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: Monsanto farmers can have an edge over others. I want to benefit from it,” he said.

On June 12, World Day against Child Labour, the company’s Monsanto Fund Learning Centre was inaugurated in Nandyal in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The residential centre will provide formal, informal and vocational education to the children here. The centre has been set up with NGOs, VORDS and Australian. The uniqueness of the learning centre is the Individual Educational Plan (IEP) designed for each child. It is aimed at allowing children to enter mainstream education. Students will also be offered vocational skills so that they have access to other income-generating opportunities. The residential facility can accommodate and teach 120 students each year.

“The Monsanto Fund Learning Center is our attempt to rehabilitate children from cotton production fields and channelise them towards their basic right to education,” said Deborah Patterson, president, Monsanto Fund. Globally, the Monsanto Fund seeks to improve peoples’ lives by bridging the gap between their needs and resources by investing in nutritional well being, environment, science education and communities.