Finnair’s school campaign collects 60,000 euros
January 30th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Nordic carrier Finnair Monday said its ‘Change for Good’ campaign, carried out with Unicef Finland to create awareness about clean water and environment for Indian children, collected almost 60,000 euros (Rs.39 lakh).
“The 2011 Finnair Change for Good campaign carried out by Finnair and Unicef Finland collected almost 60,000 euros. Over 16 Christmas-period collections, the campaign carried out on almost all international Finnair flights has collected precisely 1,105,040 euros (Rs.7.2 crore),” the company said in a statement.
The programme has supported the improvement of sanitation and the teaching of hygiene practices in 1,829 schools.
At the start of the project, 15 percent of the schools had hand-washing places, a figure that has risen to 91 percent now.
A new aspect of the campaign this year has been the option of donating Finnair Plus points to Unicef Finland. Over 3 million points have been donated in this way to date.
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- Finnair, Unicef raise 69,772 euros for Indian children - Feb 03, 2010
- Finnair launches initiative for children of Bihar - Nov 03, 2009
- 30mn Indian school children have no access to toilets - Apr 25, 2012
- Woodland ties with Unicef to provide safe drinking water - Sep 01, 2011
- Vidya Balan to promote sanitation campaign - May 03, 2012
- Finnair focuses on Asian routes to cut emissions - Apr 06, 2012
- Nirmal Gram: Bringing a cleanliness revolution to India's villages - Jun 06, 2011
- Finnair looking at Indian cities beyond New Delhi - Sep 09, 2010
- Finnair to select passengers' ideas to improve quality - Nov 23, 2011
- President Patil emphasizes need for proper sanitation in rural areas - Mar 23, 2011
- Finnair starts maiden cargo service to India - Sep 16, 2011
- Funds for building toilets to be hiked: Jairam - Apr 25, 2012
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