{"id":31524,"date":"2011-12-26T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/2011\/12\/26\/234449\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T12:54:27","slug":"armavir-schoolchildren-become-hsbc-global-education-program-benefitiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/2011\/12\/26\/31524\/","title":{"rendered":"Armavir schoolchildren become HSBC global education program benefitiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>YEREVAN, December 26. \/ARKA\/.<\/strong> Some 500 underprivileged children from Armavir region have been granted an opportunity of getting lifeskills education under HSBC\u2019s Global Education Trust \u201cFuture First\u201d program, HSBC Bank Armenia said in a press release. It said \u201cArmavir Development Centre\u201d received AMD 9.5 million for implementing the \u201cLife can be changed\u201d project in November 2011, thus increasing the total amount of investments in education programs in Armenia to AMD 65 million.<\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of \u201cFuture First\u201d program in 2007, 2,400 children from underprivileged communities in Armenia have benefited from HSBC Global Education Trust\u2019s \u201cFuture First\u201d program. In previous years, among the grant application winners were: \u201cFull Life\u201d and \u201cFuture is Yours\u201d (2010), &#8220;Children of Armenia Fund&#8221; (2009) and \u201cJunior Achievements of Armenia\u201d (2008) NGOs, the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>Within \u201cFuture First\u201d programme, for the third year in a row, HSBC Armenia also announces Toy Drive in all its branches, engaging both customers and staff.. This year books and stationary, toys and games were raised under the slogan &#8220;Gift a Toy! Unwrap a smile&#8221; between November 28<sup>th<\/sup> to December 16<sup>th<\/sup> which were delivered on Friday, December 23, to Armavir boarding school children, making their New Year and Christmas beautiful and unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that good education is the guarantee for sustainable development and overcoming of poverty and inequalities. HSBC gives priority to enabling children from vulnerable and disadvantaged communities of Armenian regions to get education opportunities\u201d, &#8211; HSBC Bank Armenia Marketing Manager Mariam Adamyan said.<\/p>\n<p>HSBC\u2019s involvement in community life around the world is based on two pillars: education and environment. The Bank\u2019s education programs provide children in need with the opportunity to achieve success and better lifestyle. More than 530 thousand children worldwide have already benefited from HSBC\u2019s \u201cFuture First\u201d programme. It was extended till 2016, with the bank\u2019s total commitment of US $25 million over ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Some 70% in HSBC Bank Armenia is owned by HSBC Europe BV and 30% by Wings Establishment\u201d. ($1- 383.29 drams). -0-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armavir schoolchildren become HSBC global education program benefitiaries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","tstyn_error":""},"categories":[9214,9216],"tags":[12155,15480,459],"class_list":{"0":"post-31524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-banks-en-en","7":"category-news","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-hsbc-bank-armenia-2","10":"tag-hsbc--"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}