Standard Chartered Bank in Korea (SCBK) CEO Richard Hill reads during a “voice donation” event, which was held as part of the “Good Voice Festival” at COEX in southern Seoul on Jan. 14. Courtesy of SC Bank |
By Kim Jae-won
Standard Chartered Bank in Korea (SCBK) this month hosted a “voice donation” event to publish audio books for the visually challenged.
About 50,000 people volunteered to participate in the “Good Voice Festival” at COEX in Seoul on Jan. 14 and 15, from which some 100 narrators were selected.
The festival is part of the “Good Library Project,” a social responsibility activity of the Korean unit of the London-based global banking group, with the goal of providing audio books and specialized galleries especially for the visually challenged.
Richard Hill, the bank’s CEO said in a statement that his organization takes social responsibilities seriously and strives to create new forms of sharing cultures.
Along with Hill, actor Song Joong-ki, a goodwill ambassador for the event, both recorded audio books, which will be donated to libraries in March.
The 100 donors will also narrate story books guided by professional radio actors.
“Touching Art Gallery” gives access to the public as well as the visually-challenged to appreciate artworks through the sense of touch.
A movie for the visually challenged also drew attention.
The “Experience Booth” offered the general public an opportunity to experience being blind by walking around with their eyes blindfolded.
“Hanbit” or big light, an orchestra made up of blind musicians performed classical pieces.
Standard Chartered has run a global social responsibility program titled “Seeing is Believing,” providing medical services for people in developing countries suffering from eye diseases. The bank pledged last September to raise $100 million for the program at a session of the Clinton Foundation in New York.
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스탠다드차터드 은행 이색 음성 기부 이끌어
한국 스탠다드차터드 은행 (이하 SCBK)은 이달 음성 기부 행사를 통해 시각장애인들을 위한 오디오 북 만들기에 착수했다.
14일과 15일 이틀간 코엑스에서 열린 이 ‘굿 보이스 페스티발’ 행사에는 5만여명이 참가했고, 이 중에서 100명을 선발했다.
이 페스티발은 ‘굿 라이브러리 프로젝트’ 라는 SCBK의 자원봉사활동의 일부분으로, 시각장애인들을 위해 오디오 북과 촉감을 이용한 신개념 갤러리를 마련해주는 활동이다.
리차드 힐 대표는 사내에서 봉사활동을 장려하고 있으며 이가 문화활동의 일부분이라고 말했다.
홍보대사인 배우 송중기 역시 이날 자신의 목소리로 오디오북을 녹음했고 3월에 출시될 예정이다.
이날 발탁된 100명의 자원봉사자들 역시 전문성우들의 지도아래 녹음작업에 착수하기로 했다.
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