Roatán (Honduras) – September 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Skål Thailand, a participant in the 2019 World Congress, wanted to support projects in need and therefore visited a poor school in Honduras. The donation was presented during a stopover in Roatán aboard the cruise ship "Symphony of the Seas".

Skål members from Thailand donated free backpacks for 120 poor village schoolchildren.

Wolfgang Grimm, President of Skål Thailand, said of this initiative: “Skål Thailand Backpacks for Kids is a CSR initiative by Skål Thailand, which was organized as a CSR activity for the Skål World Congress 2019 to give something back to the communities we will encounter.”

"With this, we want to help the needy children in these economically difficult times in the places that the congress will visit."

The backpacks were sourced from a wholesaler in the USA and paid for by the Skål Clubs in Thailand.

Many families cannot afford to buy their children a new backpack or new school supplies. They send their children to school with old or worn-out backpacks, which can negatively impact their self-confidence and motivation to actively participate in class.

Our goal is to give these children a new, stylish backpack containing essential school supplies. The money saved can then be used by the parents for other things like school uniforms, shoes, and other everyday necessities, and in some cases, even for food and other things we take for granted.

“Seeing over 100 happy children’s faces was a true joy. They have so little in life, education is the key to their future success, and a small start in life with our loving gesture from strangers can make an enormous difference. This was our small financial contribution from Thailand,” said Kevin Rautenbach, Senior Vice President of SKÅL Thailand.