Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation (Thailand)
In Thailand, approximately 5,000 babies are born with congenital heart disease each year, and about 1,500 children with congenital heart disease are left untreated every year. In response to the need to perform the necessary surgeries on these young children, friends and surgeons of the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at Rajvithi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand founded the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Foundation in June 1997. The Foundation's goals are to increase the number of heart surgeries performed per year and to provide surgery in time to save more lives. To reach these goals, the current Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Rajvithi Hospital must be expanded in order to accommodate more children. The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation donated US$20,000 in April 2003, and pledged to donate another US$20,000 in 2004, to help purchase equipment for the expanded ICU. The new unit will allow the hospital to operate on 500 more children annually and to allow the children to recuperate under direct medical supervision. Additionally, the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation donated $10,000 (in June 2001) and $5,000 (in October 2000) to the cause.

Po Leung Kuk
On February 15, 2003, more than 60 Hong Kong distributors and staff members visited the Po Leung Kuk charity and the brand new Nu Skin Family Resources & Services Zone there. They reported that they had a wonderful time playing with the children and observing how the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation grants are helping the families and children in need.

Over the years the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation has made several donations to Po Leung Kuk, a Hong Kong organization committed to helping improve the lives of children. One of the oldest charities in Hong Kong, the Kuk was founded in 1878 with the main objective of "caring for the young and protecting the innocent." In the early days, the Kuk was primarily engaged in suppressing the abduction of women and children and providing shelter for such victims. Over the century, the Kuk has gradually evolved into a diversified organization in line with social and economic changes. Presently under the Kuk's umbrella are more than 155 units throughout the territory, providing social services including welfare (residential care for children, day care for infants, rehabilitation service for the mentally retarded and elderly), education and recreation.

(Web site: http://www.poleungkuk.org.hk)

Polish Humanitarian Action Foundation
The Force for Good Foundation presented a $6,000 check to the Polish Humanitarian Action Foundation. The presentation was made in June 1998 during ceremonies held to mark the beginning of the Nu Skin business in Poland. The donation is being used to provide at least one hot meal per day to schoolchildren in northeastern Poland. One hot meal costs 2 zloty (US$0.57) - which means the Nu Skin donation will provide approximately 10,500 meals.

Primary School in China
Many schools in rural China are in disrepair and lack basic teaching equipment. In response to this need and to the school drop-out rate in China, The Force for Good Foundation donated approximately US$60,000 to China Project Hope for the construction of a Hope Primary School at Guo Cun Village in Zhejiang Province. Groundbreaking took place in March 2002 and construction will be completed in November 2002. The new three-story school building will serve 620 students living within 10 miles of the village. Additionally, Nu Skin Enterprises will donate textbooks and study materials on an ongoing basis. China Project Hope is a nationwide undertaking designed to address the school drop-out problem in China and to help set up school buildings in the poverty-stricken areas.

Product donation for relief of the Oklahoma tornado victims
The Force for Good Foundation provided personal care products for the tornado-ravaged areas of Oklahoma in 1999. A truckload of Nu Skin personal care products left the company's Provo distribution center May 7, 1999 and arrived in Oklahoma City May 9. The shipment consisted of soap, shampoo, antibacterial cleansing gel, hand and body lotion. More than 150 Nu Skin distributors helped distribute the products.

Product Donation for Victims of Flooding in North Dakota
Body Cleansing Gel, Shampoo B, and Liquid Body Lufra, Nu Skin Personal Care products, were provided to the victims of flooding in North Dakota in May 1997. Total wholesale value of the donation was $189,000. The donation was made through Brother to Brother, a nonprofit, non-denominational charitable organization based in Tucson, Arizona. Part of the shipment was trucked to the area free of charge by the C.R. England Trucking Company. A thank you letter from the charity which distributed the products said, "We are so grateful for your generous donation. This donation has been designated for use as flood relief and will benefit many people who have suffered through the devastating floods in North Dakota and Minnesota. It will be used solely for the care of the ill, needy, and infants."

Product Donation for Victims of Flooding in Poland
In August 1997, heavy rains in Poland produced devastating flooding. Nu Skin International responded by shipping two truckloads of products to the affected area. The donation was made through Brother to Brother International, Inc., a nonprofit, non-denominational charitable organization specializing in providing gifts-in-kind to needy charities worldwide, with transportation assistance from the Polish-American Congress. Thousands of units of Break Bars, Splash C, and Pocket Fuel were provided for the use of victims and rescue workers. Total wholesale value of the donation was more than $921,000.

