Samsung opens Samsung Hopeful Steppingstone Center
Samsung opened 9th Samsung Hopeful Steppingstone Center in North Gyeongsang Province. The electronics giant has been running the centers to provide shelters and to help youth independent in collaboration with the Community Chest of Korea and local governments. The centers are run inside office-residence buildings and the center this time has 25 rooms for living and 5 rooms for activities all equipped with home appliances, kitchen utensils, PCs and furniture. The centers are funded by donations of board members of the company as part of Corporate Social Responsibility. The members have funded 25 billion won ($19.7 million) and the company funded the same amount to make a total of 50 billion won. The 10th center is to open in South Jeolla Province this November.
Samsung donates 10,000 air conditioners
Samsung is donating 10,000 wall mount air conditioners to 10,000 disadvantaged households in collaboration with the Korea Energy Foundation. The installation is set to be done by the end of June before summer hits them with heat waves and humidity. The wall mount air conditioner boasts larger pans to send cold air wide and further up and down. The model also is loaded with remote control and display, sleep mode and quiet mode. <PowerKorea>
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