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Ford Global Week of Caring

Ford employees are working to improve their communities year round, and Ford Global Week of Caring is the highlight of that commitment.

“Global Week is a snapshot of the work Ford volunteers do 52 weeks a year. Creating a better world is a big job, but Ford and its employees are up for the challenge. We're in this for the long haul.”

Germany

Over 100 Ford volunteers worked on nine Global Week projects in Cologne. The projects benefitted Krebelshof, a community and youth center, Freiluga Cologne, an outdoor environmental education center, Gut Leidenhausen, a raptorial birds center and Mittendrin, Altenkirchen, a multi-generation house.

 

Australia

Over 200 Ford volunteers in Victoria, Geelong, Port Melbourne and Melbourne, participated in projects at eleven NGOs including COGA (Community on Ground Assistance), Friends of Westgate Park, Encompass, BacLinks, Salvation Army, Bluebird Foundation, Northern Bay Family Centre, Coastal Moonday Woodland and Boots for All. The projects helped children, elderly and disabled adults, families, communities and the environment.

Philippines

More than 100 Ford volunteers went to work in the Philippines during Ford Global Week 2013. They conducted a medical and dental clinic for the 350 families in the Laguna GK village, entertained and fed men and women who had been abandoned by their families and Finance/IT/Purchasing organized a program for the children in the care of the Augustinian Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary in Tagaytay City.

Brazil

Volunteers in Ford Brazil’s Credit, HR and Taubate Powertrain Operations and Engine Plant helped orphans, teens, elderly citizens and children affected by HIV. They completed a variety of projects at Casa de Idosos Sao Francisco, Vida a Vida Orphanage, Casa de Apoio Amor and Vida and Guarda Mirim.

China

More than 1,700 Ford employees in China conducted 14 projects at several NGOs including NPI, The Amity Foundation, Amity Bakery, the Children’s Hospice Butterfly Home, Sun Village Orphanage, Daorong Nature Conservation Center, several schools and homes and programs for elderly citizens.

In September 2013, more than 12,500 Ford employees, retirees and dealers joined the Ford Volunteer Corps and marched into local communities on six continents to participate in the 8th annual Ford Global Week of Caring. Ford volunteers completed 277 community service projects in 27 countries.

Ford Global Week of Caring is the highlight of a year-round campaign to put Ford’s people power to work improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place. Nonprofit organizations in Europe and the Asia Pacific and Africa region shared more than $225,000 in grants to buy the tools, supplies and materials for their projects. Ford Motor Company Fund also contributed more than $90,000 to support U.S.-based activities.

 

Our Volunteers

Collected a total of 650 kg. of garbage at International Coastal Cleanup Day at the Bay of Patanemo near the Ford Venezuela plant.

Helped build a new library for the students of Koh Thom Primary School in Cambodia.

Repainted and cleaned up the Trankiidat Retirement Home in Guam.

Painted, planted trees, replaced broken tiles, repaired vehicles, installed safety equipment and entertained the residents at Kirtarsh Handicapped and Disabled Children’s Home in Malaysia.

Built a playpump to give children access to clean drinking water in South Africa.

Improved living conditions for the mentally challenged residents of the APASCOVI Foundation by performing building upkeep, site maintenance and support activities in Madrid and Valencia, Spain. 

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