Back-To-School shopping treat for 90 needy students

Nestle Malaysia joined hands with Empire Project, an NGO for the homeless and the destitute, to provide 90 poor and underprivileged children with a brighter start to the 2020 school year.

Over 100 volunteers from Nestle Malaysia and Empire Project took the opportunity to celebrate the International Volunteer Day 2019 by helping the children picked out new school uniforms, shoes, school bags as well as stationery at Mydin USJ1 in Subang Jaya.

The children were from SK Danau Kota, SK Danau Kota II, SK Dato’ Keramat I, SK Wangsa Maju Seksyen 2 and SK Gombak Utara.  

Nestle Malaysia group corporate affairs executive director Nirmalah Thurai said the programme served to give underprivileged children a head start in getting ready for a new school year.

“Nestle is strongly committed to our purpose of enhancing lives, and one way in which we do so is through our employee volunteer programme. With this annual Back-To-School activity, we are able to provide children from poor families, orphanages and those with single mothers with the basic schooling necessities.

“It was indeed heart-warming to see our people volunteer their time to lend a hand to these children and help them to be better prepared and motivated for the academic year,” she said, adding that Nestle Malaysia also distributed goodie bags with household essentials such as Nestum, Milo, Nescafe and Nespray to further support the children and their families.

Empire Project founder Mohammad Ashraff Khan Md Najib said, “We are pleased to partner with Nestle to give back to children in need. This is a great opportunity to help the students attain much-needed supplies and hopefully encourage them to do well in the new school year.”

The Back-To-School activity is part of Nestle’s global employee volunteer initiative Nestle Cares. The programme aims to instill a culture of volunteerism among employees across the various Nestle markets.