Geared up for Success
February 18, 2020
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Key Takeaways
- Sunway aims to reach out to 65,000, B40 beneficiaries in 2020.
- Sunway’s ‘Back-to-School’ programme provides underprivileged students the right tools to attend school.
“The #SunwayforGood initiatives are part of our commitment to build a nation where no-one is left behind,” he said. The initiative is also in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education. Through the provision of these supplies, Sunway hopes that it will give students a chance to pursue quality education to help improve their lives and contribute better to their families and communities.
“I’m so happy and thankful to Sunway for contributing these necessities.”
The Deputy District Education Officer, Sector of Learning Bangsar/Pudu District Education Office Noorhana Binti Hashim and Sunway Berhad Central Region Property Development Division Executive Director Chong Sau Min were present to witness the children’s gleeful faces as they came forward to receive the items.
However, none were happier than SMK Yaacob Latif Principal, Puan Hajah Noraizah Binti Shaharuddin, who hoped that the generous contributions would help encourage the students to stay in school. “Now there is less pressure on the families to prepare their children. Instead, they can now focus on more pressing issues such as provision of food other bare necessities,” she said. “These supplies could be the determining factor to have them stay in or out of school.”
More to come
The giving does not end there – Sunway Group, alongside the help, support and dedication of Sunway Medical Centre Velocity and surrounding community will continue to provide more educational programmes, to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health & Well-Being and Goal 4: Quality Education.
The programmes include CPR and AED workshops aimed at educating the students and teachers on basic life-saving skills. A ‘Child and Adolescent Behavioural’ health talk will also be organised to shed light on mental health and the different behaviours or disorders that could be anticipated by those affected. These sessions are to help the public better understand mental health in general and the importance of well-being and mental health of students in particular.
RELATED SDGs
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDG) is a set of
global priorities to put the world on a sustainable path by 2030.
It serves as a criterion for Sunway’s business actions and the measurement
of our
impact.
