网易教育讯 3月1日晚,在北京,英孚“音乐慈善之夜” 暨 英孚教育与慧灵智障人士服务机构志愿合作项目启动仪式在北京仓库酒吧举行,本次活动 旨在筹集善款并引起社会对智力残障人士的关爱和帮助,60余名英孚教师携家人及朋友出席。
EF Education First launched a Volunteer Cooperation Program with Huiling Charity On March 1st。
EF Education First and Beijing Huiling,a non- profit organization which gives community services for people with intellectual disabilities, co- hosted EF Music and Charity Night at Cang Ku Night Club in Gulou area, Beijing.
The event, attracting more than 60 EF teachers and their families and friends, was held to raise money and awareness on helping people with intellectual disabilities and also marked the start of a volunteer cooperation program between the two.
英孚的外教们在“音乐慈善之夜”表演了精彩的节目,用音乐、舞蹈的方式活跃气氛,鼓励在场人士为残障人士奉献爱心。在默拍环节,残障人士亲手制作的珍珠手链、红色珠子手链、布贴画和纽扣画等精美拍品在现场默拍环节上被以不菲价格拍出,所获资金连同在此前英孚教育北京各中心获得的善款一道将全部通过慧灵基金会全部捐助给残障人士。
It was a night of eating pizza, pool, live music, socializing, and raising awareness for an important cause. A pearl bracelet, a red-bead bracelet, a cloth picture and a button picture handmade by the intellectually disabled people were sold in silent auction. All the money collected that night with the donation from all the EF teaching centers in Beijing will be donated to intellectually disabled people through Huiling.
慧灵北京的发展部经理Peter Gao表示,长期以来我们一直较为关注残障儿童的生存和发展,而成人智障人士的生存状况也令人堪忧。希望通过此类活动,一方面给予特殊人群更多关爱,另外也提高社会对成人智障人士的关注。活动发起人和组织者英孚教师Andy Walker 和 Harry Glass 感谢大家出席并表示,对成人残障人士的关爱将通过厨艺课、音乐会和郊游等不断延续,并鼓励更多的同事、家人和朋友参与到此项活动中,将志愿活动机制化。
Peter Gao, Director of Huiling said, he hopes to raise the awareness of our whole society on helping people with intellectual disabilities by holding more events like this. Andy Walker and Harry Glass , he initiators and organizers of the event, expressed gratitude to all the attendees and said that they would continue their practice by organizing cooking lessons, concert , outing and etc. They encouraged more colleagues, families and friends to join in, so as to make it more influential and happen on regular basis.
无论是从公司层面支持像奥运会、世界杯等世界级体育赛事,还是由员工们自发组织的慈善活动,关爱社会弱势群体,“企业社会责任”一直是英孚教育的DNA。每一位员工,无论国籍、性别和年龄都深深认同企业“教育,让世界无界”的使命,并为改善他人的生活做出贡献。
From providing services to international sports events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup on cooperate level to organizing charity events by EF teacher on their own, Cooperate Socials Responsibility has been seen as the DNA of EF. Every EF person, regardless nationality, gender and age, bears the mission “Opening the world through Education” deep in their heart and had been doing their best to make the world a better place.
关于英孚教育
英孚教育成立于1965年,是全球领先的国际教育培训公司,以“教育,让世界无界”为企业使命(www.ef.com.cn)。英孚在全球各地有近500间学校和办事处,并且拥有全球最大的在线英语学习基地。 英孚主要致力于语言培训、出国留学游学、学位课程和文化交流等项目。英孚教育致力于长足扎根中国市场,曾担任2008年北京奥运会语言培训服务提供商。作为最早进入中国市场的教育培训公司之一,2013年是英孚教育进入中国20周年。英孚也是2014年第22届索契冬奥会和2016年巴西里约热内卢奥运会的官方语言培训供应商。英孚还发布了全球英语熟练度报告(www.ef.cn/epi/),该报告打破了地域限制,在全球范围内测试了不同国家成人的英语能力。
About EF
EF Education First (www.ef.com) is an international education company that focuses on language, academics, and cultural experience. Founded in 1965, EF’s mission is “opening the world through education”. With 500 schools and offices in over 50 countries, EF is the Official Language Training Supplier of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. The EF English Proficiency Index is published by EF Learning Labs, EF’s innovation and research division.
关于慧灵智障人士服务机构
慧灵智障人士服务机构1990年2月发源于广州。2000年春,机构进军北京成立全国第一家智障人士社区化服务机构-北京慧灵。目前慧灵已在广州、北京、西安、西宁、天津、广东清远、重庆、长沙、兰州、重庆万州、香港。各地慧灵之间没有隶属关系,大家相互帮助、支持,并以创始人为中心成立“慧灵委员会”,维护“慧灵”的宗旨、理念,和不断开创新的慧灵机构。
About Huiling
Beijing Huiling was established in 2000 and is one of the earliest Chinese non-profit organizations. It has services in many provinces such as Shanxi, Qinghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Beijing and so on. Their mission is Improve the to ‘quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities and their families’ with their ‘community-based service model’. The idea is to help people with disabilities become active members of their community, rather than being isolated from their community.