Helping communities in Asia

Supporting local charities


Catalyser customers have continued to generously support the COVID-19 response in Singapore and Hong Kong through rapid response appeals, crowdfunds and matched giving.




Giving in Singapore and Hong Kong

As the global pandemic continues, leading companies like Xero and King & Wood Mallesons have been able to launch a variety of social impact activities on their Catalyser platforms in Singapore and Hong Kong to channel donations straight to local charities including Save the Children and the Red Cross.

Xero: Keeping children safe from Covid-19

Xero has had a growing employee base in Singapore since opening their office in 2016. Xero has invested heavily in their product suite and services for Singaporean customers, focused on transforming the lives of SMEs across Singapore. Xero is working to support businesses to digitise and automate through technology adoption in line with the Singaporean Government’s championing of business digitalisation to help increase resilience and competitiveness amidst uncertainty. This move towards digitisation has also seen businesses like Xero adopt technology platforms to enable more efficient and effective corporate social responsibility.

When the COVID pandemic hit, Xero wanted to launch local giving to support local charities in Asia and reached out to Catalyser. Xero was able to raise $200,000 on their Catalyser platform which supported Save the Children to provide 6,139 hygiene kits to help children in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines to stay healthy and minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

KWM: Emergency medical supplies for charities in Hong Kong

King and Wood Mallesons is a leading law firm in Asia with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. KWM has been able to use their Catalyser platform to launch COVID-19 responses in Hong Kong to support the Red Cross and other local charity partners. KWM launched appeals and an emergency response crowdfund to help address the scarcity of medical resources and supplies in the Region. The Firm generously matched employee donations dollar for dollar and were able to use the funds raised to directly procure medical and other much needed supplies for communities in Hong Kong and other affected areas.

“Catalyser has leading technology and they’re excellent to work with. They work in all the Global Regions we do and they have good relationships with the charities. They enable giving through various methods and are just brilliant - I couldn’t recommend them more highly and I’m so happy to beat the drum for them. ”



Kelly Asimus
Global Program Manager, Social Environmental Impact

 

“Catalyser has leading technology and they’re excellent to work with. They work in all the Global Regions we do and they have good relationships with the charities. They enable giving through various methods and are just brilliant - I couldn’t recommend them more highly and I’m so happy to beat the drum for them. ”



Kelly Asimus
Global Program Manager, Social Environmental Impact

 


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