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CSR Timeline - Our Key Activities of the Past 2 Years

Volunteers in Hygiene and Sanitation Education Session

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Launch of First Read Programme in Prey Veng

Staff’s Donation to PSE ‐ International Children Day

Volunteers to Sreysanthor Kampong Cham

Second Round of Volunteers to the Philippines

Volunteers to Prey Veng during new school year

Volunteers to Cambodia Book Fair 2014

Staff’s contribution to support the Philippines

First Round of Volunteers to Bantayan, Philippines

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The event was a stepping stone to First Read Programme to promote literacy and numeracy in Cambodia. Seven enthusiastic staff members from PCLA set out their trip with excitement.

To begin, volunteers from Prudential Cambodia introduced a proper means for children to clean hands whilst disseminating message of hygiene and healthy eating in daily living to the audiences. The session which accompanied by live demonstration and fun jokes really enlightened the vibe. The volunteers then took turn to wash children’s hands to reinsure their message.

Other volunteers can be spotted reading story book to small children ranging mostly from 2 to 4 years old. The reading session was cheerfully noisy and full of energy.

To mark the end of the event, the volunteers joint hands to distribute the books to the locals. In total, hundreds of children books were being handed to local mothers.

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SAFE STEPS

SAFE STEPS has been introduced to Cambodia since the beginning of September 2014 with the free air time from CTN from 10:59 to 11:00 PM every Monday to Friday. The programme covered actions one should be taking before, during and after a disaster hit. The disaster videos series included: Fire, Flood, Typhoon, Earthquakes and Emergency Kits. In Cambodia earthquake has not been produced in local language for airing as we perceiving that the airing of this video would cause public confusion on potential earthquake.

According our discussion with CTN, the videos have received popularity and also increase viewership for CTN as well.

We are working toward more dissemination of the videos in 2015. So visit www.safesteps.com for more information.

Hon. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Pacquiao is the natural choice to be the SAFE STEPS ambassador. He is a fighter on the ring but also educators with SAFE STEPS.

“As staff of Prudential we should know well on the contents of SAFE STEPS and be ready to support others

in our community in case of needs for assistance.”


Chevening Scholarship

Prudence Foundation has increased the amount of financial support for Chevening Scholarship for Cambodia for the year 2015-2016

We believe that it is purely good news for Cambodia and Cambodian outstanding students who wish to pursue their study in well-known universities in the UK for year 2015-2016.

Since 1997, Prudence Foundation has supported the Chevening Scholarship Programme across Asia in partnership with local British Embassies and British Councils. According to foundation, an over 100 candidates across Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam to date have benefitted from our sponsorship.

Chevening is a prestigious scholarship scheme for international students who wish to study in the United Kingdom, these scholarships are available either for masters degrees or for specially tailored three-month Business Scholarships (depending on countries).

For Cambodia, this year there were two students who were awarded ,under the support from Prudence Foundation, to study in the UK (more detailed refer to the previous publication of PCLA Connect). The Chevening Scholarships are named after Chevening House in Kent, the official country residence of the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary.

(Information extracted from: http://www.prudentialcorporation-asia.com/corp/prudential_en_pca/foundation/education/Chevening_Scholarships/index.html)

(Handing over of Chevening Scholarship to students by Mr. Pankaj Banerjee, British Ambassador and Minister Education)

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