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Education
Education is the key to prosperity. Providing access to education, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds who might not otherwise get the opportunity, is the central aim of HSBC’s education initiatives.
We fund education projects projects across the world to help give young people hope, a positive attitude, opportunities for success and, above all, a better future. Acquiring knowledge, understanding and skills during the formative years helps young people become confident, ambitious and responsible adults, and the benefits can be far-reaching. They may, after all, eventually become employees of ours, or they may be the ones to take a community, a city or even a country to a better, more prosperous future.
There is only so much that one company can do, so to maximise our impact we concentrate our support on five main areas:
Nurturing talent
Many talented young people never get the chance to fulfil their potential, which means they, their families and the wider community all lose out. HSBC tries to make a difference to the lives of at least some of them by providing practical, financial support to give young people across the world access to the education they need.
Direct funding
We often find the best solution to a problem is to provide direct funding, concentrated resources and HSBC volunteers to achieve specific and measurable outcomes.
Involving our employees
Often the most effective way of supporting education is by engaging our most powerful asset — our own employees.
Positive attitudes
A positive attitude, fostered through the development of skills such as teamwork, is essential if a child is to make a worthwhile contribution to the community in which he or she lives and will ultimately work. It is a quality that comes from a child’s attitude to others, the approach to problems, growth of character, self-confidence, self-esteem and achievement outside the classroom.
Local solutions for local needs
In addition to supporting projects that address issues the world over, HSBC tries to tackle many specific local needs.
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2007 Sustainability Report
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