ONE BY ONE - Germany Amway NewsRoom
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ONE BY ONE - Germany Amway NewsRoom
ONE BY ONE HELPING CHILDREN ACROSS EUROPE Because We Care CONTENTS Action for children around the world The Amway One by One Campaign: helping children across Europe, Africa and around the world • Amway Volunteering Day – giving a helping hand Examples of Amway One by One projects supported in Europe in 2014 Amway is a family business that has long focused on supporting children. We believe that children are our future – and we must ensure that they have the best possible chances to grow up into healthy, happy, well-educated adults with all the opportunities they deserve Amway is committed to acting as an exemplary corporate citizen in the communities where we operate, through positive action to help children. Our Amway One by One Campaign for children is now 12 years old – that means twelve years of helping children to learn, grow and develop. Around the world, Amway has touched the lives of over 12 million kids – through a wide range of high-impact initiatives bringing together employees and distributors alike. 4 ACTION FOR CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children(1) has studied the living conditions of the world’s young people for the past 30 years – and while much positive progress has been made in many parts of the globe, there is clearly much still to do. The 2.2 billion children living on our planet need us to continue making progress towards a healthier, safer and more inclusive world. As UNICEF and WHO point out, over 6 million children under 5 years of age die every year, mostly from preventable causes(2) (3), while many more young people are at risk and living below the poverty line. Also in Europe this number has increased since the beginning of the economic downturn(4) – in Ireland, Croatia, Latvia, Greece and Iceland, child poverty rates even rose by over 50% between 2008 and 2014(5). Across the 28 EU member states, 28% of under-18s are at risk of poverty and social exclusion(6). And young people face many other challenges, for example in regard to health – with one in three European 11-year-olds now obese(7). Helping marginalised children, encouraging sport, supporting healthy eating and lifestyles, and boosting educational opportunities, can help move Europe in a positive direction. We believe that children need the best possible start in life, and aim to contribute to making a positive change. Amway Volunteering Day in Hungary AMWAY ONE BY ONE CAMPAIGN: HELPING CHILDREN ACROSS EUROPE, AFRICA AND AROUND THE WORLD The Amway One by One Campaign for Children was founded by Amway as a global programme with the company, the distributors and employees work together to help children in need around the world. Amway Volunteering Day in Spain In 2014, the initiative reached 17,232 children across Europe, thanks to 33,649 volunteer hours contributed by distributors and employees – in addition to USD 636,519.86 in contributions (including USD 149,000 in UNICEF contributions). The campaign covered 77 projects in Europe– of which 41 dealt with health, 14 with education, and 22 did general fundraising. AMWAY VOLUNTEERING DAY – GIVING A HELPING HAND Amway Volunteering Day in the United Kingdom Following the Amway Global Volunteering Day in 2013 and to celebrate UN International Volunteering Day on December 5th 2014, Amway organised many different volunteering activities across Europe on this one day. Amway employees and distributors supported local initiatives that all focus on child nutrition and well-being. We believe that in order to truly be a good corporate citizen, we must encourage people at all levels of the business – both employees and distributors – to volunteer their time and expertise to turn ambitious projects into reality. 825 volunteers from 26 different countries participated. Amway Volunteering Day in Italy In Poland, employees organised a fun day involving theatre, gifts and food for the patients of the Child Health Centre Institute – while in Croatia, furniture was donated to a Children’s Home in Zagreb. In the Czech Republic our team decorated the Traumatology Center for children for Christmas. In Italy, we organised a meal packaging day for the NGO “Stop Hunger Now”. While in Norway we supported the NGO Kirkens Bymisjon in the ROBUST project to prevent and tackle youth problems among children from poor families who are often bullied and/or have health problems. Other countries saw information days organised on malnutrition and health – notably in Lyon, France. Meanwhile, in the UK and Ireland, distributors organised a raffle with hampers for charity. And at the European headquarters in Puchheim, Germany, 30 employees worked to create a play room for children at a refugee initial registration facility in Fuerstenfeldbruck. Amway Volunteering Day in Croatia 5 EXAMPLES OF ONE BY ONE PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY AMWAY EUROPE IN 2014 Country Project Community Europe Support to the “Tutudesk campaign” for schoolchildren Amway Europe and South Africa supported the Tutudesk campaign, which provides lapdesks for students who have no desk in School or at home. Austria Children’s cancer fundraising Donation to the Austrian Children’s Cancer Aid organisation Belgium Donations