Chairman: SEDC will continue community-related programmes
KUCHING: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and its subsidiary companies will continue its communityrelated programmes to support the less fortunate members of the society.
SEDC chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abdul Aziz Husain believed that such programmes under its corporate social responsibility ( CSR) initiatives help foster relations with the less privileged and provide them moral support.
“This is important to us in SEDC Sarawak because we take our CSR initiatives very seriously. We hope our contributions can alleviate the plight of the less fortunate members of our society,” he said at SEDC ‘Love-In-a-Box’ programme held at Sarawak Society for Parents of Children with Special Needs ( Pibakat) centre in Jalan Ridgeway here yesterday.
Launched in 2000 and organised annually since 2004, ‘ Love-In-ABox’ programme was organised as an initiative to reach out to the needy members of the community, especially children in need of support and attention.
“The main purpose of this programme is simple but the value of happiness that it gives to the children concerned is enormous,” said Abdul Aziz, while urging the organising committee to further promote the programme through social media next year to get wider support from the public.
Meanwhile, Pibakat president Zaidi Ahmad expressed his gratitude to SEDC for its support in choosing Pibakat as one of the beneficiaries of their ‘Love-In-ABox’ programme.
With 42 students at the centre, Pibakat carries out programmes such as “Morning Glory Programme’ and ‘ Young Adult Services’ for its students while its maiden early intervention programme will be launched in the second half of the year.