Glimpse – July 2019

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s Colgate beliefs ‘Everyone

Deserves A Future They

Can Smile About’, Colgate-

Palmolive (India) Limited

launched the Keep India Smiling (KIS)

Mission - the brand’s commitment to

provide foundational support to over

20 million people every year to enable a

future they can smile about.

Mary Kom was happy to be the

part of the initiative which is launched

in partnership with ShikshaDaan

Foundation. While speaking to the

media she smiled and said, “I have seen

a lot of struggles in life and as I wasn’t

from a very well off family I had to make

a lot of sacrifices. My parents have been

supportive and even they have made a

lot of sacrifices but I am happy that this

initiative will provide opportunities to so

many deserving people at a foundational

level across India and help them to

build a better future for themselves not

only through the financial scholarship

but also through timely guidance and

mentorship. There is no dearth of talent

and there are various opportunities

in the country, all they need is a right

platform”.

She further added, “Being a Human

being there were times when I was low

and on the verge of giving up but then

my smile gave me strength to hold on

and come out strong as ever”.

After failing to qualify for the Rio

Games, Mary Kom had Mary Kom had

changed her weight category to 48kg

in December but now she is back to

competing in 51kgs. Mary Kom feels

that 51Kg category is not hard for her.

She says, “I was fighting in this category

4-5 years back. It was not continuous

because I kept changing my weight."

Talking about her future plans, she

said, "After 2020 I want to retire. So my

main mission is to get gold for India. I

really want to win (gold)”.

An eminent panel comprising

Mary Kom – six-time World Boxing

Champion, currently World No.1, and

also the only female boxer from India

to win medal at the Olympics; Dr.

Priyamvada Singh - distinguished social

development professional; Mr. Rajeev

Grover - ShikshaDaan advisor; and Ms.

Poonam Sharma - Colgate’s CSR Head,

will pick the most deserving candidates

for the scholarship and will also provide

mentorship as required.

Issam Bachaalani, Managing Director,

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited,

said, “At Colgate, we truly believe that

everyone deserves a future they can

smile about and we believe that better

futures can be enabled by building

strong foundations.

Our Keep India Smiling Mission

is designed to provide foundational

support for both Oral Health

enhancement and for various aspects of

community development.

Today, I’m very excited to announce

the launch of the Keep India Smiling

Foundational Scholarship program,

which takes the Keep India Smiling

mission a step further and provides

direct support and mentorship to

many deserving people to realize their

dreams.”

GLIMPSE EYE

Six times World boxing champion and London Olympics Bronze Medallist, Boxer Mary Kom launched Colgate-

Palmolive (India) Limited launched the Keep India Smiling (KIS) Mission, with a broad smile. She said, “I will surely

give countrymen a reason to smile at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.”

MARY KOM

“I am happy that Colgate-Palmolive initiative will provide

opportunities to so many deserving people”, says

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