Nokia Helping Hands

Nokia Helping Hands (NHH) was first conceptualised in the Asia-Pacific region in mid-2001 as a key corporate community
initiative to promote proactive staff volunteerism among Nokia employees across 14 markets. The key goals of NHH are to encourage an ongoing One-Nokia effort across
all business units and markets, to strengthen Nokia's corporate reputation as an involved partner in the community and to demonstrate our core values in community-related efforts. More on Nokia.com

Make a Connection

The Make a Connection program, a global initiative of the International Youth Foundation
and Nokia, started in April 2000. Promoting positive youth development, the program gives young people an opportunity to 'make a connection' to their communities, to their families and peers, and to themselves. In Asia Pacific, this program is running in China, Korea and the Philippines. More on Nokia.com

Nokia Arts Awards (1999 - 2001)

The Nokia Arts Awards was run from
1999 - 2001 to consciously promote the development of creative art across the Asia Pacific among the region's youth. For Nokia Arts Awards 2001, the theme was 'Eye on the World'.

One of the most comprehensive regional arts awards competition in the Asia Pacific, the Nokia Arts Awards
covered 14 markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Evident from the submissions of the past two years' competitions were the cultural and ethnic diversity, and the students' creativity in expressing their artistic views of the world they live in. Nokia received a total of 5,638 entries in 2000, a three-fold increase from when it began three years ago.