| CapitaLand Vietnam contributes to Audio Books Charity Fund for the Blind |
| 04 August 2010 |
Sponsors 15,000 cassette tapes to support the education needs of blind children
Ho Chi Minh City, 4 August 2010 – CapitaLand Vietnam today contributed 15,000 cassette tapes to benefit the blind community through the Audio Books Charity Fund. Those tapes will be used to support the education needs of blind children in Vietnam. With the 15,000 tapes, the National Audio Library will record about 100 books including textbooks and references, to supplement the study materials for 84 schools and organizations nationwide. This support from CapitaLand is expected to benefit 6,000 blind students in the coming school year 2010 – 2011.
The information in textbooks and references will be recorded by volunteer professional speakers. The recorded tapes will then be delivered to 84 needy blind schools and organizations. According to Ms. Nguyen Huong Duong, Director of Audible Books Library, “Annually, the library needs 30,000 tapes to fulfill the needs of blind children in Vietnam. With the present of 15,000 tapes from CapitaLand, the library would meet half of its annual need
CapitaLand staff also spent some time to visit the Audio Books Library and understand the library’s operations. 40 staffs from CapitaLand Vietnam and 20 children from Thien An Blind Orphanage visited the Audio Books Library and study the audio library’s operations.
Mr Chen Lian Pang, CEO (Southeast Asia) of CapitaLand Commercial and CEO of CapitaLand Vietnam, said: “When we grow on the business front, we will not forget to give it back to the local community through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities. We hope to build a brighter future for underprivileged children.”
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Duy Khoa from Investment and Assets Management Department shared, “During the visit, we have a better understanding of the difficulties and challenges the blind children faced in their studies and their daily lifestyle. We also learn to appreciate the dedicated and enthusiastic spirit of those who work in Audio Books Library to manage the recording, and distribution of the cassette tapes to all blind people nationwide.”
The initiative is one of CapitaLand Vietnam’s CSR activities to help blind children excel in their studies and study better and help CapitaLand’s staff to appreciate the way of life of the less fortunate.
Key CSR programmes and initiatives in Vietnam
• December 2008 – Visiting Long Hoa Orphanage on Christmas Day
• April 2009 – Organizing “Tree Planting” Day with Ascott’s Group – CapitaLand’s serviced residence business unit in Binh Chau Reserve, Ba Ria, Vung Tau Province
• June 2009 – Visiting Long Hoa Orphanage on Children Day
• August 2009 – Supporting summer camp “Be a Guardian Program” in Hanoi
• October 2009 – Visiting Long Hoa Orphanage on Mid-Autumn Festival
• November 2009 – Support Operation Smiles Organization in burn mission
• December 2009 – Visiting Tam Binh Orphanage on Christmas Day
• April 2010 – Together with Ho Chi Minh City’s Association of Promoting Education organizing “Jogging Day for poor students”
• June 2010 – Pledging of support for Nang Yen Primary School in Phu Tho Province to provide support the education needs of over 170 underprivileged children and to further refurbish the school.
About CapitaLand in Vietnam
CapitaLand is one of Asia’s largest real estate companies. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, the multi-local company's core businesses in real estate, hospitality and real estate financial services are focused in growth cities in Asia Pacific and Europe. The company's real estate and hospitality portfolio, which includes homes, offices, shopping malls, serviced residences and mixed developments, spans more than 110 cities in over 20 countries.
CapitaLand has identified Vietnam as its fourth pillar of growth after the core markets of Singapore, China and Australia. The real estate market is supported by the country’s strong economic growth, rapid urbanisation, and a young and growing population. CapitaLand is committed to be a long term real estate player in the country.
CapitaLand Group's current presence in Vietnam is in the major cities of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Phong and Danang, in the residential and serviced residences sectors. CapitaLand has four quality residential projects with a pipeline of over 4,000 residential units under development in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Its wholly-owned serviced residence business unit, The Ascott Limited, has a portfolio of more than 1,300 apartment units in eight Somerset-branded properties across the four major cities, making it the largest international serviced residence owner-operator in the country.
CapitaLand will continue to contribute to the Vietnamese economy by hiring and nurturing a strong local team, exchanging knowledge and skills with local partners and contributing to the local communities by helping the underprivileged children through Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.
About Audible Books Library
Annually, Audible Books Library needs around 30,000 tapes and cassettes to be read and recorded for 84 blind schools and organizations benefiting 6,000 blind people nationwide. Contents of the audio books include educational manuals, literature audio books, text books, etc.
Contact: Audible Books Library, 5 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Da Kao Ward, District 1, HCMC. Website: www.sachnoionline.com
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