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Canon India extends CSR support to adopted villages, SOS Village in battle against Covid-19

New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI) Pledging its support towards India’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Canon India, one of the leaders in the imaging space, on Wednesday announced plethora of initiatives to empower the people of its adopted villages and SOS village homes.
To ensure that the community members are fully equipped, safe and motivated to win the Covid-19 battle, the company is providing essential food and sanitation items across the villages, according to a statement here.
Reaffirming its philosophy of ‘Kyosei’ which embodies the spirit of ‘living and working together for the common good’, all the Canon employees PAN India are enthusiastically coming together and contributing to PM CARES Fund as well.

As a part of the support, Canon India is providing 3000 food packets in its adopted villages. The food packets include essential ration items such as rice and flour (5 kg each), pulses (1 kg), salt (1 kg), sugar (1 kg) and cooking oil (1 kg).
More than 12,000 people, including the daily wagers and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the villages, are expected to be benefited from the concerted efforts of the company.
Canon India’s NGO partner – Humana People to People is supporting in the procurement of food packets, packaging and distribution within the villages. In addition to this, to provide sanitation support to children of SOS Children’s Villages of Faridabad and Hyderabad, Canon India is distributing essential items such as sanitizers, liquid soap, cotton masks and other home cleansing products.
Through this, the organization aims to support 500 children in these SOS villages for a period of one month, covering the 21 days lockdown period as well.

Speaking about this endeavor of Canon India, Canon India President & CEO Kazutada Kobayashi said, ''With the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world is going through challenging times indeed. In such an unprecedented and crucial situation, it is pertinent that we stand strong and show the best of humanity to combat this battle.
With ‘Kyosei’ at the heart of our CSR operations, it has been our consistent endeavor to work together as one family and empower the less privileged ones.''

As a way forward, the organization aims to continue supporting and safeguarding the communities in these villages in the times to come as well by supplying essential commodities.

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