S-OIL Corporation (CEO: Nasser Al-Mahasher) donated 100 million won to Heart-Heart Orchestra, which is composed of youths with developmental disabilities, as a way to boost disabled people’s rehabilitation efforts and to provide their opportunities to learn.

 

To mark the Day of Disabled Persons, S-OIL presented the donation to the Heart-Heart Welfare Foundation (Director: Shin In-sook) at its head office lobby in Mapo-gu, Seoul at noon on April 12 and invited Heart-Heart Orchestra to perform in its “Culture-sharing Concert” for local residents and employees.

 

The donation will be used for supporting the youth orchestra’s various performances and providing musical education for low-income disabled youths with musical talents. S-OIL will also support the foundation of “Heart Miracle Ensemble” composed of seven Heart-Heart Orchestra members who graduated from music colleges and have become professional musicians and will support its performances to improve public understanding of disabled people.

 

“We’ve sponsored Heart-Heart Orchestra for four years to give disabled youths the opportunity to actively communicate with society through music and to improve public understanding of disabled people,” said an official at S-OIL. “We’ll continue to remain a solid companion for the orchestra, in order to help talented disabled youths realize their musical dreams and aspirations.”

 

Heart-Heart Orchestra is the first orchestra in Korea that consists of youths with developmental disabilities. The orchestra was established in March 2006 to develop disabled youths’ talents and help their social participation through the medium of music. Since the orchestra, which is composed of 53 developmentally disabled youths, gives touching performances after more than 1,000 practices, it is also called “Miracle Orchestra.”