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Building Brighter Financial Futures: Sun Life and Aflatoun International partner to boost financial literacy for more than 30,000 domestic workers across Asia
Sun Life, in partnership with global non-governmental organization Aflatoun International, has announced the launch of "Brighter Financial Futures", a regional philanthropy program designed to improve financial literacy among domestic workers in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.
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