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The second BBVA employee charity market, in which the bank’s staff bought various products from sales campaigns, raised €47,900 to support the social and labor inclusion of persons at risk of social exclusion in Spain, via the not-for-profit organizations Fundación ADSIS (ADSIS Foundation), Fundación Ared (Ared Foundation) and the Asociación de Caridad San Vicente de Paúl.
Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, his Haitian counterpart, Michel Martelly, and BBVA Bancomer CEO Ignacio Deschamps, among other executives and authorities, inaugurated the social care centers included in the ‘Alianza México por Haití’ project.
BBVA will allocate 1.9 million euros to support 202 charitable projects of the more than 2,600 nominated by its employees throughout Spain. ‘Territorios Solidarios’ is an initiative launched by the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation area in Spain to bring its activity closer to society, involving its employees in allocating resources.
BBVA’s second charity market for staff has opened in Spain, allowing the bank’s staff to acquire various products as part of different sales campaigns.
BBVA Seguros has reimbursed the premium they paid in 2011 to all of its clients who had Home insurance policies with BBVA Seguros and who were evacuated from their houses as a result of the volcanic activity that took place on the El Hierro island over the last months of last year.
How to make a donation to the Caritas with Southeast Asia campaign
Yolanda Martinez, sales director of the East Territory at BBVA, and Francisco Jódar Alonso, Mayor of the Murcian town of Lorca, have signed a partnership agreement whereby the Bank has donated 30 tons of different building materials to the City Council of… Continue reading The East Territory donates 30 tons of building material to Lorca to restore municipal buildings »
Today at the VIP box in Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Iker Casillas, captain of Real Madrid and Spain’s national soccer team presented the 2011 “Partido por la ilusión” charity match, a friendly match between two teams formed by ex-soccer players, artists and famous faces from the music and show world. Alejandro Sanz, David Bustamante, Fernando Hierro and Fabio Cannavaro have confirmed their attendance, which will be preceded by a live music show. All of the money raised will go to projects that create job opportunities for young people at the risk of social exclusion, through the experienced Exit and Tomillo Foundations.
A few days before the 5th BBVA Solidarity Race took place, a very special call was received at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner in Spain. Hodan wanted to know if it would be possible to get a numbered vest… Continue reading HODAN, the Somali refugee who ran for her country in the 5th BBVA Solidarity Race »
The horn of Africa is confronting a grave crisis due to the converging effects of the worst drought in decades
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