SJ FOUNDATION
Honours 20 Awardees for exemplary contributions to society
selected by the jury comprising very eminent individuals.
SOS Children’s Villages of India
Free education and health care to 6135 destitute children in family environment
SOS Children’s Villages of India caters for the care and development of vulnerable orphans so as to secure their future by providing them with quality education, nutrition and healthcare until they are settled in their career. They are taking care of 6135 children in 33 SOS Children’s Villages across 22 states in India. They are also running SOS family strengthening programme as a preventive programme working with over 15,000 children and their families in situations where parental care and support are at high risk of being lost.
SOS Children’s Villages of India adopts a unique concept “Family based Care” with the notions of Mother, Brothers and Sisters, the house and the village embedded within its programmes.
SOS Children’s Villages of India, is awarded ‘S R Jindal Prize– 2012’ at the hands of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji jointly with Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for their exceptional achievements in the field of Education - with emphasis on moral upliftment. This Award carries a Cash Prize of Rs. 1 Crore to be shared equally.
SOS Children’s Villages of India caters for the care and development of vulnerable orphans so as to secure their future by providing them with quality education, nutrition and healthcare until they are settled in their career. They are taking care of 6135 children in 33 SOS Children’s Villages across 22 states in India. They are also running SOS family strengthening programme as a preventive programme working with over 15,000 children and their families in situations where parental care and support are at high risk of being lost.
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