NEW DELHI, June 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
- Huawei's CSR programme in India to Promote Sustainable Social Development
- CSR Programme to Focus on Education and Child Healthcare
Huawei India today renewed its CSR focus and vision for supporting education and child healthcare by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Akshaya Patra Foundation at the Huawei R&D Center, Bengaluru. With this MoU, Huawei will support Akshaya Patra with their mid-day meal programme for over 15,000 children. Apart from this, Huawei India will also support Akshaya Patra with food distribution vehicles and a kitchen upgrade programme.
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Mr. Jay Chen, CEO Huawei India said, "With this MoU, we strive to align ourselves with the Government of India's vision. We believe that an enterprise can survive, sustain its growth, and contribute to society only if it consistently aligns its core values and operational responsibilities with its social responsibilities. Along with financial support, we also aim to encourage our employees to be a part of this programme."
"At Huawei India, we strive to bridge gaps, both in the regions where we operate and within the organization, thereby establishing ourselves as a responsive organization, besides being a responsible one."
Shri N Sivasailam, Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, said, "This partnership reflects the commitment of Huawei as a global corporate citizen, to support the Government's initiative. We look forward to creating a win-win industry ecosystem that promotes the sustainable development of the economy, society and environment."
Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman, Akshaya Patra who signed the MoU on Akshaya Patra's behalf said, "The Akshaya Patra Foundation is pleased to partner with Huawei in this endeavor. We feel that this collaboration will add huge impetus in our effort to feed five million children by 2020. Such partnerships enable us to progress in our initiative to end classroom hunger."
Huawei is a proud member of the UN Global Compact and is committed to fulfilling its responsibilities as a good corporate citizen. The company is actively involved with trying to promote equal access to telecommunications and in helping to bridge the 'Digital Divide' between developing and developed nations. In addition, Huawei continues to implement its flagship CSR program, 'Seeds for the Future,' to facilitate global knowledge transfer, support local training, and increase digital inclusion. Thus far, Huawei has partnered with more than 150 universities to implement the program in 67 countries. About 15,000 students from five different continents have benefited from the program, including more than 1,700 who studied at Huawei's headquarters in China. The most outstanding participants have since joined the ICT industry, and are actively contributing to its development.
About Huawei
Huawei is a leading global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions provider. Our aim is to enrich life and improve efficiency through a better connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the industry. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and cloud computing. Huawei's 170,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers. Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.
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About The Akshaya Patra Foundation
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The organization strives to fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India. By implementing the mid-day meal scheme in Government schools and Government aided schools, The Akshaya Patra Foundation aims not only to fight hunger but also to bring children to school.
Since 2000, the organization has worked towards reaching more children with wholesome food on every single school day. Akshaya Patra Foundation is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of-the-art kitchens have become a subject of study and they attract curious visitors from around the world. In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments and inestimable support from many philanthropic donors and well-wishers; Akshaya Patra has grown from humble beginnings serving just 1,500 school children across five schools. Today, Akshaya Patra Foundation is the world's largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal programme serving wholesome food to over 1.5 million children from 11,360 schools across 10 states in India.
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