Lucent, Share and Care Foundation outline initiatives to support Youth development

Lucent Technologies announced that it will award

grants worth US $ 500,000 to aid more than 4000 young people across India.

This is being made possible by Lucent's arm, the Lucent Technologies

Foundation, the funding will support sponsorships and vocational training.

The grant is to award in India for its youth development programme. It

will fund student sponsorships, vocational training programmes and other

initiatives, such as education of

homeless youths, over a period of three years beginning in June 2000. In

India, the Foundation has joined with

the Share and Care Foundation, a US-registered, volunteer-operated

charity. In year 2000, the Foundation, through the Share and Care

Foundation, will fund eight projects in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cochin, Hyderabad, New Delhi and

Pune.

" By expanding our role in the community, Lucent Technologies is

reinforcing our deep commitment in

India," said Lucent Technologies Asia/Pacific chief executive officer

Mike Butcher.