Over the last seven years, thousands of Ford employees on six continents have joined together to provide useful support for the benefit of local communities. In 2011, more than 12,000 Ford volunteers touch the lives of 1.5 million people through community service projects from Africa to Asia, and Europe to America.
In the Asia Pacific and Africa alone, 4,000 Ford employees contributed approximately 20,000 hours of volunteer work to help the community.
"Ford Global Week of Caring provides a great opportunity for our employees, dealers and partners to work together and help make a difference for people,".
This year, more than 25 nonprofit organizations in the Asia Pacific, from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, to South Africa, will share for the first time grants totaling more than $ 90,000 for equipment and supplies needed by volunteers in completing their projects.
Another grant of U.S. $ 60,000 grant will be distributed to dozens of nonprofit organizations in 17 states in the United States for a variety of projects, including projects with the UAW in building a nursery for a school in Detroit.
EMPLOYEES of Ford across the Asia Pacific and Africa region, will be part of the 12,000 troops and retired Ford employees around the world to carry out community projects in six continents in the framework of the Global Week of Caring seventh annual Ford.
Ranging from 8 to 16 September, employee volunteers of Ford in Asia Pacific and Africa will work together to bring the hammer, shovel and brush to tackle community projects in 11 markets across the region.
They will improve schools in Australia, plant a garden in South Africa, held a rally of anti-garbage in India, uses interactive games to teach children about environmental protection in China, building a community water project in the Philippines and Thailand, helping spinal cord injury in Taiwan , donated books and sports equipment to a local school in New Zealand, to clean up Mount Fuji in Japan.
These projects will be expanded and continued for several months.
This new equipment will help to provide access to clean water sources that can be relied upon to the community that consists of 5051 households.
The volunteers will also paint the place of learning communities that provide Kiara Umbrella better learning environment for children and adults.
"Around the world, Ford employees have built a reputation for making a difference with a mighty hand and open heart," said Jim Vella, president of Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services.
"We now have the momentum and resources to begin taking the next steps in creating a global vision of our volunteer activities throughout the year."
