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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 74
Children in class.
Explaining the effective
use of MFPs to high
officials of the Indian
Ministry of Education.
➤ WEB฀2 Indian Education Program
:
www.ricoh.com/csr/india_edu/
Education support program in India
India has the most children in the world, yet many
of them cannot complete the minimum education
offered or even go to school at all. A variety
of problems — low recognition of the value of
education, poor quality of education services and lack
of infrastructure and equipment — are the cause.
Ricoh is working with the NGO Save the Children
on rectifying this situation. As digital duplicators can
be used to print teaching materials as well as letters
and notices for parents and community members —
and to share information between teachers, schools
and the authorities — we donated Ricoh digital
duplicators to schools in India.
In May 2011, we began an education support
program in Andhra Pradesh state, situated in
the southern part of India. We donated digital
duplicators to schools, authorities and NGOs working
in education, and conducted workshops to teach
effective ways of using digital duplicators to enhance
class quality and share information.
Ricoh is also helping to build the educational
infrastructure in a variety of other ways, including
awareness and expertise enhancement, children’s
clubs and development of a network of people
involved in education. Our ultimate goal is to enable
communities to evolve their educational environment
on their own.
As the program progresses, we are obtaining
valuable information vital to conducting business in
these localities. For example, we have learned the
challenges that face rural areas located far from cities,
such as damage done by rats to equipment installed
at facilities and poor supply channels for paper refills.
The relationships we have built with educators
and government organizations represent another
achievement, as these connections can become a
conduit for product promotion and public relations
activities.
Ricoh is using the knowhow we gained in India
to upgrade our educational offerings. And we are
widening the scope of our collaboration with Save the
Children, with teacher training in the use of projectors
and development and use of digital content in class.
➤ WEB฀2
Overview Action Data & Profile
Growing with Society
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