Volunteers at RMZ Corp., India’s leading real estate developer, recently organised an activity ‘Paint My Imagination’ to enhance the lives of under-privileged children at Shishu Mandir, at Krishna Raj Puram in Bengaluru. The project was led by two employees, Olivia Haley and Radhika Gupta of RMZ Corp.’s in-house team, ‘Action Group for Change’ and involved painting the 1680 sq ft compound wall of Shishu Mandir School with the help of less privileged kids.

The project, which spanned over a period of 4 months, was aimed at encouraging the creativity and imagination of the kids. The main objective of the event was to imbibe a sense of pride and achievement in the students, so that when they see their painting in the spectacular and colourful compound wall in the school campus every day, they are reminded of their achievement.

The project was supported by the RMZ volunteers. About 60 kids and art teachers of Shishu Mandir painted the wall with interesting and colourful pictures. The kids were given a number of picture options by RMZ volunteers and the founder of Shishu Mandir. They were divided into groups to paint different sections of the wall and were taught how to start by sketching the picture and then filling it with colours. Approximately, 30 litres of paint was used in this project. A sketching and drawing workshop was organised for the kids during the initial session of the project. Elements of painting techniques such as mixing paints, texture painting and study of colour usages, etc., were taught to them by Olivia Haley who is an artist and also an architect.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms Sonali Lalvani – Head, Marketing & Corporate Communication, RMZ Corp. said, “The project was designed with the objective of encouraging the creativity of the underprivileged kids. At RMZ, we believe that Painting and any form of Art is Therapeutic, and helps in community building. We are extremely happy to be a part of this initiative, which also reinstates our philosophy, ‘Being the Change’. We look forward to such activities in the future which will bring a transformation in the lives of underprivileged people.”

The project was completely funded by voluntary donations from RMZ Staff. The fund was used to buy the paints, brushes and other stationery for the project.

About Shishu Mandir:

Shishu Mandir is a Children’s Project which was created by the Indo-German doctor couple Dwarka Das and Hella Mundhra in the city of Bangalore. It is an institution of its own kind consisting of a children’s Home, Schools and a Community College. The Home has chosen as its leading idea the idea of a big family. The School is located at Bengaluru in Krishna Raj Puram and has about 300 underprivileged. It is also part of the Shishya Mandir Trust, an orphanage with 25 kids.

Children from poverty stricken families, often without a hope for survival, are taken in here to receive the love and care of the Mundhra family, and the staff of their hospital. With this initiative, they get a chance for survival and education. The children receive an all round promotion, which particularly aims at their hidden talents to strengthen their very low self-confidence.

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About RMZ CORP

Incorporated in 2002, RMZ Corp. is India's leading corporate real estate developer having set new standards in Real Estate Development. The company has successfully developed over 13 million Square Feet of quality space in a short span of 6 years and today manage a property portfolio in excess of US$ 3 billion in real estate value in India.

Over 90 leading world class corporations such as Accenture, AOL, Airbus, British Telecom, Ford, Google, Reuters, Shell, E&Y, EDS, and Multinational companies like Marks and Spencers, Disney, CNBC, among others, occupy workspaces built and managed by RMZ. RMZ has also recently signed up prestigious Retail clients for its Malls such as Debenhams, Shoppers Stop, PVR, Hypercity, Sathyam, and Westside among others. The company has offices in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai and Kochi, andhas also expanded its activities in Mysore, Mangalore, Coimbatore, and Nagpur.

RMZ is well equipped to serve the needs of its worldwide clientele due to its understanding of the requirements of international corporations. Today, this expertise gained from years of working to international benchmarks in workspaces, is being applied to other asset classes as well.

RMZ Corp is set to commit a massive US$ 2.5 billion over the next 5 years to develop 64 million sq. ft. of real estate across commercial, residential, retail and hospitality sector - 20 million sq. ft. for commercial, about 13 million sq. ft. each for retail and residential and the balance earmarked for hospitality.

One of the attributes that distinguish the organization from its competitors is the creativity and the speed at which it delivers projects. The company is recognized in the industry for pioneering many building design systems the essence of this approach captured in the company's philosophy of “Being the Change".

RMZ Corp is also one of the founding members of Indian Green Building Council and a member of the US Green Building Council having the distinction of having developed India's largest Gold rated Green building.

RMZ Corp has also entered in the joint venture with German based Construction Company HOCHTIEF, the world's 3rd largest construction company for the construction management of RMZ projects.