers to nearby Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centres across the national network
Encouraging timely health check-ups, screenings, and follow-up care
Reinforcing health education messages on priority conditions

Recognising their sustained contribution and grassroots leadership, Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centre, Yeshwanthpur organised a Peer Educators Felicitation Programme on 19 January 2026, aimed at acknowledging their efforts, strengthening engagement, and reinforcing their role within the healthcare delivery chain.

Programme Highlights & Activities

The programme was led by the Project Manager, ATHCC – Telerad Foundation, who welcomed the Peer Educators and acknowledged their critical role in expanding access to healthcare for long-distance truck drivers and allied populations.

Key activities included:

Presentation on ATHCC programme progress and recent developments
Sharing centre-level achievements, with emphasis on beneficiary footfall through peer referrals
Discussion on the impact of peer-led mobilisation in improving service uptake
Motivation and guidance to continue field-level outreach and trust-building
Knowledge refreshment sessions covering:
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Vision care
- Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Communication of minimum referral targets to ensure consistent community engagement

As a token of appreciation, gifts were distributed to all participating Peer Educators, recognising their sustained commitment and contribution.

Participation & Reach

Total Peer Educators Felicitated: 28
Participants represented a cross-section of service providers operating within the Yeshwanthpur transshipment ecosystem, closely interacting with the trucking community on a daily basis.

Programme Leadership & Coordination

The Peer Educators Felicitation Programme was organised by Apollo Tyres Healthcare Centre, Yeshwanthpur, and implemented by Telerad Foundation.

Overall facilitation and coordination were led by the Project Manager, with support from the ATHCC Bengaluru team, ensuring effective engagement, structured knowledge sharing, and smooth programme execution.