Credit Suisse Philanthropy Partners in Asia Pacific

Generation Hong Kong

Generation Hong Kong is a not-for-profit organization supporting youth employment through an ambitious program that accelerates learning, places disconnected young adults in jobs, and gives them the skills and support they need to achieve enduring personal and professional success.

Credit Suisse supports a bespoke vocational training and job placement program for young people with Special Education Needs (SEN).

Enrich

Enrich is a not-for-profit organization that empowers migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong with training and tools to overcome financial difficulties and achieve their goals and dreams. 

Credit Suisse supports their financial education programs for migrant domestic workers.

Solve Education

Solve Education is a not-for-profit organization that empowers young people through access to inclusive, quality, affordable and market relevant educational online programs delivered through two digital platforms.

Credit Suisse supports the integration of financial literacy and employability skills training into these online education platforms used by young people across Indonesia.

Women's World Banking

Women's World Banking is a not-for-profit organization that designs market-driven financial solutions, invests in financial institutions, and helps to shape policy environments in emerging market to create greater economic stability and prosperity for women, their families, and their communities.

Credit Suisse supports their pilot project Midwives Savings Mobilization for Pregnant Women, aimed at providing low-income women (specifically expectant mothers) with access to formal savings accounts and digital and financial capabilities support to drive active usage of formal financial services in Indonesia.

Multicultural Center Tokyo (MCT)

MCT is a not-for-profit organization that responds to education challenges faced by disadvantaged foreign students aged 15-20 years old through their Tabunka School, volunteer-run Saturday support classes and provision of guidance on high school entrance.

Credit Suisse supports the Tabunka School, an intensive training program preparing foreign students to enter public high schools in Japan. 

Adream

Adream Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that addresses inequalities in China’s education sector by setting up Adream Centers – multi-media rooms and libraries in schools, developing the Adream Curriculum for quality education and providing training for teachers. 

Credit Suisse supports one of their training programs focusing on career planning as well as the construction of new Adream Centers that benefit young people (12–16 years old) across rural China.

Aflatoun

Aflatoun is a not-for-profit organization that designs high quality, inclusive, child-centered social and financial training curriculum for children and young people, especially the most vulnerable. Their training programs are delivered through local partners who receive training, capacity building and follow-up support from Aflatoun. 

Credit Suisse supports Aflayouth, a financial literacy, employment readiness and entrepreneurship training program benefitting young people across China.

MySkills Foundation (MSF)

MSF is a not-for-profit organization that provides a second chance for young people at risk to acquire fundamental social, living and workplace skills to ensure that they are integrated into mainstream society. 

Credit Suisse supports their holistic skills training program benefitting young people (13–19 years old). This program, held in a residential setting outside of Kuala Lumpur, includes training in soft and industrial/commercial skills, emotional support as well as internships and job placements. 

InvestEd

InvestEd is a for-profit social business empowering college student from all socio-economic backgrounds by providing them with education loans and Education-to-Adulthood (E2A) coaching.

Credit Suisse supports their digitalization project aimed at improving education loan processing, online financial literacy training and E2A coaching platform.

Aflatoun

Aflatoun is a not-for-profit organization that designs high quality, inclusive, child-centered social and financial training curriculum for children and young people, especially the most vulnerable. Their training programs are delivered through local partners who receive training, capacity building and follow-up support from Aflatoun. 

Credit Suisse supports Aflayouth, a financial literacy, employment readiness and entrepreneurship training program benefitting young people across the Philippines.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is a not-for-profit organization whose vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Their research subsidiary, the Terwilliger Center for Innovations in Shelter (TCIS) assists financial institutions to design or improve their housing loan products. 

In line with its global Financial Inclusion Initiative, Credit Suisse supports TCIS in building the capacity of microfinance institutions (MFI) to launch new green housing loan products and design awareness/education services on climate-friendly and green construction practices, for low-income households in the Philippines.

Bettr Barista

Bettr Barista is a for-profit social business and vertically integrated specialty coffee company in Singapore that aims to change lives through coffee. Through their education brand Bettr Barista and retail brand Bettr Coffee Co., they empower lives through holistic vocational programs for marginalized women and young people, nurturing direct and sustainable trade across their supply chain, and encouraging socially and environmentally conscious consumption wherever they operate. 

Credit Suisse supports their accelerated training and job placement program benefitting marginalized women and at-risk young people.

Aidha

Aidha is a not-for-profit organization that helps foreign domestic workers and low-income Singaporean women achieve economic independence through training in money management, entrepreneurship and key life skills. 

Credit Suisse supports their training programs for foreign domestic workers and low-income Singaporean women.

Garden of Hope Foundation

Garden of Hope is a not-for-profit organization that provides holistic social services to survivors of domestic violence and other forms of exploitation as well as youth at risk, including shelter services, legal advice, psychological counseling, training and employment services. 

Credit Suisse supports one of their social enterprises aimed at preparing young people entering the workforce as well as their vocational training and a job placement program in the city of Tainan.

REACH

REACH is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to address the ongoing needs of the most disadvantaged young people across Vietnam and empower them through vocational skills training courses and solid employment opportunities as well as confidence building and support post-graduation.

Credit Suisse supports their vocational training and employment program for disadvantaged young people across Vietnam.

Friends International (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand)

Friends-International is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and building futures for young people, families and communities; specifically supporting marginalized young people to become functional, productive citizens.

Credit Suisse supports their Futures project in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia and its replication in two new countries (Malaysia and Myanmar). Futures provides young people with tailored training and support to access safe, gainful and dignified employment.

Accion (Indonesia, Philippines)

Accion is a not-for-profit organization that contributes to building a financially inclusive world with access to economic opportunity for all. Accion Venture Lab (AVL) is their seed stage investment vehicle focusing on financial inclusion through fintech. 

Credit Suisse supports AVL in Southeast Asia to catalyze investments in fintech early-stage companies and provide them with pre- and post-investment capacity building support.

Generation (Thailand, Vietnam)

Generation is a not-for-profit organization that supports youth employment through ambitious programs that accelerate learning, place disconnected young adults in jobs, and give them the skills and support they need to achieve enduring personal and professional success. 

Credit Suisse supports their healthcare training program in Thailand and a feasibility assessment to launch Generation in Vietnam.

INCO (Korea, Thailand, Vietnam)

INCO is a not-for-profit organization that equips young people facing barriers to employment with the skills needed to secure good jobs in various sectors (green, digital, health, farming). 

Credit Suisse supports one of their training programs focusing on green skills for ICT young professionals.