ACE in Vietnam extends support to underprivileged children

Located at 6B Binh My commune, Binh My 1 is one of the five typical underprivileged schools in the town. In order to give the school’s pupils a safer and cleaner learning environment, during the ‘Day of Service’, ACE Group representatives painted and repaired a row of Binh My 1 school buildings as well as sanitized the entire campus.

In addition, ACE’s volunteers also distributed 50 new school uniforms and 20 scholarships to motivate and bring cheer to the children.

ACE’s corporate social responsibility activities focus on the support of the local communities in which it lives and works.

Since 2012, the ‘Day of Service’ has been the annual event for ACE’s employees across 11 Asia Pacific markets to dedicate their time to various local community projects during a designated week of the year.

Their charitable outreach activities align with ACE’s over-arching philanthropic support for improving education and health, saving the environment and alleviating poverty.

According to top executives of ACE Life and ACE’s general insurance operation in Vietnam, their companies will expand these outreach activities to touch the lives of more local underprivileged people in the upcoming time.

“We are part of the fabric of the society in which we operate. We hope that these activities will encourage the children to better their studies,” said the leaders.

Besides the annual ‘Day of Service’, in 2013, ACE’s Global Foundation provided a two-year grant worth $465,400 to Roots of Peace (ROP) for the expansion of the Sustainable Horticulture and Agriculture Development Project (SHADE) in Quang Tri province in Vietnam’s central region.

ROP is a San Rafael California humanitarian organisation that supports war-torn communities by removing, with demining partners, unexploded mines and artillery shells, and working with farmers to provide lasting economic opportunities through sustainable agriculture.

ROP initiated the SHADE programme in Vietnam since 2010 in order to help war-torn farmers use their land effectively and increase their harvest productivity as well as their yearly income.

With the grant from the ACE Charitable Foundation, ROP has now expanded this programme to provide subsidised plants and equipment, technical training, and follow-up activities through farmer field schools, farm visits and mentoring to over 850 Vietnamese farmers in Quang Tri province.