Property developer CapitaLand focuses its corporate giving efforts on helping underprivileged kids in Asia.
That philanthropy is not just about donating money towards a worthy cause is a lesson that Mr Eddie Lim learnt the hard way. After paying for the education of two teenage girls in Chiang Rai in Thailand, he was dismayed to learn his generosity failed to keep them in school as they moved to Bangkok and into prostitution because of the money on offer.
“It taught me that giving money alone is not the solution for breaking families out of poverty,” said Mr Lim, who is general manager of three CapitaLand malls in Singapore. . .
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