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Jakarta: 29 April 2010 - 50 children from Jatinegara region, East Jakarta, were special invitees at the AFC Champions League, ACL Match Day 6, mercurial clash between home team Persipura Jaya and the visitors from Changchun Yatai, China. The thrilling 90 minute encounter saw the Home Team emerge victorious by a 2-0 margin in an exciting, action packed game.
Sri Lanka: March 2010 - RYTHM Foundation has provided support for the Foundation of Goodness since April 2009 with a US$ 50,000 grant. The Foundation of Goodness manages 30 sectors delivering work across the South of Sri Lanka and beyond, including healthcare, education, employability and enterprise, women's empowerment and village infrastructure development. The sectors funded by RYTHM Foundation are the Preschool, Computer Training, Village Heartbeat Project, English Teaching and Children's Goodness Clubs.
Almaty, Kazakhstan: 31 March 2010 - Recently in Kazakhstan, the essence of RYTHM - Raise Yourself to Help Mankind - was exemplified when QuestNet Independent Representatives (IRs) in the city of Taldykorgan highlighted the plight of the Regional Special Boarding School for Deaf and Mute Children, which was in desperate need for a functioning school bus for the children.
Hong Kong: 30 March 2010 - QuestNet Services (HK) Ltd, for the third time in a row was, recently recognised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service as a Caring Company 2009/2010. The award is given to private companies operating in Hong Kong which demonstrate good corporate citizenship. Awarded Caring Companies are encouraged to use the Caring Company logo in their promotional activities and materials to inform and assure their customers, employees and the public that they are good corporate citizens.
Hong Kong: 14 March 2010 - A group of RYTHM Foundation and QuestNet staff with their families and friends in tow took part in the annual healthcare charity fundraising event in Hong Kong called Island Scout Trailwalk cum Walk for Life 2010. The participants gathered at Pok Fu Lam at 1:15 PM and enjoyed the very nice weather while walking uphill until they reached The Peak. The group was able to raise HK$ 20,000 the entire amount of which will be donated to the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society.
Reston, Virginia: 8 March 2010 - With the time-sensitive call for action to help Haitians resume their normal lives within the next six months, RYTHM Foundation (RF) collaborated with ICO Global Communications (ICO), DBSB North America, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) in providing satellite-based internet connectivity for relief agencies working in Haiti on rehabilitation projects.
Nepal: February 2010 -The children of Better Nepal Foundation had a month-long vacation during the winter. They were allowed to visit their relatives as long as they get picked up by someone from their families. While most of the children went back to their villages, there were three who got a special treat for topping their classes last school year. They were brought to India by the BNF officers and they had a ball travelling for three days and seeing different lovely sights on the road. It was both a reward for their hard work and an encouragement for the other children to study harder.
Jakarta, Indonesia: 24 February 2010 - On November 2009, RYTHM Foundation through the QuestNet Pays Forward program donated USD 20,000 to World Vision Indonesia's West Sumatra Earthquake Emergency Response.
Hong Kong: 12 November 2009 - A total of 17 QuestNet staff participated in the Rainbow Trek 2009 to raise funds for the Rainbow Project, a non-profit organisation in Hong Kong that aims to provide special educational facilities for children with autism and promote awareness of autism in the Hong Kong community.
Hong Kong: 10 November 2009 - A few days after having battered Metro Manila and the nearby provinces, Typhoon Ketsana (locally known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ondoy) swept through Vietnam, Laos and its neighbouring countries from 29 September through the first week of October 2009. RYTHM Foundation through the QuestNet Pays Forward programme expeditiously partnered with international NGO World Vision in extending emergency relief assistance and rehabilitation funds to Vietnam and Laos.
Taytay, Rizal, Philippines: 14 October 2009 -QuestNet Executive Chairperson and RYTHM Foundation Trustee Ms Donna Imson led a small group of QuestNet Staff in conducting a Relief Mission in partnership with International NGO World Vision in Taytay, a municipality of Rizal Province located east of Manila.
Hong Kong: 28 Augustl 2009 -RYTHM Foundation has enabled a new partnership between World Vision International and QuestNet Ltd, to ensure the lives of 121 impoverished children in 11 countries are enriched with education opportunities, health care, and support systems.
Amman: 17 May 2009 -The QuestNet Pays Forward initiative made a symbolic donation of USD 6,485 to support the U. N. World Food Program, during the award ceremony of the 2009 Rallye Allgäu-Orient at the Royal Hotel.
Hong Kong: 24 April 2009 -It is a great challenge to raise children with autism in today's world. RYTHM Foundation, under the QuestNet Pays Forward initiative, is helping to support this cause through a generous donation to the Rainbow Project, a non-profit organisation in Hong Kong that works with autistic children.
Sri Lanka: 21 April 2009 -In the devastating wake of natural disasters, and coupled with a higher cost of living, lower incomes and unemployment, many developing nations are facing dire living circumstances. One such region is in the Sri Lankan village of Seenigama, which is still in tatters after the 2004 Asian Tsunami.
Indonesia: 6 April 2009 -In the early morning of 17 March 2009, the Situ Gintung dam broke, unleashing tons of rampant water into a nearby residential area. Water from the 21-hectare lake flooded a lower residential area adjacent to the lake and instantly killed 100 residents. The tragedy still hides another 100 locals who are reported still missing and almost 1,000 people have been evacuated to a nearby area.
Thailand: 2 April 2009 -The 'QuestNet Pays Forward' initiative continued to brighten the lives of underprivileged children with a recent heartfelt donation in Thailand to a positive children's charity in Lopburi Province, to help young children become 'golf stars' like the charity's namesake.
Patna(Bihar): 17 February 2009 -The affect of devastating floods in 2008 in North Bihar (India) are still being felt today, almost six-months after flood waters ravaged the districts of Supaul, Saharsa, Araria, Madhepura and Purnia.
Thailand: 31 January 2009 - It is an unfortunate fact that approximately 12% of children in Thailand are disabled. Two decades ago, there was virtually no education or equipment for the physically and intellectually impaired or disabled.
Kampala, Uganda: 28 November 2008 - RYTHM Foundation reached out to the African nation of Uganda with three heartfelt donations worth USD 30,000 that will significantly raise the lives of worthy Ugandans
Hong Kong: 28 October 2008 - As the gold sponsor of the charity musical event in Hong Kong, 'A Sublime Viennese Classical Music Concert', RYTHM Foundation helped worthy children's society Karen Kids raise money to better the lives of more than 80 poor Burmese children currently living as refugees in Thailand.
Taguig, Philippines: 17 October 2008 - Hundreds of children in the village of Taguig in the Philippines are being fed, clothed and schooled through a long-term project initiated by RYTHM Foundation that aims to eliminate poverty in the squatter community.
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