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Guy POUPET
Săptămâna Solidarităţii reprezintă, mai mult decât o acţiune de responsabilitate corporatistă, un prilej de reflecţie. Este ocazia care ni se oferă de a reevalua poziţia pe care o bancă – punct de observaţie privilegiat al mediului economic şi social – trebuie să o aibă faţă de nevoile comunităţii.
Pentru că acţiunile unei organizaţii responsabile înseamnă mult mai mult atunci când fiecare angajat se implică, valoarea noastră înseamnă exact suma acţiunilor fiecăruia dintre noi.
Anul trecut am demonstrat că suntem implicaţi şi am donat 5.500 de ore de voluntariat în beneficiul UNICEF. 50.000 de euro au fost strânşi de la clienţii noştri şi investiţi în programe care previn abandonul şcolar.
A fost o victorie a echipei BRD, pe care o vom repeta şi în acest an, în care avem mare nevoie de solidaritate. Este modul în care ne dovedim ataşamentul faţă de valorile comunităţii şi facem ca deviza noastră „Investim în educaţie şi talent” să devină realitate.
Vă invit pe toţi ca, în Săptămâna Solidarităţii, să ne aducem, fiecare în felul său, contribuţia la construirea unei lumi mai bune.
Pentru că efortul nostru contează.
Citizen Commitment Week is more than a corporate responsibility action, it is an occasion for thought. It is the chance we are given to reassess the position that a bank – a privileged point of observation of the economic and social environment – must have with regard to the needs of the community.
Because the actions of a responsible organisation mean much more when each employee gets involved, our value is precisely the sum of the actions of each of us.
Last year we proved our implication and donated 5,500 hours of voluntary work to the benefit of UNICEF. EUR 50,000 were collected from our clients and invested in programs that prevent school abandonment.
It was a victory for the BRD team, a victory we will repeat this year, when we badly need solidarity. It is the way we prove our attachment to the community values and make our motto - “We invest in education and talent” - come true.
I invite you all to bring, during this Citizen Commitment Week, your own contribution to building a better world.
Because our effort matters
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A day at the Museeum
On June 17 -18, a team of 19 BRD volunteers paired up with 19 children from Ovidiu Rom’s After School program in Sector 5 to explore Bucharest’s Village Museum. The children were particularly curious about an old peasant hut, which was built partly underground and covered with reeds. One child wanted to know who “used to live there”. Both the children and the volunteers enjoyed picking cherries from a tree along the path!
One volunteer noted, “Wow, these children just need someone to stimulate their minds!”
BRD provided a picnic lunch, after which each child was presented with a classic children’s book, Aventurile lui Habarnam, by Nikolai Nosov. In pairs, volunteers and children sat in a circle and took turns reading out loud from the book. Cristi, a second grader who finished the year at the top of his class, proudly read the first lines.
When it was time to say goodbye, the BRD volunteers had one more gift: new backpacks. The children immediately tried them on for good measure and some even wore them for the rest of the bus ride home!
The After School Program takes place in Scoala 147, located in one of the poorest areas of Bucharest.
The future begins at school
In Romania, 2 children out of 10 drop out school before the age of 14.
Our main mission during CCW was to collect funds from our customers for a UNICEF national program called “The future begins at school” with the ambition to reduce the percentage of children who drop out school.
More than 4,000 employees were engaged in this campaign, wearing UNICEF badges and promoting this program and the importance for every child to finish school.
Some say "sky is the limit" in doing something bold. But in BRD we say "heart is the limit” for this Citizen Commitment Week.
Vernisajul Expozitiei " Tinere Talente"
In data de 9 iunie de la ora 18.00 are loc vernisajul expozitiei bursierilor Fundatiei Principesa Margareta a Romaniei.
Expozitia este gazduita in sediul central al BRD si marcheaza inceputul Saptamanii Solidaritatii.
10 tineri din programul "Tinere talente" isi expun cele mai frumoase lucrari de pictura, grafica, fotografie, multimedia.
3 tineri muzicieni vor oferi angajatilor BRD un mini concert de pian, voce si vioara.
Evenimentul are ca scop promovarea tinerelor valori din programul Fundatiei Principesa Margareta dar si strangerea de fonduri pentru sprijinirea artisitilor.
Programul Tinere Talente este sprijinit de BRD in calitate de Partener Principal, din anul 2009.
Incepand cu 2010, programul va fi finantat si de angajatii BRD, prin programul de donatii salariale " Schimba un destin. Da valoare unei vieti".