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Bangalore, 11^th July 2019:Muthoot Finance Ltd., India’s largest gold loan company through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm Muthoot M George Foundation launches Muthoot Vivaha Sammanam.

Under the project, Muthoot Vivaha Sammanam, the company will provide financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh each to 20 girls from Bangalore and suburbs, getting married between August and December, 2019. Daughters of financially deprived widows, getting married are eligible for the grant. Also, the household monthly income should be less than Rs.10,000.

Speaking about the grants, Mr. George M.Alexander, Exceutive Director of The Muthoot Group said, “Marriage expenses in India is a major challenge for economically weak households, supporting such families with financial assistance through Muthoot M. George Foundation, is our way of giving back to the society.”

These grants can be availed by the mother of the eligible girls by filling an application with a letter from Local Councilor/Panchayat member/MLA recommendation certifying the case. Marriage invitation or letter indicating the date of marriage with any other document proving the genuineness of the application should also be attached.

Muthoot Vivahasammanam is ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CSR ACTIVITY of The Muthoot Group providing financial aid for marriage assistance. The project was started in Kerala. The scheme has already been implemented in Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta ,Alappuzha, Thrissur, Ernakulam ,Kollam and Trivandrum districts. In FY 2018-19 the company spent a total of Rs.1,13,84,000/- as marriage assistance.

The application envelope should be clearly marked ‘Application for Marriage Gift’. The applications are to be sent at: Zonal Office, Muthoot Finance Ltd., Bangalore North Regional Office, UCF Centre, 84/3, First Floor, III block, HBR layout, Hennur Main Road, Lingarajapuram, St. Thomas Town Post, Bangalore 560 084.

For more details: Call Mr. James: 7829430179

At the Bangalore Press Club, the media was briefed about this project by Shri. Sobhith Bhasakaran, Zonal Manager and Shri. Babu John Malayil, Head, CSR, The Muthoot Group.

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Bengaluru, July 10, 2019: Fairtrade – Network of Asia And Pacific Producers (NAPP) today announced the launch of it’s Gender Leadership School, a certified course to help participants from rural producer’s organizations to improve and develop basic skills in the application of human rights provisions on gender-related issues within their own environment and contribute to building the agency of Gender balanced society.

The course is about enhancing leadership of women and men with supportive supervision and learning. It builds leaders in the farming sector to scale up to the level of engage with larger buyers and associate themselves with the local government.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Sanjeet Khurana, Chief Operating Officer, NAPP said, “We are very excited to announce the launch of this school. This will help the next generation of farmers to be educated, innovative and business minded.”

Mr. Bijumon Kurian, Chairman, Fairtrade – NAPP said, “Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. When farmers sell on Fairtrade terms, it provides them with a better deal and improved terms of trade. This allows them the opportunity to improves their lives and plan for the future.”

Mr. Kuldeep Singh Chauhan – Chief Executive Officer – NAPP said, ”Gender leadership school of NAPP aims to bring awareness in communities on parity in all spheres between men and women. It provide a safe platform to women to express themselves and identify ways to overcome barriers which prevent women and girls from achieving their full potential. Fairtrade NAPP works to empower producers in rural settings where women do most of the production with minimal access to benefits. The leadership school aim to create gender sensitized leaders in communities where we support producer organizations. In this noble cause while we are putting all organizational efforts to promote SDG 5 we look forward to partnerships with like minded organizations to join hands for broadening and deepening this important work”

The Program was inaugurated by Padmashri Salumarada Thimmakka, NAPP Chair – Mr. Bijumon Kurian, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Chauhan – Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sanjeet Khurana – Chief Operating Officer and other board members from across India and Srilanka.

Fairtrade offers consumers a powerful way to reduce poverty through their every day shopping.

Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers currently supports 275 producer organizations and over 200,000 farmers and workers across 20 countries in Asia and Pacific. One of its main aim is to address gender inequality in developing countries where women face many challenges than men when it comes to earning fair wages, owning land or having a say in the future of cooperatives, unions or communities. It incorporates gender equality into its programs in order to improve the lives of these women farmers and producers.

Mrs. Salumarada Thimakka, (Agriculturist & Environmentalist), Padmashri Award Winner 2019 added, “It’s an honor for me to be a part of this launch of this School. This whole programme will encourage participants from rural to position themselves as leaders in their community or associated areas.”

Schools In countries like Central Asia, Pakistan, South Asia and South East Asia have started this programme.

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