to children’s organisations Company donation to Terres Rouges (street children in Africa), Cité Joyeuse (school for disabled children) and SOS Children’s Village. Czech Republic Child traumatology centres Amway donated to the Kolecko Foundation in support of child traumatology centres. Czech Republic Donation to an orphanage Amway distributors donated products to an orphanage in the Czech Republic. Denmark Support for the “Julemærkefonden” foundation providing homes for special needs children Amway Denmark supported the Danish Foundation “Julemærkefonden”, which provides homes in Denmark for children that have special needs. In 2014, we made product donations, cash donations, organised a run for “Julemærkefonden” at community event in Copenhagen, provided 15 places at the Milan Junior Camps (soccer summer schools for children) in DK, and used a special logo in all e-mails sent from Amway Denmark to support the “Julemærkefonden”. Further, Amway Denmark collected waste after the Roskilden Festival to raise funds for the foundation. Finland Run to support girls’ education in Nepal (UNICEF) Amway Finland has a partnership with UNICEF Finland in supporting education for girls in Nepal (in line with the Finnish Government’s support). As part of this, staff and distributors ran for the programme each year at Naisten Kymppi (10 km run for women). Finland Supporting UNICEF Global Parent Programme 483 distributors in Finland supported the UNICEF Global Parent Programme. Germany Supporting child entrepreneurship Amway provided a cash donation to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) for supporting entrepreneurship education among children. Germany Supporting children’s rights Support of the festivities on children’s rights with the German Child Protection League via cash donations and volunteering. Germany School support Support for two elementary schools in Puchheim (cash donation, Amway has taken over the sponsorship of one of the Puchheim children’s forum’s projects on a cleaner environment). Germany Support for the Fuerstenfeldbruck music Cash donation to a Polish-German music and football youth camp. school Germany Supporting the Fuerstenfeldbruck foundation Taking over the cost and organization of postal services for the foundation. Germany Food banks More than 600 kg of pasta collected to be donated to food banks in Puchheim, Hamburg, Berlin, Muenster and Bayreuth. Germany UNICEF Run Schwerin Amway distributors raised money through a run. Greece Donation to children’s care and training centre Donating home care products to the Sikiarideio Foundation Open Care Training Center for children and young adults with intellectual and learning disabilities from the ages of 5 to 21. Greece Food donations to social grocery Donating food products on Easter to the Social Grocery of the Municipality of Marousi in Athens to support families in need. Hungary Supporting children’s hospitals Amway supported paediatric departments at hospitals in Gyor, Szekesfehervar and Debrecen and donated to SOTE Children’s Hospital via a Charity Cycling event and Budapest Half Marathon. Ireland Special Olympics Supporting the Special Olympics in Ireland by fundraising through raffles, prize draws and other activities at the Dublin centre with distributors and staff. Italy Football for disadvantaged children Continued cooperation with the Naples soccer tournament for disadvantaged children, started 3 year ago as part of the Goal by Goal initiative together with the AC Milan foundation, by supporting them with their press activities by giving visibility towards our channels. Italy Support to local Rome NGOs As part of the opening of the Amway Business Center in Rome, a cheque was given to the Municipality of Rome to support three different projects: restoration works at Falcone Borsellino and Fratelli Bandiera schools, as well as the purchase of two brand new seesaws especially designed for disabled children. Italy Supporting a children’s hospital Support of the Meyer Children’s Hospital in Florence by providing funds for the purchase of an advanced newborn dummy simulator for infant medical emergency training. Italy Donation to Mangwana NGO Funds were raised for the Mangwana NGO, an association which operates in Madagascar for social development of local communities, including initiatives for children’s education and environmental improvements. 6 Lithuania Supporting the “Kablio parkas” sport centre To support the “Kablio parkas” sport centre, an NGO that helps talented young sportspeople, Amway gave a donation for each participant in the “Velomarathon” as part of the NUTRILITE team. Norway UNICEF Norway run for schools in Africa Support for schools in Africa - Amway ran for UNICEF at Sentrumsløbet in Oslo. Norway Helping troubled youths Amway supported the Kirkens Bymisjon NGO in the ROBUST project, which aimed to prevent and tackle problems among children from poor families, as well as victims of bullying and young people with health problems. Poland Cooperation with the Upbringing Through Sport Foundation Amway organised events for 2400 children aged 9-12 years old with physical activity, education and entertainment in Warsaw, Poznan and Gdansk. Amway also supported the “Kids with Nature Run” and the Independence Day Run. Poland Donation to the Children’s Memorial Health