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Over
70 children were awarded ‘Certificate of completion’ of
computer courses under the Elfun-EOTO program recently. The Elfun-EOTO
programme is collaborative effort of Elfun, a volunteer community
service organisation of GE employees, and Each One Teach One(EOTO),
a non-profit charitable organisation, striving towards education
of underprivileged children in computer literacy.
Elfun
volunteers have devoted their weekends to support this programme.
Their vision is to bridge the digital divide by giving quality training
in real-life use of computers. Over the last two years more than
350 children have graduated from these classes. Elfun Bangalore
chapter’s basic objective has been to make a significant difference
in the society in the fields of education for underprivileged, improving
the environment, old age care, etc.
EOTO
also qualified to receive an award from the GE Fund for supporting
their community programmes in the area of education and research.
GE Fund is a philantropic foundation funded solely by US-based General
Electric Company (GE). GE Fund selected EOTO based on the computer
literacy project in which it has made remarkable progress.
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