The ONE Minute Giveback returns returns for 20ABC in Cambodia

The ONE Minute Giveback, a charity initiative that started at the 18ABC in Bali will be returning to this year’s Asian Battery Conference in September in Cambodia.

At 18ABC some $40,000 was raised for three local charities and the organizers hope that a similar sum will be available to support the Angkor Hospital for Children, an independent nonprofit paediatric healthcare hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The fund-raising branded as the ‘ONE Minute Giveback’ is being managed by Mark Richardson, one of the event organizers of ABC and Scott Fink, president of Sorfin Yoshimura.

“All proceeds from our ONE Minute Giveback will be used to help ensure families living in poverty have access to healthcare for their children via the free medical services the hospital provides,” says Fink.

“We’d like to see as many delegates involved as possible and we have five ways you can giveback.”

• The first is acting as a partner that will help as well as donate in the running of the appeal.

• Alternatively one can donate one minute of time onsite during 20ABC and drop by the giveback area in the foyer where goods and items that the hospital has identified as critically needed will be sorted and packed.

• Give just one dollar! Delegate’s partners will be out taking onsite donations with the help of the event team. Any cash donation from the value of $1 is gratefully received.

• Donate online. “We will be accepting donated items onsite,” says Fink. “And we will share a wish list of items the hospital have requested. Should you wish to donate larger amounts of items please contact us to discuss.”

One industry veteran told Batteries International, “Conference Works [the organizers] and Sorfin achieved a first for the lead battery business in Bali and added another dimension to the travel aspect of conferences across this region.

“More importantly it also offers a possibility for elsewhere too. I wish ELBC or BCI would do something like this as well.”

The mission of the hospital is to improve healthcare of Cambodia’s children by creating a sustainable, replicable model of a healthcare institution in cooperation with the Cambodian government.

20ABC will be held at the Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center, Cambodia between September 5-8. It will be preceded by the Recycle 100 conference looking at battery recycling.