Project Hope
Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) provides basic health care to women and children on agricultural estates and villages in the African country of Malawi. A $20,000 grant from the Force for Good Foundation in April 2002 served to renovate two existing buildings on two estates and to equip them to function as birthing centers. These centers will serve pregnant and laboring women on these estates who often travel up to 50 or more miles to reach labor and delivery services.

Reach the Children
Reach the Children is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to strengthening families by providing education and health care for children, vocational training for parents, and teaching self reliance and principle-based values. It operates more than a dozen projects in East Africa and West Africa. These projects include expanding the schools, health clinics, micro-credit programs, agricultural and water projects, and anti-poverty advocacy efforts. In April 2001 the Force for Good Foundation contributed $5,000 to help fund the construction of a boarding school for girls in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rising Star Outreach-Sangitha Toddler Home (India)
The Sangitha Toddler Home in Chennai, India is home to approximately 40 abandoned children ages two to five. Some of the children are children of lepers, and some have been abused or neglected. In the Sangitha home, they are cared for by Paul and Grace Moses through funding from Rising Star Outreach, a non-profit organization centered in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility housing the Sangitha Toddler Home is becoming inadequate to meet the needs of an increasing number of children. An April 2003 donation of $US10,000 from the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation will help provide a home large enough to house approximately 100 children.

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Sick Children in Iceland
During the opening of Iceland as a market for Nu Skin products in June 1999, a donation of $10,000 was made to Umhyggja, a voluntary association for the welfare of sick children. During the opening meetings, the Icelandic distributors collected an additional $4,600 among themselves to donate to Umhyggja. The charity was established in 1995 as an umbrella organization to provide support for various groups of sick children and their families.

Solar energy system for Utwa-Walung Marine Park Community Center on Kosrae, Micronesia
Kosrae is one of the least-developed island states of the Federated States of Micronesia. The shores of this 109-square kilometer island are home to pristine mangrove forests protected by the establishment of the Utwa-Walung Marine Park. One of the most striking elements of the park is a large community center. But the center does not have a source of electrical power. Connecting the center to power lines would have been expensive and would have required destroying mangroves, so the Force for Good Foundation, through the Seacology Foundation, provided $22,000 to install a solar energy system in 2000.

Surf Lifesaving (Australia)
On February 15, 2000, Nu Skin Australia entered into a three-year sponsorship with Surf Lifesaving Australia whose mission statement is "…to provide a safe beach and aquatic environment throughout Australia." In 2001, the Force for Good Foundation contributed $12,500 to financially support an "education officer." Surf Lifesaving Australia is responsible for the overall management, promotion and growth of surf lifesaving practices. It has over 100,000 club members and more than 60 years of tradition and achievements. To keep beaches safe, surf lifesavers patrol beaches from September to April, spending in excess of 48,000 volunteer hours. On average they perform 380 rescues, 6,000 preventative actions and treat 2,200 first aid cases each year. Since recording began in 1938 they have rescued 23,400 lives. The Foundation's donation will support a Surf Lifesaving Safety and Aquatic Education Program by committing to the ongoing education of school-aged children via a Surf Lifesaving "Education Officer."

Swedish Biodiversity Centre
When Nu Skin Enterprises opened for business in Sweden on September 17, 1998, the company made a donation of 100,000 krona (about $U.S.12,500) to the Swedish Biodiversity Centre in Upsalla for the purpose of preserving knowledge of plant and animal life and their uses. The knowledge of indigenous people in Sweden now lies in the last generation; most with knowledge of plant life are 70-80 years old. The Swedes wanted this knowledge documented to help medical advances in the 21st Century.

Taiwan Island-Wide Plantation Project
Nu Skin independent distributors in Taiwan united for a series of activities, including the planting of 200,000 trees in central Taiwan. John Chou, Taiwan Country General Manager of Nu Skin Enterprises, organized a symposium to restore the mangrove trees in Taiwan. Scientists f1rom around the world attended. Nearly half of the mangrove trees in the world have been lost, but new trees were planted in Taiwan and a book on the topic has been published. The Force for Good and Seacology Foundations contributed $40,000 to the project.

Tafua Rainforest Reserve Information Center
The sale of Nu Skin products assisted in saving the Tafua rain forest by providing the money to build an information center which serves as an office, library, rain forest information resource center and tourist center. The center also provides an income to this area of Samoa.

