It is good that even in this difficult market, companies and individuals are taking the time to do their bit for their world.

In Singapore, InterContinental Group and InterContinental Singapore are co-organising and hosting the annual Project Hammer Fund Raising dinner on August 28.

‘Project Hammer’ is an initiative by IHG colleagues and friends who are building homes for the underprivileged as well as supporting various community projects in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This initiative is now moving into its fourth year of participation.

Last year the inaugural dinner raised S$56,000 for Project Hammer. The 2009 dinner promises to be again a wonderful gastronomic fun-filled networking event with great entertainment and live auctions, hosted by Hamish Brown, Singapore Radio Gold talk-show host.

This year Geraldine Cox – from Cambodia Sunrise Village -nwill be sharing her infamous life story as well as her remarkable insight of Cambodia. 



Seat ticket price is S$250 and 10-seat tables are for sale at S$2,500.

For more details, visit Project Hammer

Starwood’s Europe, Africa & Middle East Division meanwhile is continuing its support of UNICEF’s Road to Awareness project and this year, a team of executives will embark on a three-day ride that will take them over seven well-known climbs of the Tour de France, covering a distance of 360kms.

Said Oliver Bonke, vice president-marketing of the EAME Division, who will be joining a group of 19 other cyclists, “Especially in these difficult economic times, there are large parts of our global population that are worse off than we are.

“In this spirit, Starwood EAME has challenged itself to raise the bar and put together an event that brings both awareness as well as resources to a very critical subject – clean water for children.

“It will be a very challenging experience for all of us, but we are determined to use this cause to raise significant funds for a very good cause.”

For more details, visit Road to Awareness

In Myanmar, Asian Trails’ Laurent Kuenzle, after having opened the primary school in Apaung last month, is already embarking on another project to build middle schools in the area.

This is something the area has lacked and what happens is kids, after having completed their primary education, have nowhere to go but to the city to further their education.

Pending approval of the project, he hopes to start work on the schools after the monsoon rains in October.