Eros Foundation associates with Pratham NGO to provide quality education to underprivileged children

Updated on Tue, 10 January 2012 at 17:08 IST

Eros Foundation, a philanthropic wing of Eros international Media (EIML – A company in the Indian Film Entertainment Industry) join hands with NGO Pratham to provide good and quality education to underprivileged children in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Eros Foundation will provide training to village volunteers who will teach the children in the villages. The volunteers will not get any monetary benefit but they will get education in return. Education on english skills, job finding etc which will help them.

NGO Pratham is carrying educational programs for children since last 15 years and association with Eros will help them to deliver quality education to children.


 
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