Six Indian NGOs that work to make education and nutrition accessible have got a $240,000 grant from global CRM major Salesforce that will enable them to reach more than 15,000 people all over the country and help bridge inequalities in education, sanitation and nutrition. “We believe that business can be a platform for positive change,” says Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO and chairperson of Salesforce India. “The technology industry plays a unique role in connecting people forced apart by this pandemic, by keeping supply channels open, tracking the disease and in multiple other ways.” Recent research by Salesforce finds that two in every three Indians surveyed say closing global inequalities should be a high priority for businesses. The grants, it says, reflect the US-headquartered company’s ongoing commitment to help ensure the Indian workforce of today is equipped with the skills and experience needed in the professional workforce of the future, especially in tech careers. The study, ‘Global Stakeholder Series’, found that 58 per cent of the 2,000 Indians interviewed believe companies will invest more in workplace equality as a result of Covid-19, while 61 per cent say it is critical that their employer gives back to their community. The NGOs getting the money – The Akshaya Patra Foundation, United Way of Hyderabad, Anthill Creations Foundation, Goonj, SOS Children's Villages of India and Protsahan India Foundation –work in different areas and will use it differently.
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