<div>The global spelling competition, WCF Cast-a-Spell, was conducted on 25 November this year across various locations around the globe. Children were given word banks to memorize and WCF volunteers were mentoring them to memorize words through innovative ways.</div><div> </div><div>A total of 36 schools comprising of 26,470 students participated, making it a first-of-its-kind competition conducted by any CSR. </div><div> </div><div>“Cast-a-Spell is a first-of-its-kind global spelling competition conducted by the WNS Cares Foundation using a digital platform, among schools teaching lesser-privileged children. WCF’s mission is to ‘Educate, Empower and Enrich’ lesser-privileged children and youth through various innovative learning programs. Cast-a-Spell engaged more than 26,000 children across six countries and contributed to each child learning more than 200 words for the contest. It was the first global platform for the children that built tremendous confidence in each one of them. Watching kids from so many countries on a video wall at the grand finale was a delightful experience,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS.</div><div> </div><div>Tejaswini Reddy, St. George School Bengaluru, India, was the winner in the age group of 6-9 years. Nikhil Patil, Dr Shalinitai Borse School, Nashik, India, won in the age group of 10-12 years while Sisipho Tukushe, Yomelela School, Cape Town, South Africa, secured first position in the age group of 13-15 years.</div><div> </div><div>Every winner was given 100 USD and their school was given an encyclopedia.</div><div> </div>
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