Vodafone to set up Vodafone India Foundation for charitable purposes

Mumbai, Oct 8 (UNI) Global telecom major Vodafone plans to invest 10 million dollars in India to establish Vodafone India Foundation that will provide direct grants to charity houses and global NGOs.

This apart, the project will also concentrate on education of backward sections across the country.

The project is supported by the UK-headquartered Vodafone group foundation which has developed a network of 23 foundations around the world during the last five years, company stated today.

This apart, the group also plans to contribute a further one million pound to support the expansion of measles initiative, a partnership of the UN World Health Organisation, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cross, the UN Foundation, and UNI