Over 22,000 Maybank staff worldwide to assist communities
Published on: Wednesday, August 28, 2019
By: Iffah Dilaney
LABUAN: Over 22,000 Maybank employees worldwide will be embarking on various initiatives to positively impact the communities they serve and the environment in their respective locations from Aug 24 until Oct 30 this year.
This is part of the employees’ year-long efforts in driving sustainable initiatives which are estimated to impact over 14,000 lives across 14 countries
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With the theme “Maybank Cares – Impact, Engage & Empower”, the Maybank Global CR Day is part of the Group’s Cahaya Kasih employee volunteerism programme which is carried out in all countries where it operates.
Group Chief Human Capital Officer of Maybank, Nora Manaf, said that the Global CR Day this year marks the 10th year, further demonstrating the Group’s unparalleled commitment in transforming the lives of the people and conserving the environment, in line with its mission of humanising financial services.
“Championing sustainable initiatives in the communities and the environment has been Maybank’s fundamental principle since our establishment in 1960.
“The Global CR Day running for the 10th consecutive year reinforces our role in bringing together our passionate workforce to invest time and effort in undertaking long serving and highly impactful initiatives.
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“Through the Maybank Foundation as well as our employee volunteerism programmes, we see that there is a strong synergy connecting communities of the world from various cultural background and geographies all gearing up for a noble cause,” she said.
The 116 initiatives to be carried out this year showcase the strength of concerted social works by leveraging the network of Maybank employees in influencing the wider public to become responsible citizens.
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In Labuan, over 45 employees from Maybank International Labuan Branch (MILB) had organised a Career Sharing on Sports Education and Explorace Based Learning competition as an ongoing initiative to strengthen the development of the education community in Malaysia especially in Labuan.
The activities held are aligned with the main objective of MILB’s programme, Teach Empower Accomplish Motivate (TEAM), aimed to develop and inspire students through various education initiatives.
This event partnered with Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) with the participation up to 120 students including 60 beneficiaries from six beneficiary schools namely SMK Pantai, SMK Taman Perumahan Bedaun, SMK Rancha-Rancha, SMK Lajau, SM St Anthony and SM St Anne.
The event was held at Labuan International School and attended by Labuan FSA, Yon Zahimah Ibrahim, representative from Ministry of Education, Yusuf Mohamad, and representative from Ministry of Health, Mohd Raiful Madarun.
MILB General Manager Khairudin Abdul Rahman, said that the Explorace competition and career sharing is the fourth part of MILB career educational series which aim to inspire all students to have a good understanding of their future undertaking.
He also said that the main objectives of the career sharing was to give exposure especially on an “altered” career path from the general jobs in developing knowledge, skills and attitude through a well-structured learning process experience which will assists all students to have a wider perception on job scopes, thus assisting them to make decisions about their future career.
Besides, the programme aims to open their minds and inspire them by showing and introducing them to other careers that can be their occupational choices in future.
Various other projects have been planned to be carried out across the Maybank Group network.
Among some of the initiatives include one in Maybank Indonesia where employees are promoting awareness of environmental conservation, conducting a series of activities at the beach, schools and orphanages as well as selected community development centres to educate the public on reducing plastic use and managing plastic waste.
An engagement session with children from an all-girls school housing orphans and underprivileged children under the purview of Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement department is also part of the Global CR Day programme.
Employees of Maybank Myanmar together with co-partners and a mobile-clinic team organised a talk discussing various health tips and the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.
In addition, Maybank Myanmar is also launching the Maybank Cashville Kidz, a financial literacy programme across schools in Myanmar in the months to come.
In Malaysia, employees from the SME banking division will be engaging with the inmates from the Kajang prison, beautifying the prison nursery as well as participating in a sharing session during a motivational talk given by an inmate who also happens to be a PhD holder.
Maybank’s Group Finance employees also played their part by spring cleaning and maintaining the premises of Hospis Malaysia. Activities included reorganising and cleaning of rooms, maintaining the Hospis compound as well as cleaning and servicing the equipment at the centre.
Elsewhere, around the globe, employees at other locations ranging from London to Labuan will take part in various other initiatives which include environmental awareness programmes, student engagement sessions, teaching children and the less fortunate living skills or financial planning, spending time with senior citizens and orphans, empowering the disabled and marginalised, and many more.
The Global CR Day was first held in 2010 in conjunction with Maybank’s 50th anniversary.
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