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their parents and the awesome<br />
task of procuring sixty passports<br />
for these slum children was successfully<br />
accomplished. <strong>Deepalaya</strong><br />
children gave thirty performances<br />
in Holland getting tremendous<br />
appreciation. The Holland media<br />
also responded very enthusiastically.<br />
This event resulted in the<br />
Foundation initiating two<br />
projects1) All Kids to School; 2)<br />
Going Global. Under the second<br />
project children of Holland visited<br />
India, Ethiopia, and other African<br />
countries. The first project<br />
raised substantial amounts for supporting<br />
children in the third world<br />
countries.<br />
In this regard <strong>Deepalaya</strong> was the<br />
first NGO to have sent sixty children<br />
from the slums for a period<br />
of three weeks to a foreign. It was<br />
an experience of a lifetime not<br />
only for the students but also for<br />
the teachers and staff who accompanied<br />
them since the <strong>Deepalaya</strong><br />
contingent consisted of seventy<br />
people in all. The places where our<br />
children performed cherish this<br />
memory perpetually.<br />
Art for the World<br />
When Art for the World, Geneva,<br />
an organization of eminent<br />
architects wanted to provide<br />
playfields or recreation facilities<br />
for children from weaker<br />
sections, they identified India<br />
and later Delhi. Looking<br />
around for a school having sufficient<br />
space, they drew a blank<br />
until they finally contacted<br />
Youth Reach, who identified<br />
<strong>Deepalaya</strong>. Ours was the only<br />
case in which the school had<br />
legally owned land where the<br />
play field could be established<br />
and which catered to economically<br />
weaker children. Again this<br />
was one of the ‘First’ in India<br />
and in Delhi for both Art for<br />
the World and <strong>Deepalaya</strong>. The<br />
relationship between the two further culminated in Art for the World providing two more<br />
play fields ( separate ones for boys and girls) in <strong>Deepalaya</strong> Gram, Gusbethi.<br />
Playfully yours - play material donated by Art for the World<br />
In the case AMC Target Corporation, Intelsat, Sapient Corporation and CSG, it was the<br />
first time that they were venturing into excercising their corporate social responsibility in<br />
India. They contacted the PR agencies to identify and shortlist potential partners. <strong>Deepalaya</strong><br />
was identified and became the first to partner with these three corporates with whom the<br />
relationship continues ever since.
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