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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Mumbai Indians social initiative &lsquo;Education For All&rsquo; Friday gained momentum as a national campaign when over 18,000 underprivileged children in the age group of 7-14 years from various NGOs would flock the historic Wankhede Stadium for their first home match here Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Earlier, Mumbai Indians had flown nine underprivileged children to Dubai during the IPL&rsquo;s UAE leg, as part of the first step for this season&rsquo;s initiative. The children had the opportunity to meet and interact with their stars in the team and watch them in action at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">An initiative led by Nita Ambani, Mumbai Indians is one of the first team to recognise the potential of using its global fan base to enhance awareness about a compelling social issue and has found support amongst its fans and sponsors for the cause, a statement from the franchise said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The &lsquo;Education for All&rsquo; initiative has impacted over 50,000 underprivileged children from various NGOs engaged in supporting and imparting life skills to their respective wards.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mumbai Indians had invited 9,000 such children from the society for one of its home match last year April 13 and had even dedicated its IPL victory to the cause - a record documented in the Limca Book of Records.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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