Hyderabad, Feb 12 2023: The 7th edition of “Run for Girl Child” 2023 was organized in city on Sunday by Seva Bharathi –Telangana, to promote awareness about the program “Kishori Vikas” with a cause to Empower a Girl Child. The Run for A Girl Child is a flagship event for Kishori Vikas program. The Run was flagged off at the Gachibowli Stadium by International table tennis player Naina Jaiswal, Madhapur DCP Shilpavalli, superintendent of police Shiva Kumar Goud along with All India Seva Bharathi General Secretary Renu Pathak, and notable industry personalities and corporate heads from MNCs.
The Run was conducted in three categories, 5km, 10km and 21km. The 7th edition saw 10,000 participants from individuals, corporates, families and students. All the Runs started and ended at Gachibowli Stadium en-route HCU. Around 900 beneficiary girls from Kishori Vikas program participated in the event demonstrating cultural and self-defence skills.
“At present, 300 Kishori Vikas centers are active across slums of Hyderabad with 6700 beneficiaries. Through this run our aim is to increase this to 500 Kishori centers and 10,000 beneficiaries. These centers empower Girl Children residing in Slums and Low Income areas by helping them in their Education, Health and Skill Development” Seva Bharathi, General Secretary Mr. Rama Murthy Prabhala said. Chandra Shekar Reddy, VP Sales of freedom oil and Rahul Bhatia global data MD, presented the mementos to the winners.
Representatives from Infosys, GEP, Genpact participated in the event. Apart from the above, Yashoda Hospitals, Techwave, Tech Vedika, GEP, Synopsys, Pega Systems, GlobalLogic, HealthEdge, Cotiviti, 91Signages, Fever FM and Innova Solutions have provided partnership and support to the event.
