MHC Asia is Goducate’s main corporate sponsor and, true to form, one of the highlights of its 20th anniversary celebrations on Oct 13 was the presentation of a $200,000 cheque to Goducate.
MHC Asia adopted Goducate as its corporate social responsibility (CSR) in 2009, and has been allocating up to 10% of its profits to sponsor Goducate needs as and when they arise. The items sponsored have ranged widely and include office space and support for Goducate headquarters, vehicles for our work in various countries, learning centres, staff costs and staff travel, and even a carabao (a water buffalo) for the Model Farm in Laguna, Philippines. It has also helped others raise funds for Goducate by matching amounts raised—for example, for the dinner organised by Dr Leslie Tay of ieatishootipost at Fukuichi Restaurant.
Dr Low Lee Yong, MHC Asia’s chief executive officer, is in effect Goducate’s chief public relations officer in the way he brings up the subject of Goducate into the many talks and interviews that he gives. Other members of the staff, too, have always willingly promoted Goducate in the course of their work, and have cheerfully helped us with office chores and as volunteers for Goducate projects.
MHC Asia is a third-party administrator linking medical clinics, insurance companies, and human-resource departments. It tracks and processes outpatient visits for corporate clients, matching employees’ medical entitlements with their actual claims, and it processes payments for these visits, thus making things hassle-free for the entities that it links.
Goducate is naturally very grateful to MHC Asia for its support. But others too have acknowledged the value of MHC’s efforts for Goducate. In 2011 MHC Asia was among big-industry players (ie, HSBC, Body Shop, and Suntec Singapore) as finalists for Extraordinary CSR Practices category during the 12th Annual Business Awards given by the British Chamber of Commerce (Singapore).
