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Carrefour Foundation – 2014 annual report –
Every month, volunteer employees
fromCarrefour Brazil devote four
hours of their time to a philanthropic
action to share their knowledge and
experience as part of the “
Voluntario
”
programme. In 2014, building on the
enthusiasm generated by the football
World Cup, Carrefour Brazil held a
solidarity competition between the
various stores, with the aim of rallying
staff to get involved, with a reward
in each region for the store that
mobilised the most volunteers.
It was an immediate success.
The number of stores involved in
volunteer actions rocketed to 60%!
Luiz Ricardo da Silva, a volunteer
from headquarters was proud of this
show of enthusiasm. “I firmly believe
in the infectiousness of volunteering.
As a social ambassador, I always
try to encourage colleagues to join
us and become part of the movement.”
In its nineteen years of existence,
the Carrefour Arts Festival, which was
created and supported by the Carrefour
Taiwan Cultural and Educational
Foundation, has helped and promoted
over 50 local arts groups, by organising
concerts, dance performances, circuses
and theatre productions that are open
to all. This imaginative event serves
as a platform for promoting talent.
Organised in partnership with the
local authorities, the festival brings
clients and Carrefour employees
together, in a spirit of infectious
enthusiasm! The 2014 festival
enabled 10 performances, featuring
5 local groups, to be staged in several
towns in Taiwan, with the profits from
ticket sales going towards training
for disadvantaged young people.
1
,
286
CARREFOUR VOLUNTEERS
MOBILISED THEIR EFFORTS
FOR 113 NGOS IN 2014
250
CARREFOUR EMPLOYEES WERE
INVOLVED IN THE 2014 FESTIVAL
OVER
15
,
000
PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OVER
3,500 FROM DEPRIVED AREAS
Carrefour Romania is supporting the
“Together for Rural Health” programme,
by the
OvidiuRo
association, which aims
to equip medical caravans to improve
access to healthcare for those living
in poverty. These caravans regularly
visit isolated communities where
the children who are examined had
sometimes never seen a doctor
before the programme started. In 2014,
schools in the remote villages of
Rosia (in Sibiu county) and Budila
(Bra ov county) were converted into
doctors’ offices, where specialists
and medical students offered free
consultations in paediatrics, cardiology,
radiology and ophthalmology.
Carrefour donated over 600 kg
of food products to the programme.
438
CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS
BENEFITTED FROM FREE MEDICAL
CONSULTATIONS IN 2014
SOLIDARITY
DURINGTHE
WORLDCUP
(Brazil)
HELPING
TOSPREAD
THEARTS
(Taiwan)
MEDICAL SERVICES
FORTHOSE LIVING
INPOVERTY
(Romania)