Canon organizes volunteer activities to help vulnerable children
at Bann Jing Jai Foundation, Chonburi Province
Canon Marketing (Thailand) Co., Ltd., led by Mr. Phongthep Prasertvoranun - Director of Corporate Communications and CSR, along with 36 volunteers from Canon and family members participated in Canon's volunteer social action "C-Spirit" extended its help to underprivileged children under the supervision of the Bann Jing Jai Foundation located in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province. Bann Jing Jai Foundation is a shelter for 91 children between the ages of 6 months to 19 years old, who have been abandoned or bullied from violence and being at risk of crime in Pattaya City, by providing care and appropriate nutritious as well as encouraging children to receive education from pre-school to university level so that they can have a good future, pursue appropriate careers, and be able to live in society peacefully.
Our volunteer employees engaged in activities such as a painting activity to encourage imagination and develop hand muscles of children under 5 years old, a basic training of Safety Traffic for youth between 8-15 years old, donating food and essential supplies to support the foundation's staff in their efforts to ensure the children's proper development, helping them grow into healthy, capable adults and providing lunch for 89 children under the care of the Foundation.
Mr. Phongthep Prasertvoranun explained “Canon is committed to helping vulnerable children through the Canon Volunteer C-Spirit project every year to help improve the well-being of children who will be an important force in the nation's development in the future. Moreover, we found that our C-Spirit activity also helps strengthen the public consciousness for all volunteers. As public consciousness is a fundamental for building cooperation to solve social problems and strengthening the community, which is important in developing a prosperous and liveable society, our contribution is in line with the commitment to conduct business while creating benefits for society, in accordance with the Kyosei philosophy of the organization that emphasizes collaboration for the benefit of the community" concluded Mr. Phongthep.
