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Sunday May 18, 2008
Touching hearts
MORE than 100 managers from Unilever (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd recently descended upon SM Sri Garing in Rawang, Selangor, as part of the company’s Touching Hearts initiative.

Led by Unilever chairman and managing director Noel Lorenzana, the managers participated in various activities aimed at sprucing up the school, which has an enrolment of about 3,800.

The highlight of the day was the painting of a mural on an 800m wall and a gotong-royong with staff and students of the school. Books and audio facilities amounting to more than RM12,000 were donated to the school’s resource centre.

Unilever also gave five sets of recycling bins to the school to increase the students’ awareness of the importance of adopting environmentally-friendly practices.


Lorenzana (centre) presenting SMK Sri Garing principal Ho Chee Lean with a set of recycling bins while the school's Parent Teachers' Association chairman Subramaniam Veeriah looks on.

“We want to enhance the environment in which students study,” said Lorenzana.

Touching Hearts is the expression of Unilever’s commitment to making a positive contribution to the community in which it operates. It aims to help the needy by providing them aid and supporting education-related causes.

Since the launch of the initiative in 2004, Unilever has undertaken several projects, including delivering its products to flash flood victims in Pahang and Johor last year, and refurbishing the reading room at SK Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur in 2006.

Students and staff of SM Sri Garing also enjoyed sampling Unilever products such as burgers made with Lady’s Choice MayoMagic, Lipton Milk Tea, and Wall’s ice-cream.