- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=AIDA opens first school in the Philippines financed by donations https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/249866?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/249866?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/249866?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=AIDA opens first school in the Philippines financed by donations&body=ESG News from Carnival Corporation https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/249866?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Philanthropy](/categories/philanthropy) # AIDA opens first school in the Philippines financed by donations ##### AIDA Cruise & Help: The new initiative bundles the company’s charity projects May 24, 2019 2:10 PM ET Campaign: [Philanthropy & Community- Carnival Corporation Giving Back to the Community](/news/campaign/philanthropy-community-carnival-corporation-giving-back-community) May 24, 2019 /3BL Media/ — On May 9, 2019, AIDA Cruises celebrated the inauguration of the first school in Cebu, Philippines, built with donations from the AIDA Cruise & Help initiative. Felix Eichhorn, President AIDA Cruises, symbolically cut the ribbon in front of the building and opened the newly built classrooms for around 40 children. “As a cruise company, we want to share our success and help to improve living conditions in poor countries. Our goal is to enable as many children and young people as possible to attend school and thus improve their prospects for the future”, explains Felix Eichhorn. AIDA Cruise & Help will be the umbrella for all future charitable projects of the cruise company. The projects will focus particularly on the sustainable improvement of future prospects for children and young people in threshold and developing countries as well as on social and cultural projects both regionally and internationally. There is a strong connection with many of these regions, on the one hand because they are home to many AIDA crewmembers, on the other hand because our ships with the smiling lips travel to these regions. That is why AIDA Cruises has chosen Cebu-City, in the northeast of the island Cebu, as the location for its first school. Partner in this charity project is the Reiner Meutsch Foundation FLY & HELP. Within the scope of various charity events aboard the AIDA fleet and ashore, AIDA Cruises was able to collect over 200,000 euros within just a few month. Regular campaigns in favor of AIDA Cruise & Help aboard and ashore will follow. 100 percent of the donations will go to charitable organizations. More information about AIDA Cruise & Help, specific activities and possibilities to get involved and donate are bundled on the website [www.aida.de/cruiseandhelp](http://www.aida.de/cruiseandhelp). Rostock, May 23, 2019 [![Carnival Corporation Logo](/sites/default/files/2026-05/Carnival%20Corporation%20Logo%20FC.png)](/profiles/carnival-corporation-ltd) ### More from Carnival Corporation ###### [Carnival Corporation Team Members Around the World Unite To Celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day](/news/carnival-corporation-team-members-around-world-unite-celebrate-international-coastal-cleanup) Sep 30, 2026 9:30 AM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Sets New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Reduction Target](/news/carnival-corporation-sets-new-greenhouse-gas-emissions-intensity-reduction-target) Aug 6, 2026 12:25 PM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to The Bahamas](/news/carnival-corporation-expands-surplus-meal-donation-program-bahamas) Jul 20, 2026 9:00 AM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Expands Surplus Meal Donation Program to the Dominican Republic](/news/carnival-corporation-expands-surplus-meal-donation-program-dominican-republic) Jun 25, 2026 12:35 PM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Expands Shore Power Commitment](/news/carnival-corporation-expands-shore-power-commitment) Mar 19, 2026 1:00 PM ET ###### [HEAT, Carnival Donate $1M To Direct Relief in Support of Hurricane Recovery Efforts](/news/heat-carnival-donate-1m-direct-relief-support-hurricane-recovery-efforts) Oct 28, 2025 4:00 PM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Expands Meal Donation Program Into Latin America for the First Time](/news/carnival-corporation-expands-meal-donation-program-latin-america-first-time) Oct 2, 2025 9:30 AM ET ###### [Carnival Corporation Executive Vicky Rey Appointed to Champions 12.3 Global Coalition ](/news/carnival-corporation-executive-vicky-rey-appointed-champions-123-global-coalition) Jul 23, 2025 9:15 AM ET