Social Contribution

A group of kids playing signfying social contribution initiative

For a company, local communities are markets of consumers and pools of skilled workforces. They are important parts of corporate management and growth. And social contribution initiatives which are adopted by many companies in the forms of relationship building and communication, demonstrate their deep commitments.

Social Contribution Framework

A diagram showing the Samsung Social Contribution Framework,linking Three Priority Programmes, Business-Relevant Activities and Global Community Contribution Initiatives

Community Relations Department was launched in 1995 to systematically support the company’s corporate citizenship activities through eight overseas regional volunteer groups and eight domestic volunteer service centers, encouraging employees’ participation in community service activities and promoting a donation culture

A diagram illustrating Samsung Electronics Community Relations and the Domestic Volunteer Service Centres in Korea and Overseas Regional Volunteer Groups

Samsung Electronics implements diverse local community engagement programs responsive to the respective needs and sentiments of eight overseas business areas. In particular, we strive to improve the educational conditions in underdeveloped countries through our partnerships with The Korean National Commission for UNESCO and Samsung UNESCO Education Fund

Global Social Contribution
	Programs	Details
U.S.	Four Seasons of Hope	Supporting the charities sponsored by famous U.S. sports stars of golf, baseball, basketball and football
U.S.	Essay Contests (Hope for Education)	Essay contest on the subject of digital technology’s impact on school education, awarding the winners with electronic goods
China	Constructing Elementary School of Hope	Chinese government and Samsung Electronics jointly construct elementary school in poverty area as part of the “Project Hope” program During the first stage from 2005 to 2007,45 new elementary schools were built The second stage began in April 2008 with the Anycall Project Hope fund signing ceremony to build 55 elementary schools from 2008 to 2010, totaling 100 new schools in China
China	Samsung Light of Love	Supporting underprivileged patients with operation funding to remove cataracts
Southeast Asia	Samsung Hope	Constructing IT centers for juveniles in seven countries including Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia and providing computer education centers for blind youth in underdeveloped areas.
India	Constructing Local Community Centers	Constructing seven community centers in the slums of Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India for the education of residents and IT training programs
U.K.	Youth Anti-Obesity	Anti- obesity program in partnership with the European Olympic committees
CIS (East Europe)	Cultural & Art support	Sponsoring the Bolshoi Theatre, instituting Tolstoy Literature Awards, sponsoring the Hermitage Museum and hosting Saint Petersburg Running Festival at Night during the midnight sun
Africa	Joint sponsorship of youth education programs with IYF	Entering into a “Youth Education Program Sponsorship” contract with the global non-profit organization IYF to provide and support IT and technology education and other education, funding and providing consulting services for employment to help the young generation in Kenya, Egypt, Republic of South Africa and Nigeria plan and develop their future In partnership with the UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa(ICBA),we conduct IT training programs for elementary and middle school teachers in Ethiopia and sponsor PCs and monitors for the ICT center
Africa	Samsung – UNESCO education fund
Latin America	Supporting children’s cancer wards	Visiting and maintaining sisterhoods with local orphanages and providing toys to children’s cancer wards