Caterpillar foundation to support the emergency safety education of left behind children 

A part of Chinese poverty alleviation fund as the Caterpillar foundation in support of the special fund for disaster preparedness and mitigation work, August 15th to 30, "China poverty alleviation fund launch, Caterpillar foundation children plan left-behind children safety training in Hejiang county and Luzhou city of Sichuan province Xuyong County, Anyue County, Ziyang City, Neijiang City. In the county, Ya'an City, Hanyuan county.

The training includes waterproof, anti sexual assault, food safety, children's rights and interests, first aid knowledge and many other aspects. Through training camp parenting experience + classroom training, help children to identify security risks, improve safety awareness, to learn and master self-help skills, enhance the ability to protect themselves from the risk and, at the same time promoting the positive interaction between parents and children and exchange.

The number of left behind children in rural areas of China is over 61 million, accounting for 22% of the total number of children in China, and the ratio of unintentional injuries to left behind children is about 8% higher than that of non left behind children. During the winter vacation, safety training will also be in Nanjiang County, Bazhong City, Tongjiang County, Dazhou City, Yingshan County, Tongchuan District of Nanchong city Gaoping District launched, there will be about 35 thousand left-behind children benefit from.

In China, Caterpillar is committed to becoming recognized, responsible, contributing "corporate citizen"". The Caterpillar foundation focus from the process of urbanization China the environment and education challenges, and is committed to meet the basic needs of human life, especially rural migrant workers and the families of women and girls. Caterpillar encourages all employees to participate in community activities conducive to the public interest, help to improve the quality of their work and life of the community life, realize community prosperity and sustainable development.