Kia Motors Corporation today announced the expansion of its ongoing global CSR program, the 'Green Light Project', as it celebrated the grand opening of a new Green Light School in Helene, Mozambique.

The ceremony drew an attendance of 1,500 local residents and dignitaries, including Mr. Agostinho Trinta, National Director of Mozambique's Ministry of Education, and Ms. Regina Miguel Langa, Provincial Director for Education. Key Kia figures behind the project also attended the grand opening, including Mr. Mun-Yong Chung, President of Kia Middle East & Africa Regional Headquarters, and Mr. Chang-Muk Choi, Kia Motors Corporation's Head of CSR Management Team.

Since its establishment in 2012, Kia's Green Light Project – a global social mobility program – has sought to improve the accessibility of health and education for disadvantaged youths in some of the poorest regions in the world. Kia's latest Green Light School initiative is the first in Mozambique, and follows two years of investments in Tanzania and Malawi.

The new project is also accompanied by vehicles to support the school's operation, including school buses and an ambulance service. The first stage of Kia's project in Mozambique will continue until 2018. Kia expects to make a total investment of 14 million USD in the project over the next five years.