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As Group General Manager for HRV, one of the stats that consistently stands out for me is that one in eight Kiwi kids has asthma. I was thinking about that while driving to work this morning. I was behind a school bus with maybe 40 or 50 kids on it. Odds on, that means five or six of them live with asthma. Imagine being a kid and having to put up with shortness of breath, chest pain, and coughing so much you can’t sleep. You see, my wife and daughter are asthma sufferers, and currently my 3-year-old grandson has more than his fair share if bronchial related sick days. So I know firsthand how scary this can be, and that something needs to be done about it, urgently! I’m happy to say that our team at HRV is on it, as ‘Making all Kiwi homes healthier’ is our purpose, the reason we come to work each day. This May, HRV will give $100 from every new ventilation system sold (apart from upgrades and our Lite offering) to the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ. They’ll use that money to train New Zealand health professionals on asthma and COPD, so all New Zealanders with asthma have better access to the healthcare they need to stay healthy. HRV home ventilation is one way we’re helping, by creating drier, warmer, healthier homes. Not everyone lives in an HRV home though. So I hope this donation will help all Kiwis with asthma – and maybe those five or six kids on the bus.
Awesome initiative Norman. My eldest daughter suffered with Asthma as a youngster and was on ventilators very early on in life. Well done to you and HRV!
BDM ONE NZ Strategic Team
5moPreventative is alway the best option