● S-OIL donates 100 million won to “Heart-Heart Orchestra” composed of members with developmental disabilities.
? S-OIL has provided support to improve public understanding of disabled people for ten years.
S-OIL Corporation (CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi) donated 100 million won to Heart-Heart Orchestra, which is composed of members with developmental disabilities, as a way to boost disabled people’s rehabilitation efforts and to improve public understanding of disabled people on Apr. 11th.
At the donation ceremony held at S-OIL headquarters, S-OIL invited Heart-Heart Orchestra to perform a concert with the presence S-OIL CEO Othman Al-Ghamdi, Heart Heart Foundation Chairman Oh Ji-cheol and 150 or so S-OIL officers and employees.
S-OIL Othman Al-Ghamdi said “It is very touching that the performance was made through more than 1,000 practices by members” and “S-OIL will support Heart Heart Orchestra to have chances to communicate with society through music.” S-OIL has sponsored Heart-Heart Orchestra to give the disabled 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 orchestra’s various performances and providing musical education for disabled youths with musical talents. S-OIL will also support the foundation of “Heart Miracle Ensemble” composed of 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 members with developmental disabilities. The orchestra was established in 2006 to develop disabled musicians’ talents and help their social participation through the medium of music. Since the orchestra, which is composed of the developmentally disabled, gives touching performances after more than 1,000 practices, it is also called “Miracle Orchestra.”