Institute Amway donated around 350 games and toys for children at the Children’s Memorial Health Institute. Portugal Painting the APLAS cancer support facility Painting the new facility of the NGO APLAS, which supports families which have children with cancer in Casçais and Lisbon. Romania Junior Achievement Company Programme Supporting this educational programme which facilitates students’ access to learning through entrepreneurship activities with a special module related to marketing, sales and retail business. Romania Supporting the ASCHF-R Association for disabled children Sponsoring the ASCHF-R Association which helps children with disabilities, giving them equal opportunities to education. Romania Breakfast with Organizatia Salvati Copii for children Breakfast event with children from the NGO Organizatia Salvati Copii, the Foundation Save the Children. Slovakia Supporting the USMEV NGO helping children and families Supporting USMEV NGO, which looks after families in need and runs homes for children. Slovakia Decorating an Orphanage Decorating the premises of the Detský Domov Nadeje orphanage in Bernolákovo for Christmas. Slovenia Supporting the Slovenian association of friends of youth Supporting ZPMS – the Slovenian association of friends of youth, an organisation aimed at quality of life for children, young people and families and protecting rights of young people. Spain Donations for scholarships with Red Cross Spain (Cruz Roja) Supporting Red Cross Spain (Cruz Roja) in its work together with the Social Inclusion Area of the City Council for the marginalized village «El Gallinero» close to Madrid by donating for scholarships. Sweden Support for anti-bullying NGO Amway Sweden supported the Swedish Foundation “Friends” which helps children in Sweden that are being bullied in schools and/or in sports clubs – this support was via cash donations by Amway and distributors, a run for “Friends” at a community event in Stockholm, and 25 seats at the AC Milan Junior Camps – (soccer summer schools for children – in Sweden. Switzerland Donation to a disabled centre Donation to the Blumenhaus Buchegg for disabled people. Turkey Supporting volleyball in schools Amway supported the Seeds of Volleyball project in cooperation with the Turkish Volleyball Federation, which aims to promote volleyball nationwide in elementary schools. Turkey Donation of cleaning products and computers Amway donated cleaning products, laptops and desktop computers to schools, foundations and universities across Turkey. Ukraine Chestnut Run for children’s health A run to fundraise for the Children’s Centre of Cardiology and Cardiosurgery in Kyiv Ukraine Financial literacy for children Providing training on financial literacy and entrepreneurship for children aged 11-16 at schools and orphanages in different cities of Ukraine and shared experience at a final conference in December Ukraine Vth Kyiv City Marathon As the Team NUTRILITE, with 50 distributors and employees, had the biggest team in the event, Amway also organised the interactive Nutrilite-branded play zone for children with various sports activities; this was attended by over 150 children. Ukraine Amway Ukraine’s Employee Talent Team initiative The Amway Ukraine’s talent pool in 2014 organised a Week of charity for employees, where they had a fundraising initiative each day in the office. As the result, they were able to purchase toys for developmental and remedial work with children in the oncohematology department of the Sumy Regional Children’s Hospital, and a washing machine for a nursing home in the village Gruzke. Ukraine Distributor support for children’s sports A donation was given to a regional youth centre and a children’s sports centre, and an event in Ternopil focused on children’s sports and family outdoor activities. United Kingdom Support for Kids Company Supporting the “Kids company” (an organization that provides practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable children and young people) by providing food packages full of healthy and Christmas food treats for disadvantaged children. Distributors packed up the items that were purchased and put them into food parcels. v 7 v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Contact We welcome your views about our efforts to be a more sustainable company. You can contact us at: [email protected] Credits This report has been prepared by Amway Europe. Copyright © 2014 Amway Photographs in this report are copyright Amway GmbH unless otherwise stated. The paper used for this report is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. REFERENCES (1) http://www.unicef.org/sowc2014/numbers/documents/english/SOWC2014_In%20Numbers_28%20Jan.pdf (2) http://www.unicef.org/sowc2014/numbers/documents/english/SOWC2014_In%20Numbers_28%20Jan.pdf (3) http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/mortality_under_five/en/ (4) http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/sites/default/files/documents/child-poverty-and-social-exclusion-in- europe-low-res.pdf (5) http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/child-poverty-rise-even-rich-eu-countries-309574 (6) EU-SILC (2013) European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. (7) http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/obesity/data-and-statistics