QNET donates minivan to Kyrgyz Children's Home

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), June 1, 2012: Administrators at the Osh Baby Home, located in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, can now breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to the donation of a seven-seat minivan from global direct selling company QNET.

The minivan will help to transport 154 children, including 67 who are physically disabled or infected with AIDS, for medical treatment at a hospital in Bishkek, approximately 300 kilometres away.

QNET representative, Bernhard H. Mayer, who handed over the keys of the van to Osh Baby Home administrators, said that the donation was the first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project organised by the Kyrgyz Republic.

“When we asked them what they needed, they said currently they have to rely on taxis on the bus service to ferry sick children to the hospital in Bishkek,” he said.

“This is a 300-kilometre journey and very inconvenient, especially when sick children have to travel there regularly for follow-up treatments. As it is desperately needed, we decided to donate this minivan,” he added.

The donation is in line with its corporate philosophy of RYTHM – meaning Raise Yourself To Help Mankind – and is the first of many projects that QNET plans to carry out over the next few years in the country.

Through its CSR arm, RYTHM Foundation, QNET has implemented CSR initiatives all over the world, including in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.