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Beauty Vocational Training at Cambodia

Yukie Aoki — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:27:31 +0000

One of MIT project from Japan, Henkel Japan Schwarzkopf Professional colleague just arrived at Cambodia and will give hair cutting training from June 1 until June 4. The training leads by Ms.Ryoko Kikuchi this year and 2 volunteer beautitians from SKP salons are joining to support our project.

Thailand: Music therapy for HIV infected orphans

Hanna Philipps — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:44 +0000

In 2000, Karl Morsbach, formerly Managing Director of Henkel in Thailand, and his wife Tassanee founded the village known as ‘Baan Gerda’. Their mission was to provide a new home for children afflicted with HIV. Today more than 70 children live in the village and those who have lived there from day one are about to begin a new phase in their lives. They have the opportunity to study in the provincial capital of Lopburi or undertake an apprenticeship in one of the state training centers.

Moreover, ‘Baan Gerda’ offers music therapy with great success. The children’s enthusiasm and progress were such that their teacher, the American musician Bruce Gaston, decided to compose an opera for them. When the conductor of Bangkok Opera became aware of the children during a performance he decided to get involved. The première of the opera is scheduled for mid-March 2010.

China: 23 Henkel employees teach earthquake victims

Hanna Philipps — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:13 +0000

After the disastrous earthquake in 2008 Henkel and its employees immediately responded by raising 150,000 euros in emergency aid. But the support did not stop there. In March 2009, 23 Henkel employees from different plants around China journeyed to Hanwang Elementary School in Meanzhu/Sichuan. The earthquake had caused the school buildings to collapse almost instantly, killing 228 students and 19 teachers. In addition to money and in-kind donations for the victims, the employees took active part in the arrangement of school lessons and handed over donations to the children.