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1m pounds to be raised for educating children in India
H S Rao
London, June 30 (PTI) Above 200 philanthropists including
eminent Indians like L N Mittal, M F Hussain, G P Hinduja,
have donated 5,000 pounds each to help educate underprivileged
children in India.
"Only through education can we bring India's poorer
communities out of poverty. Education breaks through the awful
cycle of poverty. It opens new horizons, it brings confidence,
knowledge and most importantly, expertise", said G P Hinduja,
President of the Hinduja Group at an event organised here by
Pratham, an NGO for underprivileged children in India.
"The biggest challenge that India faces is educating the
masses. If India wants to become a truly global player, it
must reach the same figure as the rest of Asia," he added.
The guest list included Indian steel tycoon L N Mittal,
renowned artist M F Hussain, British directors Stephen Frears
and Gurinder Chadha, writer Hanif Kureshi, head of Global
markets Deutsche Bank, Anshu Jain; Lord and Lady Mitchell
among others.
The philanthropists also pledged to raise one million
pounds for Pratham to educate 100 million children in India.
Hinduja who opened the donation said "What Pratham is
doing is a subject at the heart of the Hinduja family and
Hinduja Foundation. Our father believed health and education
is the birth right of every human being."
Pratham aims to work for providing literacy to India's
100 million children from the weaker-sections and avail
primary education to all children by 2010. Their work has so
far reached 33 million children primarily from the slums and
those working as labourers.
"The funds raised here will surely help us on our way of
reaching the 100 million underprivileged children across India
who lack primary education and the basic right to schooling",
said Vilas Gadkari, Chairman, Pratham UK.
"Increasing literacy amongst the youth should be made a
pivotal part of every country's agenda, especially when it
provides a way out of conditions of extreme poverty and a path
to achieving emotional literacy amongst children," he said.
PTI
London, June 30 (PTI) Above 200 philanthropists including
eminent Indians like L N Mittal, M F Hussain, G P Hinduja,
have donated 5,000 pounds each to help educate underprivileged
children in India.
"Only through education can we bring India's poorer
communities out of poverty. Education breaks through the awful
cycle of poverty. It opens new horizons, it brings confidence,
knowledge and most importantly, expertise", said G P Hinduja,
President of the Hinduja Group at an event organised here by
Pratham, an NGO for underprivileged children in India.
"The biggest challenge that India faces is educating the
masses. If India wants to become a truly global player, it
must reach the same figure as the rest of Asia," he added.
The guest list included Indian steel tycoon L N Mittal,
renowned artist M F Hussain, British directors Stephen Frears
and Gurinder Chadha, writer Hanif Kureshi, head of Global
markets Deutsche Bank, Anshu Jain; Lord and Lady Mitchell
among others.
The philanthropists also pledged to raise one million
pounds for Pratham to educate 100 million children in India.
Hinduja who opened the donation said "What Pratham is
doing is a subject at the heart of the Hinduja family and
Hinduja Foundation. Our father believed health and education
is the birth right of every human being."
Pratham aims to work for providing literacy to India's
100 million children from the weaker-sections and avail
primary education to all children by 2010. Their work has so
far reached 33 million children primarily from the slums and
those working as labourers.
"The funds raised here will surely help us on our way of
reaching the 100 million underprivileged children across India
who lack primary education and the basic right to schooling",
said Vilas Gadkari, Chairman, Pratham UK.
"Increasing literacy amongst the youth should be made a
pivotal part of every country's agenda, especially when it
provides a way out of conditions of extreme poverty and a path
to achieving emotional literacy amongst children," he said.
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