Primary school students are being encouraged to help Maltese charities by collecting and depositing plastic bottle caps in recycling bags at their respective schools.
The schools were supplied with GreenPak’s recycling bags, as part of the fourth edition of its Irriċikla għall-Istrina ma’ GreenPak campaign.
Las year, around €12,000 was collected after 4.5 million plastic caps were recycled by GreenPak. Around 90 entities will be taking part in this year’s initiative.
www.greenpak.com.mt.
Banif Bank on board for President’s Fun Run
For the sixth year running, Banif Bank (Malta) plc has confirmed its commitment as the main sponsor of The President’s Solidarity Fun Run.
This year’s slogan is One Nation, One Heartbeat.
Organised by the Malta Community Chest Fund with the help of Kunsill Malti għall-Isport, in aid of L-Istrina, The President’s Solidarity Fun Run will this year be held on Sunday November 23 and will leave at 10am from San Anton Palace for the runners and Sta Venera, Paola Square and University for those who will be walking.
Passing through a number of villages, all four routes will lead to St George’s Square, Valletta, where participants can then pick up a certificate of participation. Special bus services will be operating from Valletta terminus after the fun run.
Fun run applications can be collected from all Banif Bank branches, MCCF offices at the Palace in Valletta and the Palace at San Anton, or online at www.funrun.org.mt.
Citadel campaign for Malta Service Dogs Foundation
Citadel Insurance plc has launched a campaign to raise €15,000 to pay for the training of a service dog, Bailey.
“A service dog literally changes the life of its user. Visually impaired persons are assisted in a variety of ways by their dog, such as picking up keys, fetching the person’s wallet to even inserting a credit card in an ATM,” Angela Tabone, Citadel managing director, said.
As part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives for 2014, entitled ‘Giving to Life, it feels good’, Citadel organised a children’s art competition in aid of the Service Dogs Malta Foundation, an NGO which provides trained service dogs for Maltese visually impaired, deaf, disabled and autistic persons.
Around 60 children entered the competition and 12 artworks were selected which have now been published in Citadel’s 2015 calendar. The calendar will be offered to the public who donate €4.66 towards funding Bailey’s training. The donations may be made by sending an SMS on 50617905 with name and email address.
Entrepreneurial Skills Pass launched
Junior Achievement (Young Enterprise) Malta Foundation has launched the Entrepreneurial Skills Pass (ESP). The ESP is a new international qualification that certifies students have had a real entrepreneurship experience and have gained the necessary knowledge, skills and competences to start a business or to be successfully employed.
Students across Europe started their entrepreneurial experience through participation in The Company Programme, which is a programme organised by JA-YE Malta. Working in groups and under the guidance of business volunteers and teachers, students set up their mini-companies and learn what managing a real enterprise means.
Along with this experience participating students will this year have the opportunity to prove how their competencies have changed during the entrepreneurial experience. The ESP exam is recognised by Eurochambres, the European Chamber of Commerce and is also endorsed by the Malta Chamber of Commerce Enterprise and Industry.