COMMUNITY
Bringing Joy to Children with Special Needs
At the second Singtel Carnival, our mass staff volunteering platform, 500 children from the STLF beneficiaries were treated to fun and games at 35 stalls organised and manned by 1,000 staff volunteers. This was a key activity under our VolunTeaming initiative, where employees volunteer at a department level. Many departments such as consumer sales, finance and treasury participated at this annual event.
In-house talents became our carnival emcees, singers and dancers, as well as our popular staff balloon sculptors who twisted balloons into various shapes and figurines that were an instant hit with the children.
The Singtel Carnival provides a great opportunity for our people to interact with the STLF beneficiaries, and our volunteers look forward to bringing joy to these children!
The Singtel Group also supports the cancer cause given its pervasiveness in society. Besides supporting SCS’ Help the Children and Youth Programme in Singapore since 2009, we are the title sponsor for the annual Race Against Cancer awareness and fundraising campaign that SCS has been organising for the past six years. In Australia, we supported Tour de Cure for the fifth year, a cycling marathon covering 1,576 kilometres from Sydney to Hobart over 10 days. More than 100 riders participated and six employees formed the Optus Tour De Cure team, raising A$365,000.
We conduct regular ‘Silver Mobile Workshops’ for the seniors in Singapore. We have reached around 6,000 seniors who attended 10 workshops since May 2014. At the workshops, they get to learn how to use a smartphone, apps such as instant messaging, and popular social media platforms like Facebook. They also learn online safety tips – how to protect their online privacy and be wary of online scams.
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