On July 22, 2024, AEON held the Safe Water Campaign collaborated with UNICEF at AEON Mall Sen Sok City under the presence of H.E Atsushi Ueno, Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia with the other honorable guest such as:
- Mr. Phea Sinath, Director of the Technical Office of the General Department of General Affairs, Drinking Water of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation.
- Mr. Lim Min, Executive Director of the Water Supply Association in Cambodia.
- Mr. Will Parks, Representative of UNICEF Cambodia.
Since 2010, AEON 1% Club Foundation has been running the AEON UNICEF Safe Water Campaign, which involves the installation of water supply facilities in collaboration with UNICEF to promote education and health care, as well as donation funds from all over Japan will be donated through Japan Committee for UNICEF.
In celebration of the above campaign, Mr. Mori, Chairman of AEON 1% Club said:
This year we have organized fund raising activities at AEON Group stores across Japan, with a total of approximately $ 150,000 (one hundred and fifty thousand dollars) raised by customers, and AEON Club 1% also donated the same amount as AEON Group. As a total of approximately $300,000 have been donated to Japan Committee for UNICEF. Since 2010, the total proceeds from this fund raising is about $ 3.5 million.
In Cambodia, AEON 1% Club Foundation has been implementing school construction projects since 2000 to provide proper educational facilities for Cambodians’ children. 151 schools have been built across the nation. In addition, AEON 1% Club Foundation has also offered scholarships to 221 Cambodian university students as well as some high school students have participated in “Asia Youth Leaders, a program to promote the international training of young leaders in Asia”.
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AEON Group opened AEON Mall Phnom Penh in 2014, and currently 3 shopping malls are operated. AEON Group established AEON1% Club in 1990 which take 1% of the profit for sale operation to contribute to the society based on three pillars: “Nourishment Health Care Children” “Build friendships with other countries” and “Contributing to local development”.
AEON 1% Club Foundation will continue to work in order to create a future lifestyle that leads to a smile for young generation.
