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Volunteer Highlights: Latin America
To help foster reading and promote along the path of Fundación Leer’s 12th literacy among children and young people, National Literacy Marathon, which took employees helped students and teachers place at the Buenos Aires Zoo. along the path of Fundación Leer’s 13th National Literacy Marathon, which took Two teams helped sort food for the place at the Buenos Aires Zoo. Fundación Banco de Alimentos.
Lexmark’s Argentina office contributed Lexmark’s Argentina office participated to the “Nochebuena para todos” in the “Nochebuena para todos” program (“Christmas Eve for everybody”) Program (“Christmas Eve for everybody”) Argentina to help those less fortunate have a to help those less fortunate have a 2015 special Christmas. The Corporate Social special Christmas. The Corporate Social Employees donated time to help sort Responsibility committee collected food Responsibility committee collected food 1,620 kg of food, which represented 3,240 and monetary donations to fill Christmas and monetary donations to fill Christmas food dishes for the Fundación Banco de boxes with food, Christmas decorations boxes with food, Christmas decorations Alimentos. and gifts for children and parents. The and gifts for children and parents. The team was able to fill six boxes to help local team was able to fill ten boxes to help A sustainability initiative to organize a families. local families. collection of plastic bottle caps, printed pages and keys was undertaken to 2014 Brazil support the Programa de Reciclado de la The Social Corporate Responsibility The Lexmark Brazil office launched a Fundación Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. committee was formed in 2014. winter campaign to collect warm clothing In addition, increased participation and food to assist Casa do Cristo, a local was encouraged by launching an e-mail Employees collected almost $2,000 pesos home for underprivileged children. campaign that included environmental Arg. for individuals affected by a flood. conservation tips. Seed packets were distributed to Lexmark joined the Mapfre Foundation employees to celebrate Earth Day and Lexmark joined the Mapfre Foundation, and a San Jose nursing home for the raise environmental awareness. Mensajeros de la Paz and a San Jose third annual Charitable Companies Day. nursing home for the fourth consecutive Employees helped with gardening and Employees organized an internal Charitable Companies Day. The team outdoor painting, and shared tea with the campaign against dengue fever, providing visited with residents of the nursing home residents. information on how to prevent the and participated in activities such as proliferation of mosquitoes. tea time. Additionally, the team helped A group of employees volunteered with with gardening and outdoor painting. Techo multiple times throughout the year Employees organized an additional day of to visit families living in disadvantaged painting at an elderly care center with the neighborhoods. In addition to spending Mensajeros de la Paz organization. time with the families, they conducted surveys to help Techo define action plans In partnership with Grupo Andando, to support the communities’ needs, such a team of employees organized and as shelter, security, energy, water, road chaperoned an outing for thirty children improvements and education. to visit Tecnopolis. This Argentina-based science, technology, industry and art mega To help foster reading and promote exhibition is the largest in Latin America. literacy among children and young people, employees helped students and teachers GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Our People & Partners // Global Citizenship
Volunteer Highlights: Latin America (cont.)
Chile Employees of the Lexmark Coral Gables The elderly residents of Asilo de Santa office raised environmental awareness at María enjoyed a visit from Lexmark Haulover Beach Park and Marina, which volunteers, who joined them in games and included a painting project and shoreline social activities which included singing cleanup. and dancing.
Also, in partnership with the United Way, Lexmark volunteers and their families a group of employees served food and enjoyed a “Day to Play” with children of visited with residents of the Southwest Albergue Infantil Nuevo Camino shelter, Social Services facility. participating in craft activities, sack races, soccer and jump rope. They also donated Ecuador cleaning materials to the shelter and new Employees partnered with the Protectora Employees in Ecuador provided and used toys to the children. de la Infancia organization and recreational and monetary support for Compuser to organize an electronics indigenous institutions and poor schools. workshop for youth in the region. They also held sustainability workshops for Juarez, Mexico younger children, which were aimed at Lexmark Plant Management Team leaders raising environmental awareness and met with a group of teenagers at Misión responsibility. A monetary donation was con Visión, sharing how they achieved also given to Protectora de la Infancia to their goals in the work environment. They help build a kindergarten in Chile. focused on motivating the group to study, pursue a career, be passionate for what Lexmark joined the Chilean Teletón 2015 they do, work hard and have faith. to help raise funds for the rehabilitation of children with motor disabilities. Lexmark volunteers and their families visited with the residents of Asilo Senecú, Centro de Ayuda Familiar received support Colombia where they shared stories, played lotería, from two teams of Lexmark volunteers. Employees assembled bicycles for and provided spa and beauty sessions for One team focused on painting the front of orphanages. the ladies. The volunteers also donated the shelter facilities, while the other team cleaning products to the home and some played with the children and provided Coral Gables, Florida winter clothing for the residents. them with a craft activity. Additionally, these volunteers donated pantry items to Employees spent time with the children of the shelter. Casa Hogar Santa Clara. They provided several craft activities to help stimulate A group of Lexmark volunteers, family and the children’s creativity. friends joined the girls from the Albergue Santa Clara de Asis shelter for lunch and an afternoon of games and craft activities.
The elderly residents of Asilo Juventud y Senectud enjoyed sharing memories of days past while having breakfast and hot chocolate with Lexmark volunteers. Afterward, they enjoyed music and dancing provided by the volunteers. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Volunteer Highlights: Latin America (cont.)
Lexmark volunteers spent some extra restrooms in the school to make them look More than 50 different native species time lining school books for the girls at like new areas. were donated and planted according to Albergue Casa Eudes. the specific needs of the institute. Lexmark Juarez hosted several activities Volunteers joined the children and to celebrate Earth Month and promote Lexmark employees also benefited from elderly at Casa del Niño y el Anciano for environmental awareness and protection. environmental awareness campaigns that breakfast and socializing. The Juarez Leadership team planted focused on the responsible use of water, a “Sustainability Tree” in a symbolic and on reuse and recycling practices. Casa Hogar Centro Victoria Casa de ceremony to represent the campus’s Jesús welcomed Lexmark volunteers and commitment to environmental protection. Mexico City, Mexico their families with breakfast. Afterward, Lexmark donated kitchen items to the Ser older children enjoyed playing soccer The site provided a vehicle verification Humano foundation, whose mission is and basketball games while the younger service to Lexmark employees to ensure caring for children with HIV. children enjoyed craft activities. their vehicles meet environmental standards. Lexmark hosted a “Kids Day” for children Lexmark employees and their families, of employees and children supported together with parents and teachers of In collaboration with DHL and United Way by Centro de Cirugia IAP, which provides Escuela Primaria Héctor Manuel Muela organizations, Lexmark participated in a cleft lip surgeries. At the celebration, Reyes, painted several classrooms and tree planting event at CONALEP Institute. Lexmark provided a donation of toys to the children.
Local foundations were invited to bring their goods to an onsite bazaar to help raise money for their organizations.
Peru A team of employees from Lexmark Peru and Cesal ONG held an activity to help improve the quality of life of children and youth in Huachipa, Peru. The event provided workshops, motivational talks and recreational activities for the participants.
Puerto Rico Employees participated in a beach cleanup activity.
Venezuela A team of Lexmark employees visited Fundana, an organization providing comprehensive care to children (newborn to six years of age) who are in situations of abuse or neglect. Employees spent time with the children and assisted with other projects.