Jet spreads wings to Kargil

Jet spreads wings to Kargil
ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU

MUMBAI, FEB 15: Jet Airways Magic Box, the in-flight collection programme for "save the children" has now spread its wings to Kargil, one of the worst affected regions on the border of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kaksar, the worst affected village of the Kargil region has been adopted by "Save the Children" programme to rehabilitate the unfortunate population affected by the recent conflict around Kargil.

This activity titled K3 (Kaksar-Kargil-Kashmir) programme of "save the children" will be implemented in phases as a village empowerment programme to help villagers expand their knowledge base, acquire essential skills and progress towards self reliance as individuals and community groups. The Magic Box, the in-flight collection programme of Jet Airways was launched on January 7, 1997 and has since raised a crore of rupees for the activities of Save the Children programme.

Jet Airways also flew more than 2,000 km of material which included blankets and clothes for the use of affected people ofKaksar. Some of the significant projects run by the Save the Children programme, include preschools for the urban slum children in Mumbai, a special care centre for the mentally retarded and hearing impaired and integrated development services for the Osmanabad earthquake victims.

The funds collected by Jet Airways through the Magic Box initiative also contributed in the running of the SPARSH (Sastur Project of Action Research Services through the Hospital) which provides integrated, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services to the villagers of earthquake victims of Latur district. Another unique project of Save the Children is to re spond and build confidence among pregnant women who are HIV positive with a view to decreasing the infant mortality rate among the new born of HIV positive mothers.