Bharti Foundation,the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magic Bus, India’s leading childhood to livelihood NGO, to help shape the future of 1700 children (8-14 year olds) from some of the poorest areas of Mumbai and Delhi. The three-year programme will work towards facilitating holistic development of the children, ensuring that they attend school, learn well, and attain basic life skills. The aim of the joint initiative is to empower them to secure a livelihood of their choice and succeed in it, giving them a fair chance of moving out of poverty by the time they turn 18 years of age. Bharti Airtel will provide financial assistance to this initiative.
Bharti Foundation will monitor the programme and support 1700 poor children from Rafiq Nagar and Bhalaswa slums in Mumbai and Delhi respectively. The key drivers of this initiative are the 68 young volunteers, who are also from the same area as the children. The on-site volunteering’s approach will helps build deeper community connect and enable the programme to be run more efficiently.