Sands Cares Ambassadors Distribute Sands China’s Donation of Nearly 37,000 COVID-19 Relief Items to Local Community Organisations

Part of company’s MOP 5 million COVID-19 relief fund

(Macao, Mar. 11, 2020) – Sands Cares Ambassadors recently helped deliver 4,800 bottles of hand sanitiser, 30,000 pairs of medical gloves and 2,000 shower caps donated by Sands China to local community organisations, as part of the company’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts.

TOn March 2, the volunteers helped drop off 10,000 pairs of medical gloves and 1,000 shower caps at the Ka Ho Elderly Care Centre, to address the material shortage of supplies the nurses require for taking daily care of nearly 180 elderly at the centre. And on March 3, they took 1,000 bottles of hand sanitiser each to the Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind, the Macau Deaf Association, and the Macau Autism Association, to express care for those vulnerable segments of society and support their needs amid the fight against the epidemic. More than 1,200 members and their families will benefit from the supplies donated during the two-day activity.

Then on March 11, the Sands Cares Ambassadors helped deliver 1,800 bottles of hand sanitiser, 20,000 pairs of medical gloves, and 1,000 shower caps for distribution among four local NGOs: Macau Special Olympics, the Sheng Kung Hui Social Service Coordination Office, the Macau Gaming Industry Employees Home, and Christian New Life Fellowship. The delivery of supplies will benefit over 5,000 of the organisations’ members. Some of the supplies will go directly to the organisations’ service users, most of whom are low-income or have special needs. The rest will address the NGOs’ operational needs, as they prepare to reopen and resume their services, with staff needing access to the hygiene supplies in order to safely perform their work.

In addition, the Sands Cares Ambassadors visited the Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance Service Centre of Macau Feb. 25 to support its service for live-alone elderly during the epidemic. They made 150 follow-up phone calls to elderly users of the tele-assistance programme, whom they had visited for a Chinese New Year spring cleaning activity. The volunteers noted down the members’ health conditions and checked if they needed any special assistance for the centre to follow up. While there, they also took the opportunity to learn more about the daily operations and volunteering needs of the service, and to provide manpower support to the centre during the epidemic.

“Sands China considers it our company’s responsibility to assist the Macao community in times of need,” said Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd. “During this time of vigilance against the spread of the coronavirus, we are pleased to take this opportunity to extend our goodwill to the community and support Macao’s coronavirus relief efforts. We hope this donation of medical supplies can help support the needs of community groups in enhancing hygiene at their centres and at their members’ homes. Our gratitude goes out to the Sands Cares Ambassadors for their eager participation in this important community initiative.”

Sands China’s donation is part of the company’s pledge to donate MOP 5 million toward Macao’s novel coronavirus relief effort, and is part of Sands Cares, the global corporate citizenship program of parent company Las Vegas Sands Corp.