Korean Air Making a Difference to Orphans in Tondano, Sulawesi

One of Korean Air’s volunteer groups was in the city of Tondano in Indonesia from 22-29 January, to help a local community there.

Tondano is a small city about 35 kilometers away from Manado, the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi, located on the island of Sulawesi, the 11th largest island in the world.

Tondano is located on a basin formed by volcanic activities and is surrounded by mountains. Due to its environmental conditions, the city suffers from poor energy supply and a lack of adequate social infrastructure. Most residents make a living through farming.

Korean Air employees have been building orphanage dormitories in the region with the local residents since 2016, and have so far completed constructing one dormitory building.

This year, Korean Air employees constructed the foundation for the second dormitory, and performed various other volunteer work such as planting durian trees to help the orphanage become more self-sufficient.

Korean Air has a very impressive CSR programme. In 2019, the airline helped rebuild the Sri Lankan neighborhood damaged by the heavy floods, and donated playground facilities and medicines to an orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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