Hear the World Foundation
| Abbreviation | HtW |
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| Established | 2006 |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Purpose | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| Headquarters | Zug, Switzerland |
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Worldwide |
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| Mission | "The foundation works for equal opportunities and better quality of life for people with hearing loss." |
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The Hear the World Foundation is a corporate nonprofit foundation founded by Sonova working for equal opportunities and better quality of life for people with hearing loss. The Foundation operates as grant-giver supporting project-partnerships in four specific areas:...:
The Foundation has since its establishment in 2006 been involved in over 60 projects among those are "Hear Armenia", "All Ears Cambodia", "Hear Malawi, " and a long-term partnership with the Centro Cristiano de Servicios Medicos in the Dominican Republic. .
In 2006 the Swiss Hearing Aid manufacturer Phonak AG founded the nonprofit organization Hear the World Foundation as a mean to raise public awareness of conscious hearing practices and to help support children in need affected by hearing loss. From 2007 until 2012 the foundation published the "Hear the World Magazine" to create awareness for the topics of hearing and hearing loss. The magazine was published in German and English and distributed to the broader public until 2012.
In October 2012 Hear the World expanded its activities and became a CSR Initiative of the group concern Sonova.
In 2013 the foundation started to engage employees of Sonova as volunteers for its projects. Also in 2013, the foundation became a member of Swissfoundations in 2013.
Red Bird Appalachia (since 2008) - The project-partnership between the Hear the World Foundation and the Red Bird Mission and Clinic located in Beverly, Kentucky, USA took its beginning in 2008. Since then, the aim of the collaboration has been to provide high standard audiological health care to the local population of Red Bird. The project support from Hear The World Foundation includes donation of hearing aids and batteries, financial support and since 2013, also professional expertise provided pro-bono by volunteering Sonova Employees.
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