Ferrero India to construct eight Anganwadi Centres at Baramati

Ferrero India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zilla Parishad, Pune to design and construct 8 Anganwadi centres in eight different locations within the local communities close to the Ferrero production plant at Baramati in the next three years.

Ferrero India set up under the Michele Ferrero Entrepreneurial Project is committed to creating growth opportunities for local communities will be making a pro-bono contribution for the construction of 8 Anganwadi centres.

Inder Chopra, Secretary General, Ferrero India said, “This project will contribute to strengthen Ferrero’s commitment to pre-school education in the Baramati community, which started in 2014 with the inauguration of the Pietro Ferrero Kindergarten at the premises of our production plant and which now hosts children of our employees as well as from families of the surrounding communities.” Chopra added, “This project will be fully funded by Ferrero India and will be implemented in close collaboration with the Pune Zilla Parishad.”

“The 8 Anganwadi Centres within the local communities close to the Ferrero production plant at Baramati, will be selected jointly together with Ferrero India,” said Suraj D. Mandhare, CEO, Zilla Parishad Pune district.