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A delegation of National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) including some school children also, pinned Flag on the Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on the occasion of `Flag Day’, at a function here today. Shri Shekhawat showed his keen interest in the various activities of the foundation and wished them good success for their self-less service to the society.
Communal Harmony Campaign Week is observed from the 19th to 25th November every year to coincide with the Quami Ekta Week. Last working day of this week is observed as the `Flag Day’. The highlights of the observance of the Flag Day is the symbolic pinning of Flags by a group of assisted children from various states on the person of important dignitaries in Delhi.
The Foundation was set up as an autonomous organization under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and registered on the 19th Feb., 1992 with the main objective of providing assistance for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of the child victims of communal, caste, ethnic or terrorist etc. violence, with special reference to their care, education and training besides promoting communal harmony, fraternity and national integration. The Foundation prints publicity material and distributes the same to all the states/union territories, ministries/departments, central public sector undertakings, para-military organizations, universities, selected educational institutions and embassies and missions abroad etc.
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