● S-OIL donates 100 million won to “Heart-Heart Orchestra” composed of youths with developmental disabilities.
- S-OIL has provided support to improve public understanding of disabled people for nine years.
S-OIL Corporation (CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi) donated 100 million won to Heart-Heart Orchestra, which is composed of youths with developmental disabilities, as a way to boost disabled people’s rehabilitation efforts and to improve public understanding of disabled people on Apr. 20, on the 37th day of the disabled.
At the donation ceremony held at S-OIL headquarters, S-OIL invited Heart-Heart Orchestra to perform a concert with the presence S-OIL president Ryu Yul(류열), Heart Heart Foundation Chairman Kim Young-joo(김영주), 200 or so S-OIL officers and employees.
S-OIL has sponsored Heart-Heart Orchestra to give disabled youths the opportunity to actively communicate with society through music and to improve public understanding of disabled people since 2009.
The donation will be used for supporting the youth orchestra’s various performances and providing musical education for low-income disabled youths with musical talents. S-OIL will also support the foundation of “Heart Miracle Ensemble” composed of eight Heart-Heart Orchestra members who graduated from music colleges and have become professional musicians and will support its performances to improve public understanding of disabled people.
Heart-Heart Orchestra is the first orchestra in Korea that consists of youths with developmental disabilities. The orchestra was established in March 2006 to develop disabled youths’ talents and help their social participation through the medium of music. Since the orchestra, which is composed of developmentally disabled youths, gives touching performances after more than 1,000 practices, it is also called “Miracle Orchestra.”
