PRESS RELEASE                                        MUMBAI,  10TH OCTOBER 2011

• EMPATHY FOUNDATION (PROMOTED BY SUGAL & DAMANI GROUP) CONSTRUCTED  A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING OF JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA AT KAGAL, DIST. KOLHAPUR AT COST OF Rs. 3.50 CRORE

• EMPATHY FOUNDATION DONATES RS. 5 CRORE EVERY YEAR FOR EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, VILLAGE ADOPTION, WATER PROJEC, SOLAR POWER PLANT IN REMOTE VILLAGES OF MAHARASHTRA

Empathy Foundation, a charitable trust, promoted by Sugal & Damani Group of Companies has constructed a new Govt. school building of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya  at Kagal, district Kolhapur in Maharashtra at the cost of  more than Rs. 3.50 crores . This will be a co-educational residential school for the children from rural area. This new building admeasuring about 35400 square feet area constructed & donated to the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kagal, Kolhapur dist., Maharashtra by Empathy Foundation. It was  inaugurated by distinguished atomic scientist Padmashri Shivram B. Bhoje on Sunday, 2nd October 2011. This school is the best school in its class of all the schools built under Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya scheme.
The dignitaries present during the inaugural function included Shri Pravin Darade- Ex Collector of Kolhapur & Shri Sunil Kadam- Vice President of Kagal Municipal Corporation and all the  trustees of Empathy Foundation also present during the function. The inaugural function was well attended with the presence of approx. 2000 guests.
Empathy Foundation which is a unit of M/s. Sugal and Damani Group donates Rs. 5 crore every year for upliftment of remote villages in Maharashtra State especially to further the cause of education, health care initiatives, village adoption, water projects, solar power projects etc.
Mr. M.R.Sundareswaran the C.E.O of the trusts states that Empathy Foundation is not only donating for construction of school but is also implementing the project under close personal supervision to attain optimum   levels of performance.
The Empathy Foundation which is a unit of M/s. Sugal and Damani Group is managed by Mr.N. Sugalchand Jain –Founder, Mr. Gunwant N. Damani- Managing Trustee, Mr. Shantilal Chheda- Joint Managing Trustee,
The Sugal & Damani Group is a conglomerate of various companies having diversified interests in diamond, stock & securities, state approved lotteries, retailing, construction etc.
Any Government / Zill Parishad School authorities  only from Maharashtra  requiring repairs for existing school buildings or construction of New School Buildings can contact Empathy Foundation at  empathy05@gmail.com / empathy@empathyfoundation.in or Visit us www.empathyfoundation.in   
Summary of Work done by Empathy Foundation as on 31st August  2011
School & Water Project                  No.  Free Medical Eye Camp           No.
School project Completed                  40   Eye Camps Organised                  129
School project Under Construction    12   Check up 9 (Patients)             243209
Water Project completed                    11   Distribution of Medicine          20501
Water Project Under construction      01   Spectacles Distributed            159450
Village Adoption ( Dhanvi, Raigad)   01   Cataract Operation(Patients)      4580
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ARTICLE AND PHOTOS APPEARED IN GUJARATH NEWS PAPERS REGARDING INAUGURATION OF SCHOOL BUILDING AT KOLAPUR BY EMPATHY FOUNDATION.