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Carlson Hotels supports children's cause

EH Staff - Delhi

Carlson Hotels Worldwide has entered into a collaboration with Plan India, a non-government organisation (NGO) working for children in adverse circumstances. The hotel group has associated itself with the NGO to work towards ensuring basic rights to the underprivileged and needy children in society.

The tie-up would entail Rs 40 at every guest check-out being duly contributed to the Plan India mission. The partnership extends to all Radisson Hotels & Resorts and Country Inns & Suites run under the aegis of the Carlson Group in India. Said KB Kachru, executive VP (South Asia), Carlson Hotels Worldwide, "We wanted an organisation that would complement our vision and global presence. An association with an international organisation like Plan will help us to achieve our goal of making a difference in the lives of these underprivileged children."

The joint effort initially will focus on four projects of Plan India that work to ensure rights of children. The programme focuses on working towards preventing instances of child labour. The initiatives supported by the Carlson-Plan India partnership include enabling children living on platforms to live with dignity covering the Hazrat Nizamuddin, Faridabad, Agra and Mathura platforms; and a literacy initiative for children in a community living at Port of Mumbai; a night shelter for working and street children in Varanasi and a project undertaken in fishing communities of 217 villages in Andhra Pradesh to educate and provide vocational training to the children.