Final 12 months in June, we launched the GfK Industrial College, an thrilling initiative geared toward onboarding and refreshing our client-facing new joiners’ important business data and abilities. However we needed to take it a step additional. That is why we partnered with an unimaginable international learning-focused charity referred to as “College in a Bag,” which operates in 56 nations worldwide. In the present day, I need to share the wonderful affect we have created because the program’s inception, empowering younger minds and making a distinction by means of the GfK Industrial College and College in a Bag charity partnership.
Making a Distinction: How GfK’s Industrial College Offers Again to Deprived Kids
At GfK, we have all the time been dedicated to offering studying alternatives for all. So, as an alternative of giving the same old disposable presents to our Industrial College members, we determined to do one thing extra significant. We got here up with a singular concept that not solely rewards our members but additionally advantages others in want.
According to our philosophy, for each participant who goes by means of the Industrial College program, GfK donates to the charity College in a Bag. Based by Luke Simon in 2005, after he misplaced his brother within the Boxing Day tsunami, the charity holds a particular connection to our firm. In 2004, we tragically misplaced a board member within the tsunami and subsequently raised funds for the local people. College in a Bag has been making a major distinction by delivering over 142,000 baggage to deprived kids in 56 nations worldwide.
Sustainability and Training: GfK and College in a Bag Repurpose Waste for a Higher Trigger
What’s inside these baggage, you ask? Every bag is rigorously full of important objects that allow these kids to put in writing, draw, colour, calculate, specific themselves, and even take pleasure in a meal. It is all about creating an setting the place they’ll study and thrive.
The primary beneficiaries of the College in a Bag initiative have been 200 kids attending Ayikuma Memorial M.A. Fundamental College in Balagonor, Ghana. However our assist continues past there. In Ghana, College in a Bag collaborated with one other native associate referred to as Trashy Baggage. This inspiring group produces baggage from discarded plastic waste, using over 40 locals to gather, clear, and sew the plastic trash into modern, useful baggage and different merchandise.
Since then, we have continued to make a distinction. The following batch of 100 GfK baggage has been distributed to highschool kids within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with one other 100 baggage quickly to make their solution to the Philippines. As the most recent wave of our Industrial College program involves an in depth, we’re thrilled to announce that GfK will fund a further 203 baggage for recipients in Mongolia.
Empowering Younger Minds for a Brighter Future
Collectively, we empower younger minds and supply them with the instruments they should succeed. Our collaboration with College in a Bag not solely helps training but additionally creates sustainable options by repurposing waste. It is a testomony to GfK’s dedication to positively impacting the world round us.
So, let’s proceed this unimaginable journey collectively. Via the GfK Industrial College, we’re shaping not solely the way forward for our firm but additionally the lives of kids who deserve an opportunity to study and develop. Keep tuned for extra inspiring tales and updates as we work hand in hand with College in a Bag to make a distinction, one bag at a time.
We might be the shapers of tomorrow, collectively.
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