The Hunger Project
Five percent of all Japanese Blue Diamond commissions in November 1998 were donated to The Hunger Project (THP). In addition, Nu Skin Japan contributed three million yen ($25,000) and Nu Skin Enterprises' Force for Good Foundation donated another $25,000 to the project. The Hunger Project is a worldwide organization with global offices in New York City. The Project has invested in 12 countries for the training of people, planting trees, building sanitary latrines, running schools, etc. This is a strategic approach to eliminating hunger by empowering people to achieve lasting, society-wide solutions. THP has helped people in India, Bangladesh, Latin America and Africa to achieve breakthroughs in health, education, food production, nutrition, the empowerment of women and improved incomes.

The Rose Education Foundation (Guatemala)
The Rose Education Foundation has taken a profound interest in the education of economically disadvantaged Guatemalan children since the Foundation's inception in 1997. Previously faced with the prospect of illiteracy, hundreds of children in Guatemala now receive an education at schools established by the foundation. With only modest libraries, consisting of as little as one bookshelf, the need for facilities and books is essential to the continued development of the children. A $15,000 grant from the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation will fund the construction of a new library facility at a school in Patzicia, Guatemala.

Toothpaste for Africa
In 1998 Nu Skin donated a large amount of AP-24 toothpaste (75,000 units) to Brother to Brother for dispersion in Africa. Brother to Brother is a nonprofit, non-denominational charitable organization specializing in providing gifts-in-kind to needy charities worldwide.

TOUCH—Take One Ukrainian Child’s Hand
The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation donated $20,000 to TOUCH in late 2002. The TOUCH (Take One Ukrainian Child’s Hand) project is a sponsorship program for disadvantaged Ukrainian children. The money was used to purchase 120 beds, mattresses, pillows, blankets, linens and a new playground facility at the Chaslivtsi Orphanage near the city of Uzhgorod, Ukraine. The donations will replace many old and broken down beds and provide needed warmth in the winter.

Very Special Arts (Singapore) Very Special Arts Singapore (VSA Singapore) is a charity that was launched in September 1993 to provide people with disabilities with opportunities to access the arts for rehabilitation and social integration. VSA Singapore is a partially-funded affiliate of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS). It is also a non-funded affiliate of Very Special Arts International [USA] and her network of organizations in more than 83 countries. In July 2001, in conjunction with Nu Skin Singapore's grand opening, the Force for Good Foundation donated $10,000 to VSA Singapore. (See www.vsa.org.sg) Click photo for larger view.

Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH)
The Force for Good Foundation donated $8,345 to Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH). This donation was made in conjunction with Team Pharmanex, the winning team of the Brazil 2000 ELF Authentic Adventure, a 525-mile adventure race through northeast Brazil in April 2000. Before the race, Team Pharmanex joined VOSH to perform optometric services in an extremely low-income population in Sao Luis, Brazil. Because of the donation, 410 patients were examined, 325 pairs of eyeglasses were handed out, and $4,000 worth of medication was dispensed and donated. In November 2001, the Foundation approved an additional contribution of $12,000 to help the organization construct an examination room at the Pescatore Eye and Medical Specialty Hospital in Guatemala.

Wheelchair Foundation
In June 2001 the NSE Force for Good Foundation made a $3,000 grant to the Wheelchair Foundation. The Foundation provides wheelchairs to disabled persons in developing countries. An estimated 20-25 million disabled people worldwide need wheelchairs, though less than 1 percent own or have access to one. The wheelchairs provided by the Wheelchair Foundation are selected to withstand the rugged conditions of developing countries. They cost $150 each and are offered free to those most in need. The company's donation was made to a Florida Rotary Club which matched the donation, dollar-for-dollar. The $6,000 was then given to Rotary International which matched that amount, making the contribution $12,000. They sent it on to the Wheelchair Foundation which again matched the amount, bringing the total donation to $24,000.

World Vision Malaysia-New Covenant Community Center (Sentul, Malaysia)
More children in Sentul, a northern urban area of Kuala Lumpur, will have a place to learn and develop due in part to a US$10,000 grant from the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation in April 2003. New Covenant Community Center in Sentul consists of a learning center and a baby stimulation center. The donation will help provide a mini library, including books and other educational supplies, baby cribs, bottles, diapers, first aid kits, cognitive development materials and a new children's learning center. The New Covenant Community focuses on ministering to the urban poor in Sentul by providing non-formal education to needy children and on helping babies develop mentally. Until the donation, 45-70 children learned English and mathematics each day. The new children's learning center will double the number of children that can be accommodated. The donation was made through World Vision Malaysia, an organization that operates numerous projects to help rehabilitate victims of economic poverty, natural catastrophes and war.

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