HPH has long regarded education as the basis for sustainable development. Our Dock School Programme is at the forefront of our efforts to ensure children in the communities where we do business have the skills they need to realise their full potential, better their employment prospects and succeed in the 21^st Century.

In addition to the Dock School Programme, HPH member ports worldwide support a variety of other educational initiatives covering enhancements to school facilities, educational programmes, extracurricular activities, scholarships, and donations of uniforms, food and school supplies. Below are some of the recent examples:

• Teamed up with Mexico's Union of Businessmen for Technological Education, a non-profit organization, to build eight computer centres complete with Internet access for eight public schools across four states in Mexico, benefiting over hundreds of primary and secondary school children.
• Gave new computers to schools of The Citizens Foundation, many of which had been completely rebuilt following the October 2005 Pakistan earthquake.
• Sponsored the purchase of a "GMDSS Communications Simulator to enhance the training programme of Myanmar Maritime University. "

• Sponsored the construction of a school building for the Salvation Army School for the Blind in Balboa, Panama.
• Provided financial support to two UK high schools to help them in their transition towards becoming specialist arts and technology schools.
• Donated cement to two rural schools for the construction of new facilities in Tanzania.
• Donated books to Xiamen Haicang Fengshan Primary School and Haicang Zhendai Primary School in Xiamen, China.

• Donated to Yunnan Dahai Hope Primary School in Yunnan, China to fund teaching, training, scholarships, materials and cultural exchanges.
• Funded an educational programme at Pulau Indah Primary School in Malaysia.
• Took part in the School-Company Partnership programme of the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council to help Hong Kong students better understand the operations of private enterprises. 
• Organised a programme called I Care to improve the communication skills and enrich the educations of rural students around Shanghai, China.

• Granted scholarships to Bahamian students with superior academic qualifications. 
• Donated to Shanghai Wusong High School in China to help students whose families were experiencing financial difficulties.
• Donated Christmas gifts to underprivileged children at local schools in Ensenada, Mexico.
• Provided school bags, notebooks, pencils and stationeries to more than 30,000 boys and girls from low-income families in various communities in Panama.