CII to support children
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The Confederation of Indian Industry – Southern Region has started supporting children who have lost one or both parents to the pandemic.
Ravi Sam, head of CII’s CSR and Affirmative Action sub-committee, Southern Region, said the CII members have started working on child welfare during the pandemic.
It is supporting the children who have been identified across the southern States. The children mostly need provisions for a month as the immediate need and that is given to them at their houses. The CII members plan to support the education of these children too in the long-term.
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AAA A Coimbatore-based industrialist has donated ₹ 2.5 lakh worth healthy nutritious products to children at government homes in the district here.
P. Priyadevi, District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), has recently asked the people to alert the office if they come across children who lost their parents due to COVID-19, so that required assistance can be provided to the children. Following this, Ravi Sam, chairman, CSR and Affirmative Action Sub-Committee, CII Southern Region and Managing Director, Adwaith Lakshmi Industries Limited, contacted the officer and dispatched the products recently. Dry fruits, dry nuts, dates, health mix, lentils, sprouts, millets and other nutritious products that could help 200 children in the government homes were received and distributed to the children, she said.