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I. Corporate Social Responsibility
The board of directors approves regular annual donations to
the HTC Social Welfare and Charity Foundation or Education
Foundation. This foundation funds leadership and character
training for elementary, junior high and senior high students;
co-sponsors community-level leadership and character
improvement initiatives for youth; targets the special needs of
disadvantaged groups; and provides disadvantaged children
opportunities to further their academic careers.
HTC Foundation, through a continuing education plan, works to
create core personal and community values that stress
forthrightness, integrity, love, respect, caring, positive thinking
and a respect for our natural environment and resources.
Sponsored efforts carefully target the needs of the community.
The Foundation signed a white paper on character
development with the Taoyuan County Government in March
2008 agreeing to joint execution of a three-year plan to
implement character development education programs in 100
schools. The plan leverages support from a tightly woven
network of county education authorities, schools, communities
and families. Apart from programs already ongoing in Hualien's
Yuli Township and Longtan Township in Taoyuan, the
'Character Town' plan secured formal support in 2008 from the
mayors of Shihzih Township (Pingtung County), Sinyi Township
(Nantou County), and Yuanlin Township (Changhua County), all
of whom have agreed to work together to promote character
development education in their jurisdictions.
The HTC Foundation established the nation's first institute
dedicated to character-building and English training in
Hualien's Meinong District. Located on a disused campus of
the National Hua-lien Special Education School for the Mentally
Retarded, the institute provides character-building and English
enhancement curricula free of charge to fourth grade
elementary school students from around Hualien County.
Programs are organized as 5-day, 4-night field trips that
encourage students to learn good character fundamentals and
English in a relaxed setting.
In addition, the Foundation offers scholarships for children with
special financial needs and financial aid to low-income families
and sponsors after school tutoring programs. Other charitable
programs sponsored by the HTC Foundation during 2008
include:
>Sponsorship funding for emergency relief efforts in the
aftermath of the major earthquake in Sichuan Province, China
and a cyclone that struck Burma through the Ling Jiou
Mountain Buddhist Foundation;
>Sponsorship of after-school tutoring for 300 disadvantaged
elementary school students under a charitable program
organized and administered by the Chinese Christian Relief
Association;
>Sponsorship of expenses necessary to care for the basic
needs of 289 needy children in Taiwan and abroad under
World Vision;
>Sponsorship of The Potential Development Center for Spinal
Cord efforts to rehabilitate patients recovering from severe
spinal cord injuries;
>Sponsorship of programs organized and administered by
various organizations, such as the Champions Education
Association and Rainbow Family Life Education Association,
focused on enhancing the life skills and good character of
youth
>Sponsorship of scholarship and daily needs support for 100
outstanding high school students from low-income families
living in Ningxia and Liaoning Provinces in China.
>Scholarship support is also being provided for nearly 1,000
students at 6 schools in the remote Chinese area and Qinghai
Province.
HTC will continue sponsoring public activities that target
environmental protection and care for disadvantaged groups. HTC is
a proud citizen of the global community and willingly shoulders its
social responsibilities as a successful corporation in order to improve
society and enhance the livelihood of those in greatest need.
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