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Thursday, January 22, 2004
Cathay Pacific supports Unicef through fundraising program
Cathay Pacific announced that it has raised nearly HK$2 million over the first four months of its Change for Good inflight fundraising program.
The amount was raised between Aug. 15, 2002 and Dec. 14, 2003. Proceeds will help support Unicef in their relief work for underprivileged children worldwide.
Passenger generosity will go a long way in providing nutrition, safe water, vaccination and basic education to deprived children in over 150 developing countries around the world. For the HK$2 million raised last quarter, children from the Philippines, Africa and Pakistan can be provided with school supplies and equipment. Mauritania children will benefit from the new tents in their community-based kindergartens while more than 100 community education centers can be set up in Chad.
The Change for Good program, which began in 1991, encourages passengers to donate their spare change from the leftover currencies of their trip. Over the past 12 years, Cathay Pacific has raised more than HK$47 million for Unicef to support their relief programs for children worldwide. The fundraising program was formally extended from a six-month period to one year in 2001.
Like previous years, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Wheelchair Bank, a local non-profit charity that provides specially adapted wheelchairs for children with neuromuscular diseases in Hong Kong.
(January 22, 2004 issue)
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