Wipro Ltd., a major global IT, consulting and business process services company, organized the tenth edition of the Spirit of Wipro Run, on Sept. 12, its biggest global employee engagement event, where employees and customers came together along with their families and friends to celebrate the joy of running and promote the values of a healthy lifestyle.

In its 10th year, the Spirit of Wipro Run is being held in over 109 cities across the world and more than 68,000 people have already registered for it.

In Saudi Arabia, the Spirit of Wipro run marked its 10th year successfully in Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar with more than 250 participants and 50 kids. The Spirit of Wipro Run, which began as a race limited to one city with 2,000 participants, has grown exponentially both in terms of size and scale.

This year’s marathon themed ‘Run with a purpose’ emphasizes the need to educate children with disability. In 2014, under the broad charter of education, Wipro Cares started a new initiative for children with disability.

In the first year of engagement in the area of children with disability, the programs supported the educational and rehabilitative needs of 1,350 underprivileged children with disabilities through five projects in the cities of Bengaluru, Pune, Jaipur and Hyderabad.

The projects in this space focus on whatever makes education accessible and enriching for children with disability, especially those from an underprivileged background.

In the coming weeks, we will also roll out our new partnership in the United States with First Book, a Washington DC-based NGO in five cities. Wipro employees will have the opportunity to interact with the children through reading and book distribution events. Through this marathon, Wipro offices across countries are raising money to support those in their local neighborhoods.