Friday 16 November 2012

Vedanta Supports Quality Education For Tribal Children

Vedanta through its Foundation has funded education for tribal children in the Rayagada district of Odisha with an objective of providing an equal opportunity to underprivileged children from the tribal population, including Dongria Kondhs, to pursue formal education.

Vedanta Foundation has sent 100 tribal students between 5-8 years of age to Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS), Bhubaneswar. More students would be sent there in the second phase. In this regard a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Vedanta Foundation,

KISS and Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), Lanjigarh. The children have been identified from Muniguda and Kalyansinghpur blocks of Rayagada district which is predominantly inhabited by Dongria Kondh community.

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