Infosys Foundation signs MoU with Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation
Team Udayavani, Jan 29, 2018, 5:16 PM IST
Bengaluru: Infosys Foundation has signed a Memorandum with the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation for a grant to create a child-friendly village focused towards improving children’s health, providing education and creating a non-violent environment.
Infosys Foundation will disburse this grant over the next three years.
The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation fights to eradicate child labor and envisions a world where every child is free, safe, and healthy, educated and has the ability to discover their potential.
This project will be aimed at creating:
- Child labour free villages
- Benefits for 10,000 children, women and youth through education, vocational training and career counselling
- 100 percent enrolment and retention in schools
- Creation and recognition of a Bal Panchayat (children’s governing body) within the Gram Panchayat (village governing body)
- Zero incidences of child marriage and other social evils in villages
- Improved child protection mechanism in the villages
- Proper water, sanitation and hygiene in the villages
- Awareness about government schemes.
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