At Vin Industries, we believe that a business enterprise should have a meaning and purpose beyond making money. We believe that since we have benefited from the society, we must return to the society too.
We are privileged to have benefited from excellent public and higher education available in India. We passionately believe that no Indian child should remain illiterate.
However, we also believe that random acts of “doing good” do not create any meaningful impact. Recognizing this, Vin Industries supports Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in India that are meaningfully impacting marginal sections of civil society in India.
In particular, Vin Industries supports the Ekal Foundation running single teacher non-formal schools.
The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation is a charitable trust that initiates, supports, and runs non-formal one-teacher schools (popularly known as Ekal Vidyalayas) all over the country. With the participation of numerous non-profit trusts and organizations, this program has now become the largest non-governmental education movement in the country.
The Ekal movement has helped take education to formerly unreached areas of the country – especially amongst the citizens of India who live in difficult to access areas like forests and mountains.
As of October 2010, the number of schools run by Ekal Foundation stands at nearly 34, 343 with a goal of reaching 100, 000 schools by 2012.
Ekal Foundation is very efficient in using money because of the large number of volunteers who devote their time. For an amount of just Rs. 16, 000 (~ US$ 365 – that is just one US Dollar a day) a school’s running expenses shall be taken care for a year.
Vin Industries supports Ekal Foundation‘s work by having adopted some schools as well as encouraging our team members to volunteer for Ekal Foundation.
We also promote Ekal Foundation‘s work to our customers as well as our suppliers and encourage them to adopt Ekal Vidyalaya schools.
To donate to the Ekal Vidyalaya cause, please click here.
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