Mumbai, May 2019: B V Chinai Charitable Trust (BVC Foundation) is the philanthropy arm of BVC Ventures that primarily serve two causes – Healthcare and Education in the developing economies. BVC Foundation along with Wadhwa Group, Group Satellite, and The Mosaic, successfully fulfilled yet another edition of ‘The DOO Initiative’ (Donate to Orphanages and Old Age Homes). In the fifth year of this donation drive, the organisation collected and donated books and stationery kits along with clothes to children in orphanages all over India.
This initiative witnessed donors from over 30 cities of India donate clothes, stationery and books. Through the DOO initiative, BVC Foundation collected over 30,000 books, 2,70,000 pieces of stationery and over three tonnes of clothes, which would be donated to 96 orphanages and 10 old age homes in over 20 cities across India.
According to Uday Chinai, Chairman, BVC Foundation, “The core goal of the BVC Foundation is to facilitate upliftment of the society we live in. Through the DOO initiative, we aim to reach out to the underprivileged kids who will be provided with books and stationery materials for their education during the start of this academic year. We are grateful to all the NGOs, the corporate organisations and all the people who supported the cause and donated the items.”
All BVC companies and branches across India participate to make a larger sustainable difference to society. This pan India activity involves the distribution of the collected items all over India. To ensure the items reach the right places, at the right time, BVC Foundation collaborates with over 100 NGOs from across India.
