Huawei India today has revealed plans about their Corporate social responsibility (CSR) partnership program Daksha with SOS Children’s Villages India. The two organizations have signed a MoU to support education and child welfare. Huawei India will connect with 982 children to support quality education for children living in 10 SOS of India across Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telengana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu as a part of the Daksha program. The program will provide computers and internet facilities to 20 family homes in SOS Children’s Village Greenfields Faridabad (Haryana) to help unlock the digital world for the children living in the SOS Children’s Villages.
The Daksha CSR program will also provide mid-day meal to over 15,000 children and kitchen upgrade programs. It will partner with three Engineering Universities in order to set-up labs in the areas of SDN/NFV, IoT and Big Data to promote skill development in future-oriented technologies. Scholarship support will be given to 80 engineering students to support higher education. Additionally, Huawei’s e-Hope program also works to distribute Computers & Tablets in Government Schools across India.
On the occasion, Jay Chen, CEO Huawei India said, “We believe that sustainable development is possible only when organizations align their corporate goals to the development goals of communities. At Huawei, we are committed to giving back to the community where we operate in. The Daksha initiative will be an umbrella program under which we aim to support children and students—our future resource, with holistic development and adequate digital literacy in line with the vision laid down by the Government of India”.
Dr. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of Electronic & Information Technology (DeiTY) said that education is the key to creating opportunities, and the new partnership reflects the commitment of Huawei as a global corporate citizen, to support the Government’s initiative. They look forward to a win-win industry ecosystem that promotes the sustainable development of the society and economy.
Even Anuja Bansal, Secretary General of SOS Children’s Villages of India expressed he views on the initiative and said that Daksha offers great encouragement to them and strengthens their resolve towards improving lives of once parentless and abandoned children under care. This support will give a big push towards empowering the SOS Children with quality education as well as opening up their world with computers and internet facilities.