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The Ambika Paul Foundation, UK

 

The Ambika Paul Foundation, UK- in memory of Lord Paul's daughter Ambika

The Ambika Paul Foundation is a charitable trust set up in memory of Lord Paul's daughter Ambika who died of leukaemia in 1968 at the age of four. It was the treatment purposes of Ambika that brought Lord Paul to Britain in 1966.

He remained in England after her tragic death and went on to create the Caparo Group of companies, which currently has a turnover of USD 1.5 billion. The Foundation promotes the well-being of children around the world through education, culture and health and seeks to encourage and inspire them to learn about the world they live in. The foundation supports a number of children's charities in UK as well as the Zoological Society of London.

Whilst receiving treatment in England, London Zoo became Ambika's favourite destination and in 1994, when the Zoo was under threat of closure, Lord Paul gave 1 million pounds to the Zoological Society of London which used that donation for rebuilding the London's Children's Zoo in her name.

In India, the Foundation's projects include the development of a Cultural Centre, a School of Manufacturing and Material Technology, a sports stadium and community health centre.

In the United States, the Foundation has donated USD 500,000 to the Carnegie Mellon University in North America, where two research teams are working to understand infant development to help children with developmental disabilities such as autism and specific language impairment.

In UK, The Ambika Paul Foundation has gifted over 6,000 UK secondary schools with a copy each of the recently published book 'Courage,' written by Gordon Brown, MP, the new leader of the Labour Party and the incoming British Prime Minister.

  • The book explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figures, all of which have stories of inspirational courage and examines why some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them.
  • According to him, "'Ignited Minds' is a very inspiring book for children."
  • Lord Paul who has keen interest in the education of young people had previously distributed large copies of the book 'Ignited Minds,' written by the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam.