Education

HSBC believes that support for primary and secondary education, in particular for underprivileged children, is crucial to the future development and prosperity of every country. The aim of HSBC's education initiatives is to provide access to formal and non formal education, mainly for people from disadvantaged backgrounds who might not otherwise get the opportunity.

Main focuses of HSBC Mauritius in education are:

• Financial Education.
• Youth Development.
• Providing Educational Resources.

Financial Education

Living Finance

HSBC Living Finance is a financial education programme that aims to help people develop the knowledge and skills required to inspire them to set financial goals. It will also help them to make informed and confident financial decisions and have the tools to plan a better future.

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Through this programme, HSBC Mauritius is giving the chance to young people to learn to manage their money from a young age, as the earlier they plan, the better their chances of reaching their financial goals. Till now, 27 volunteers from HSBC performed 9 sessions in Bureau d'Education Catholique (BEC) schools, involving 777 secondary year students.

 

MBA: Financial Literacy Programme

In August 2009, the Mauritius Bankers Association initiated the Financial Literacy Programme which basically intends to create greater awareness among the youth on how to better manage their finance at an early stage.

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As part of this programme, HSBC Mauritius is targeting some primary schools as well as Zones d'Education Prioritaires (ZEP) schools, where the bank's employees will have an opportunity to deliver presentations to 450 students.

Youth Development

Future First

The HSBC Global Education Trust has launched 'Future First', a global USD 10 million, 5-year initiative (2007-2012) collaborating with SOS Children's Villages and with local charitable organisations. The aim is to provide education and life skills to street children, orphans and children in care. Globally, Future First supports 131 projects across 39 countries benefiting over 133,000 children.

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Since 2007, the Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) of SOS Children's Villages Mauritius supported by HSBC Mauritius has offered a number of outreach services to 170 children and 96 adults in 62 families identified as being vulnerable.

 

AIESEC

Present in over 107 countries and territories and with over 35,000 members, AIESEC is the world's largest student run organisation. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today.

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CEO HSBC Mauritius - Mr. Sandeep Uppal is chairman of National Board of Advisors of AIESEC in Mauritius. Since it's establishment in 2007, HSBC Mauritius supports AIESEC through it's annual financial contribution, opportunity for internships and advisory role amongst others. As part of the exchange programme, HSBC Mauritius welcomed two interns: Ekaterina Sidorova from Russia who was assigned to the Corporate Sustainability department and Ricardo Capitano from Brazil, who was posted in the Marketing department. Both worked in HSBC Mauritius for a period of three month. Training on Buisness Network Building was delivered at Leadership Conference by one of HSBC employees, Mr. Shakil Daby.

 

Centre de formation pour Educateurs

Creating safe and accessible counseling units in colleges to offer professional services, delivered by trained counselors, to children and families with social, emotional and psychological difficulties.

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HSBC decided to help in the realisation of this project by sponsoring the salaries of a counsellor assigned to Residence City Barkly school, which forms part of project, and to its project coordinator. The number of direct beneficiaries extends to 401 people, including both children and parents.

Providing Educational Resources

SIDINA

SIDINA is a charitable association, having as main objective: the promotion of culture for the youth through reading, writing, photography and arts in general.

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HSBC gives a 3 year financial support to the "DIRALOIN Project". During three years, children with learning disabilities from Eugene Dethise RCA school will learn basic pedagogical and social skills through photography on the topic of memory, heritage and culture. This project is also a means to open to different cultures, to reflect and to better understand one another.

 

SOS Children's Villages

For those children who cannot cope with normal schooling, SOS Children's Villages Mauritius has introduced a special remedial class with a competent teacher to give individual and special attention to them.

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HSBC supports SOS Children's Village Mauritius through sponsoring the salary to qualified teacher who facilitates afternoon remedial educational programme and gives individual attention to 35 primary children with learning difficulties.
Flight over the island: On March 2008, 60 of these children lived up to their dreams on board of Air Mauritius with SOS mothers and HSBC colleagues present to share and cover this unprecedented journey.

 

Supporting Zones d'Education Prioritaires (ZEP)

The MCCI ZEP Programme aims at empowering the ZEP teachers in order to bring innovation to pedagogical practices to make school experience enriching for all children.

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Since 2008, HSBC is supporting the long-term development of Pointe aux Sables ZEP government school. This programme is primarily aimed at combating absenteeism and at the same time, looking for incentives to increase good performance in the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE). HSBC refurbished the school's infrastructure last October 2008 and actually covers the salary of a Liaison Officer, who is acting as a mediator between children and their families.

 

Two ANFEN centers' programmes

Founded in 2000, ANFEN (Adolescent Non Formal Education Network) offers an alternative education to provide support to the youth in order to re-integrate society for adolescents who have exited the Mauritian formal schooling system. ANFEN has 16 member schools which cater for more than 600 adolescents.

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Bois Marchand Ecole Sainte Famille
After the successful implementation of this project with 40 children, HSBC decided to support 3 years project that intends to empower basic alphabetisation of slow learners and teaching of English, French, Geography, History and Science to children who have dropped out of the formal schooling system. They also have basic training in welding, gardening, cooking and crafts, as well as computer literacy.

St Luc Loreto Development Centre
HSBC supports 3 years project with the objective to empower school drop outs for them to become financially independent. Out of 12 beneficiaries, some have been accepted at "l'Ecole Hoteliere" for more advanced culinary courses, some are working in hotels now, others have launched their own business.

 

Special needs children Anou Grandi

With its existence since 1999, Association Anou Grandi, a non profit organisation, is dedicated to the education of children with developmental disabilities. Since its inception with only one child, the school has now a population of 60 children from 5 to 16 years old, with kids, from all backgrounds of our society. Anou Grandi is located at Mon Loisir, Riviere du Rempart.

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HSBC Mauritius' partnership with the school started few years back and we took the engagement to annually cover the salaries of two remedial teachers. Also, the school benefitted from the refurbishment of a classroom and the upgrading of its kitchen facilities.