Reiterating its commitment to the social cause, Amway Opportunity Foundation plays host to “Nanhe Chitrakaar,” in Jamshedpur. As aptly christened, Nanhe Chitrakaar — is a pan India annual painting competition for children — organised under the patronage of Amway Opportunity Foundation the corporate social responsibility arm of Amway India.
At a formal function Swetabh Suman, Commissioner of Income Tax, Jamshedpur graced the occasion as the chief guest and has presented the prizes to winners of Nanhe Chitrakar 2014 and presented the certificates to the winners and all participants signed by William S Pinckney, Chairman, Amway Opportunity Foundation.Shri Alok Deep, Area Manager, Bihar & Jharkhand , Amway India was present.
The Painting competition elicited overwhelming response from the ABO parents in Jamshedpur. Over 50 children of Amway Business Owners participated today at Nanhe Chitrakaar competition whereas 25 special children from School of Hope also participated in the painting competition.Wildlife and environment ran as the leitmotif of the competition as children captured their fancy on the canvas with a riot of colours.
The competition was organised in two categories of 4 to 7 years and 8 to 12 years of age groups. Painter Ravi Shanker from Chandra Kala Cultural Centre adjudged the paintings by the participants. Amway Opportunity Foundation has also involved the children from School of Hope to add to the spirit of Nanhe Chitrakaar. The Central idea of the painting competition is to instill a spirit of brotherhood and foster a bond of partnership among the children of distributors and less privileged children of School of Hope. Conceptualized as an annual painting competition, Nanhe Chitrakaar elicited enthusiastic response from thousands of children of Amway family across the country since its inception a decade back.
Diptarag Bhattacharjee, vice president-East, Amway India and chief volunteer of AOF in Eastcommented, “Nanhe Chitrakaar is one of the most prestigious annual events organized by AOF. This year, we have also invited the children of School of Hope to be a part of this painting competition. I hope this would sensitise the minds of the children of our distributors towards the needs of the underprivileged children and foster a partnership and brotherhood among them. I also thank our ABO parents for supporting the initiative and be a part of our CSR initiative.”