The Cathay Pacific Wheelchair Bank
Set up in Cathay Pacific’s 50th anniversary year in 1996, the Wheelchair Bank aims at raising funds to purchase specially adapted wheelchairs for children with neuromuscular diseases. To date, more than HK$8.7 million has been donated to the Wheelchair Bank. From 1999 onwards, an average of one month's proceeds from Cathay Pacific's "Change for Good" inflight fundraising programme is allocated to the Bank each year.
Over the past 13 years, the Wheelchair Bank has helped more than 300 needy children, supported more than 2,100 clinic attendances and handled over 4,000 spare-part changes and modifications. Some of the wheelchairs have served up to seven different people.
Project Orbis
Since 1989, Cathay Pacific has been a major sponsor of Project Orbis - the world's only flying eye hospital. The airline provides free and discounted air travel for Project Orbis personnel, enabling the Project’s volunteer eye surgeons to fly into Hong Kong and join the Project Orbis aircraft before it visits remote places in countries such as China, the Philippines, Myanmar and Mongolia.
Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Since 2004, Cathay Pacific has been providing sponsorship for the Hong Kong Society for the Blind which provides comprehensive services for the estimated 75,000 blind and visually impaired people in Hong Kong.
The Sunnyside Club
Founded in 1987, the Sunnyside Club is a registered charity set up by Cathay Pacific staff. It concentrates primarily on improving the well-being of mentally and physically challenged children in Hong Kong. The motto of the Club is "We put smiles on faces".
