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Among others, the Atresmedia volunteers have participated in the following projects:
Supporting the Santa María Josefa
soup kitchen
Once again this year, Atresmedia
volunteers have collaborated with the
Santa María Josefa de Vallecas soup
kitchen in Madrid. For three days, the
employees helped to prepare the food,
serve it and clean up. Their contribution
allowed food to be served to more than
700 people every day. Atresmediahas
also donated €1,000 for the running of
the soup kitchen
International volunteering:
Un maestro, una vida
(One teacher, one life)
Four Atresmedia volunteers travelled
to Atalaya, Peru for three weeks in
August on behalf of the NGO Cesal to
participate in the 'One teacher, one life'
project, aimed at promoting education
for the indigenous people of the
Amazon rainforest. The volunteers told
of their experience in the Peru Express
blog
Día Solidario de las Empresas
(Company Solidarity Day)
Atresmedia, together with the NGO
Cooperación Internacional, organised
the 9th edition of Día Solidario de las
Empresas which was simultaneously
held in 10 Spanish cities for the first
time. Around 1,000 volunteers from
44 companies took part in different
social projects run by 65 non-profit
organisations, benefiting different
groups at risk of social exclusion such
as people with a disability or those
without a home, the elderly, sick children
or those in the process of inclusion. 19
employees from Atresmedia took part
in this initiative, spending time with the
elderly, renovating homes or making
calendars with disabled people.
viviendas o elaborando calendarios con
personas con discapacidad.
Te invito a cenar (I invite you to
dinner), charity Christmas dinner
16 volunteers from the Group have taken
part, as kitchen staff or waiters, in the
'Te invito a cenar” project, an initiative
promoted by various social associations
that work with groups suffering social
exclusion. This consisted of inviting
more than 800 disadvantaged people
to dinner on Christmas Day. Atresmedia
also sponsored one of the guest tables.
Volunteering for the Menudos
Corazones Foundation
From 12th to 29th of July, two
Atresmedia volunteers took part in
a summer camp for children aged
between 7 and 14 with congenital heart
disease.
Comparte y Recicla
(Share and Recycle)
Four Atresmedia volunteers formed
part of the “Comparte y Recicla” charity
initiative, whose main objective is to
ensure that children from families in a
situation of social exclusion can have a
toy next Christmas. In total they received
more than 5,000 toys.
'Operation Kilo'
for the Food Bank
Volunteers from Atresmedia helped the
Food Bank in its 2015 campaigns, both
raising awareness among hypermarket
customers about the importance
of contributing to these initiatives
and sorting the food donated. In
December Atresmedia also organised
an "Operation Kilo" at the Company's
facilities, in which the Group's volunteers
helped to collect and sort the donations
from the employees. The campaign
managed to collect more than 600 kilos
of food.
Further information on “Activa tu voluntad” initiative on
Further information on Atresmedia Corporate Volunteering
Programme
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