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Dow Corning has worked to provide local villagers in Karegaon, India, with
an anganwadi. An anganwadi is a government-run crèche – or nursery school –
that provides nutrition, healthcare and education for children under the age of
six. The government’s goal is to have at least one anganwadi per village.
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The Dow Corning team worked closely with leaders in the village, which is
near Dow Corning’s plant in Pune, India, to procure the land and construct a
building for 40 to 50 children. The completed anganwadi offers free preschool
education and basic nutritional supplements to underprivileged children, as
well as necessary vaccinations for children 0 to 3 years of age.
Dow Corning and the anganwadi were featured in a documentary film targeted
for national television to encourage private-sector contributions. During
filming, Dow Corning employees learned that the facility didn’t have toys for
the children. So, the Pune site initiated a toy donation drive to help meet
that need.
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