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Corporate Citizenship
PROMOTING ACCESS
TO HEALTHCARE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
PORTO REAL FOUNDATION
IN BRAZIL
The Porto Real production plant in Rio
state supports a foundation that leads
development projects for the poor
districts of the city of Porto Real
(13,000 inhabitants). In particular, the
plant sponsors a medical team that
provides healthcare to 600 families.
This team, whose salaries, equipment
and management costs are borne by
the plant, comprises six doctors,
nurses and social assistants. It
provides medical and nursing care
to the needy, and surveys and tracks
health and social conditions in a city
neighborhood.
CLOSE RELATIONS WITH
NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES
In addition to initiatives promoting
mobility for all and enhanced road safety,
PSA Peugeot Citroën also works closely
with its host communities. Attentive to
their needs, the Group tailors support to
each individual situation, investing in local
development and deploying measures in
favor of jobs for the disadvantaged.
SUPPORTING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
The Group’s manufacturing plants and
marketing subsidiaries interact with local
stakeholders in the major host regions.
• Meeting an array of needs
These initiatives take the form of
partnerships, as in Brazil with the Porto
Real Foundation, which works in poor
districts of the city, and the Confiar
Foundation, which provides food and
education for children in the city of
Resende. They also include aid for broader
groups of local organizations, as in
Argentina, where the PSA Peugeot Citroën
production plant supports a number of
schools and associations through regular
donations of materials. The Vigo plant,
particularly concerned by the oil spill that
followed the sinking of the Prestige off the
Galician coast, provided volunteers with
more than 10,000 protective suits and is
now working with local authorities on
long-term programs.
• Developing technical expertise
Peugeot Citroën also cooperates with the
French Ministry of Education through a
national and international partnership that
involves the Group’s production facilities
and regional marketing departments.
The related programs enable young
people to discover the working world
and to broaden their knowledge, while
teachers can track technological
developments and determine what
training and equipment are best suited
to preparing students for employment.
Since 1999, this partnership has been
extended to other countries, with the
opening of automotive maintenance
training centers in China, Brazil and Mexico
in cooperation with local school systems.
The centers also train teachers, using
equipment and know-how donated by
the Group. Other projects are under study
for 2003.
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