TAIPEI, TAIWAN, OCTOBER 6, 2018 — Again, it’s the
day of the year that all the employees and families of Prudential Financial,
Inc. devote themselves to their communities. This is the 23rd International
Volunteer Day (IVD) for Prudential Life Insurance of Taiwan (POT), and there
are more than 1,300 people participating. The two major themes this year are:
Caring for the Underprivileged and Care for the Mother Earth, and there are 19 signature
projects going on across Taiwan.
“The annual volunteering service embodies Prudential’s love for humanity
and beyond,” said Dylan Tyson, President and CEO of POT. “I’m happy to see that
more and more family, friends, and clients joining us on this day. And I’m especially
happy to know that we are always able to find nonprofit organizations which are
little known or even under the radar to offer our hand,” Dylan continued.
POT is the first company to volunteer with a newly-established orphanage
in Yunlin as part of the “Caring for the Underprivileged” theme. In addition to
orphanages, POT teams go to rest homes, care centers for the disabled, and
blind asylums around Taiwan. Not only caring for people in Taiwan, POT also
cares for people in far-away Africa by sorting and cleaning shoes for kids to
keep them from the deadly threat of sand fleas and by sewing cloth sanitary
pads for girls to enable them to move freely.
Projects that fall under the “Care for the Mother Earth” theme include
clean-ups as far as the beach in Liuqiu, creeks in Sanxia, mountains in Great
Taipei Area. Other than caring for the nature, a POT team goes to a Butterfly
Garden to help maintain this open-air area habitat for butterflies. POT wants
to extend our love from humanity, to the Earth, and to all the living things on
this planet.
“Giving back to the communities in which we work and live is a core
value for POT. The dedication of our employees, on International Volunteer Day
and throughout the year, has a long and lasting impact,” said Tyson.