Employees from Ericsson spent a fun filled day with the children of Smile Foundation at a Mission Education center in Tamil Nadu as a part of their CSR activity. The children were super excited to interact and participate in the activities that were conducted. The event started with an ice breaking session between the employees and the children which was followed by performances by the children and gifts were presented to the children. 15 children from the centre participated in the event. Ericssion was represented by 8 employees.
Mission Education is a national level programme of Smile Foundation, which is committed to providing basic education and healthcare to underprivileged children. Since its inception in 2002, more than 200,000 underprivileged children have directly benefitted from the Mission Education programme.
Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation directly benefitting over 400,000 children and their families every year, through more than 200 live welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in over 950 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.