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Impact Guru and Wockhardt launch "Coffee with CEO" initiative

Mumbai, 29th January: Wockhardt Foundation in partnership with Impact Guru today announced an online charity event - "Coffee with CEO".The newly launched initiative provides students,young professionals or budding entrepreneurs an opportunity to have a one-on-one chat with Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala, CEO Wockhardt Foundation and Executive Director, Wockhardt Ltd over a cup of coffee.

The online fundraiser raises awareness about Wockhardt Foundation and its initiative Khel Khel Mein , a unique initiative comprising of Edu Recreational Centres for the underprivileged children aged 6 to 12 years. The program develops the child's spiritual and emotional quotient which in turn helps the holistic human development. All the proceeds will go to Khel Khel Mein to help multiply its impact. Till now, Khel Khel Mein successfully operates 26 Edu Recreational Centre and toy libraries for the underprivileged children in slums of Mumbai (16 toy libraries), Delhi NCR (8 toy libraries) and Aurangabad (2 toy libraries).

Supporters can either make a small donation of INR 1000 to be eligible for the lucky draw from which one winner will be chosen at the end of the fundraiser, or donate INR 10,000 to get a sure shot chance to have coffee with Dr Huzaifa Khorakiwala, also better known as Dr.HUZ.

Impact Guru's CEO Piyush Jain said, the idea is to inspire people and make giving a habit. Who better than Dr Huzaifa to do that, and of course one of the biggest incentives is to meet him one-on-one for coffee".

About Impact Guru

Impact Guru is incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab, USA and has offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Singapore. We officially launched in September 2015 and have already raised close to Rs 20 lakhs in under 4 months. Impact Guru's goal is to help nonprofits and social enterprises lower their fundraising cost, which is currently estimated to be as high as 30-60% of funds raised. We have partnered with CNBC TV18, Harvard Club of Mumbai, Asha Impact, Godrej Group, Wockhardt Foundation and many more reputed organizations.

About Wockhardt Foundation

Wockhardt Foundation is a national, not-for-profit organization engaged in social service and human welfare activities. Its 9 programmes have made perceptible change in its areas of operations to the lives of the underprivileged.Mobile 1000, its flagship programme, aims at operating 1000 Mobile Health Vans in rural India and administering free primary healthcare to 25 million Indians every year. As of date, there are 62 Mobile 1000 Vans operating in 15 states and doing yeoman service to rural India.