Annual Report 2011 - Ford Motor Company

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE
Ford volunteers are the face of Ford in the
community, building on the company’s history of caring
and community service, and getting involved in creating
a better world. Projects in dozens of countries — in
Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas — included a
variety of causes. Some of the projects accomplished
across the globe during this year’s Global Week of
Caring included renovating schools, planting trees
and cleaning up parks by volunteers in South Africa.
Volunteers in China set up a computer lab, sponsored a
school outing and cleaned parks. Volunteers in Kenya
collected clothes and sanitary supplies for impoverished
girls. Ford Germany volunteers donated their time by
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“A business that
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money is a poor
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– Henry Ford
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mentoring teens, repairing playgrounds and helping the
elderly. Volunteers in Brazil collected food and toiletries,
and repaired nursery and social service offices. Orphans
were provided meals, clothing and medical check-ups in
India. More than a thousand Ford employees in the U.S.
installed playground equipment, distributed food,
repaired schools and restored environmentally sensitive
areas. Volunteers in El Salvador and Honduras built
housing. Beaches and forests were cleaned and repairs
to social institutions were the focus in Spain. Any
location where Ford volunteers joined forces, they
definitely made a world of difference.
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1) Members of the Ford Volunteer Corps
work at a Michigan soup kitchen feeding
local needy residents. 2) Ford India
volunteers worked with school children,
organized a play and talked with local
people about environmental awareness.
3) South Korean volunteers went to work
at St. Joseph Village helping ill, disabled
and homeless residents. 4) Ford volunteers
in Brazil renovated a facility for children at
risk and donated baskets of goods for the
institution. 5) Volunteers in South Africa
helped paint, garden and provide juice and
goodie bags at the Le Amogetswe Safe
Home for abandoned children.
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