A team of volunteers from Samsung Electronics South Korean Headquarters, extends their corporate social responsibility to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to help refurbish classrooms at the Dibua Dia Ditumba Primary School and conduct trainings for 30 teachers and up to 50 learners.

The week-long initiative (27- 30 July) will focus on providing access to technology by installing computers at the school, giving the learners and teachers basic computer skills, and painting the classrooms, to give it a fresh-new look.

According to the Managing Director of the DRC Branch, Samsung Electronics, East Africa, Bill Kim, said: "The engagement model has been warmly welcomed in communities across Africa, because programmes are implemented in consultation with communities and are designed to meet their felt needs, they develop a sense of ownership of the projects."

Also, the Public Affairs and Corporate Citizenship Manager for Samsung Electronics, Africa, Abey Tau,  said community upliftment forms an integral part of Samsung's conscience. "Samsung is committed to creating positive change for people everywhere so that they may live better lives through new experiences infused with technology.

These activities, according to a statement made available to ceoafrica, will be carried out in partnership with Action de Development Communautaire Dibua (ADCD) and Better World. It forms part of Samsung's Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP), which encourages employees to use their work-time to contribute towards the well-being and the socio-economic development of our communities.