{"id":21148,"date":"2023-08-14T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4181948_AE81948_0"},"modified":"2023-08-14T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T01:10:00","slug":"fwd-group-marks-10th-anniversary-with-its-10-grants-in-10-markets-community-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=21148","title":{"rendered":"FWD Group marks 10th anniversary with its &#8217;10 grants in 10 markets&#8217; community initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<table name=\"logo_release\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1755077\/FWD_logo_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">HONG KONG<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Aug. 14,&nbsp;2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; FWD Group Holdings Limited (&#8220;FWD Group&#8221; or &#8220;FWD&#8221;) marked the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary since the FWD brand was introduced on <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 14, 2013<\/span>, by announcing its &#8217;10 grants in 10 markets&#8217; charitable initiative for local communities.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 years of operation, FWD has expanded from its beginnings in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Thailand<\/span> to span 10 markets across <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>, serving over 10 million customers.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Huynh Thanh Phong<\/span>,<\/b> Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of FWD Group, said, &#8220;Over the past decade, the FWD journey has been ambitious. It&#8217;s a story of growth, success, commitment, perseverance, and determination in changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD is 10 years young, and we have only just begun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary community initiative provides grants in each of the 10 markets where FWD operates, supporting charitable programmes with a focus on financial inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Huynh Thanh Phong<\/span> <\/b>added, &#8220;Caring has long been one of our values here at FWD and that extends to the communities where we live, work, and serve customers. We&#8217;re delighted to expand our Community Care programme further and boost financial inclusion in local communities with these meaningful projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FWD Group Community Care programme forms part of its Environmental, Social &amp; Governance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwd.com\/en\/esg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">strategy<\/a>. Earlier this year, the company also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwd.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/FWD-Group-and-JA-Asia-Pacific-expand-financial-literacy-programme-to-seven-markets-in-Asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;the expansion of its financial literacy programme, JA SparktheDream, to span seven markets in <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8217;10 grants in 10 markets&#8217; Community Care initiatives are:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Hong Kong SAR:<\/b> Supporting CareER to enhance its job-matching services for highly-educated persons with disabilities and special educational needs;<\/li>\n<li><b>Macau SAR:<\/b> Supporting Caritas Macau to develop an online sales platform and physical store for handicrafts handmade by people with disabilities, with vocational skills training;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Thailand<\/span>:<\/b> Sponsoring 10 student scholarships for professional hospitality training with the Pimali Foundation;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>: <\/b>Partnering with NPO Welfare Beauty and Barber Training Association to develop a support programme for young caregivers;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Cambodia<\/span>:<\/b> Sponsoring a financial literacy focused radio show with the Women&#8217;s Media Centre of <span class=\"xn-location\">Cambodia<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Indonesia<\/span>:<\/b> Launching the InnovateHer Academy programme in partnership with KUMPUL.ID to support 10 female entrepreneurs to kick-start their businesses;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Malaysia<\/span>:<\/b> Partnering with NGOhub to deliver financial awareness and digital marketing programmes to 10 lower income families to improve financial and digital literacy;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Philippines<\/span>:<\/b> Further expansion of the JA SparktheDream programme to provide out of school youths with entrepreneurship and certified financial literacy training;<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Singapore<\/span>:<\/b> Partnering with The Simple Sum to develop and distribute financial literacy e-comic book to beneficiaries through local non-governmental organisation partners; and<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">Vietnam<\/span>:<\/b> Further expansion of the JA SparktheDream programme to create cartoon videos which educate on financial literacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The introduction of the FWD brand followed the acquisition of ING&#8217;s life insurance companies in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Thailand<\/span> on <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 28, 2013<\/span>, by Mr. Richard Li Tzar Kai of Pacific Century Group, majority shareholder of FWD Group.<\/p>\n<p><b>About FWD Group<\/b><\/p>\n<p>FWD Group is a pan-Asian life insurance business with more than 10 million customers across 10 markets, including some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world. FWD reached its 10-year anniversary in 2023. The company is focused on making the insurance journey simpler, faster and smoother, with innovative propositions and easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD is committed to changing the way people feel about insurance. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.fwd.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG, Aug. 14,&nbsp;2023 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; FWD Group Holdings Limited (&#8220;FWD Group&#8221; or &#8220;FWD&#8221;) marked the 10th anniversary since the FWD brand was introduced on August 14, 2013, by announcing its &#8217;10 grants in 10 markets&#8217; charitable initiative for local communities. 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