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===Community engagement=== * '''EYE SEE project'''<br />Sony Corporation is actively involved in the EYE SEE project conducted by [[UNICEF]]. EYE SEE digital photography workshops have been run for children in Argentina, Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Rwanda, Liberia and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNICEF and Sony photo workshop promotes rights with Darwin's indigenous youth |url=http://www.unicef.org.au/Media/Media-Releases/April-2013/UNICEF-and-Sony-photo-workshop-promotes-rights-wit.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516162216/http://www.unicef.org.au/Media/Media-Releases/April-2013/UNICEF-and-Sony-photo-workshop-promotes-rights-wit.aspx |archive-date=16 May 2013 |website=unicef.org.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2011 |title=Seeing Mali: a digital project for children β in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2011/jun/16/mali-digital-camera-project-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2020-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010003821/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2011/jun/16/mali-digital-camera-project-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''South Africa Mobile Library Project'''<br />Sony assists The South Africa Primary Education Support Initiative (SAPESI) through financial donations and children book donations to the South Africa Mobile Library Project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony helps S African mobile library project |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/sony-helps-s-african-mobile-library-project |access-date=11 February 2015 |website=japantoday.com |date=29 May 2008 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113934/http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/sony-helps-s-african-mobile-library-project |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''The Sony Canada Charitable Foundation'''<br />The Sony Canada Charitable Foundation (SCCF) is a non-profit organization which supports three key charities; the Make-A-Wish Canada, the United Way of Canada and the EarthDay and ECOKIDS program. * '''Sony Foundation and You Can'''<br />After the [[2010β11 Queensland floods|2011 Queensland floods]] and [[Black Saturday bushfires|Victorian bushfires]], Sony Music released benefit albums with money raised going to the Sony Foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |date=5 October 2012 |title=Sony Foundation Funds Salvos Sound Point Centre In Goodna |work=noise11.com |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/sony-foundation-funds-salvos-sound-point-centre-in-goodna-20121005 |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=2020-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101110721/http://www.noise11.com/news/sony-foundation-funds-salvos-sound-point-centre-in-goodna-20121005 |url-status=live }}</ref> You Can is the youth cancer program of Sony Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2014 |title=Sony Foundation raises over $880k with Wharf4Ward |url=http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/the-sony-foundation-raises-over-880k-with-wharf4ward/0140322 |website=mcvpacific.com |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919052400/http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/the-sony-foundation-raises-over-880k-with-wharf4ward/0140322 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''Open Planet Ideas Crowdsourcing Project'''<br />Sony launched its Open Planet Ideas Crowdsourcing Project, in partnership with the [[World Wildlife Fund]] and the design group, [[IDEO]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beavis |first=Simon |date=26 May 2011 |title=Sony β engaging untapped audience through crowdsourcing |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sony-untapped-audience-crowdsourcing-project |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2020-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203140230/https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sony-untapped-audience-crowdsourcing-project |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Street Football Stadium Project'''<br />On the occasion of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Sony partnered with {{Proper name|streetfootballworld}} and launched the Street Football Stadium Project to support football-based educational programmes in local communities across Latin America and Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2014 |title=Stadiums to go: streetfootballworld partners with Sony to support Brazilian and Latin American communities β |url=http://www.streetfootballworld.org/latest/blog/stadiums-go-streetfootballworld-partners-sony-support-local-communities#sthash.y2p34iqv.dpuf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211234600/http://www.streetfootballworld.org/latest/blog/stadiums-go-streetfootballworld-partners-sony-support-local-communities |archive-date=11 February 2015 |website=streetfootballworld}}</ref> More than 25 Street Stadiums were developed since the project's inception.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2014 |title=Sony Street Stadiums β |url=http://www.streetfootballworld.org/project/sony-street-stadiums |website=streetfootballworld |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106202512/https://www.streetfootballworld.org/project/sony-street-stadiums |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''The Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19'''<br />During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Sony launched a relief fund in line with other media and tech companies to aid individuals working in the medical, education, and entertainment sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2 April 2020 |title=Sony Establishes $100M COVID-19 Global Relief Fund |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/sony-launches-100-million-global-relief-fund-coronavirus-covid-19-1202898470/ |access-date=16 September 2020 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228031414/https://deadline.com/2020/04/sony-launches-100-million-global-relief-fund-coronavirus-covid-19-1202898470/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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