Five homes to benefit from corporate voluntary work

The Malta Independent online
18 March 2010


Five homes which offer services to people in challenging circumstances will benefit from voluntary work carried out by five leading organisations on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Day, celebrated annually on 19 March.

This is the ninth year CSR Day is being celebrated in Malta. This year’s participating companies are Deloitte., Gasan Group of Companies, HSBC Bank Malta, Simonds Farsons Cisk and Tumas Group. The five companies are pooling funds and voluntary work to carry out jobs at designated homes for children and adults facing difficult social situations. They will also be supported by members of Junior Chamber International (Malta), the Maltese Association of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of Malta, and employees from the HSBC Call Centre in Swatar.

This year, Deloitte. employees will continue on the sterling work started last year at Aġenzija Appoġġ/Dar Qalb ta’ Ġesù in Sta Venera. The home offers shelter to victims of domestic abuse. Also a family therapy centre, Dar Qalb ta’ Gesù offers preventive and after care to members of society under its responsibility.

Employees of Gasan Group of Companies will be helping out at the Inspire Marsascala (formerly known as Razzett tal-Ħbiberija), while HSBC staff will redecorate the premises at Villa Chelsea, the halfway house for people with mental health problems in Birkirkara, and Arka Foundation in Gozo.

Simonds Farsons Cisk employees will volunteer their day’s work at the Fra Diegu Home in Hamrun for children coming from a difficult background, while Tumas Group staff members will carry out works at the Young People’s Unit in Attard.

“Every company is aware that its success depends on the community where it operates and as responsible corporates we feel it is our duty to support those members of society who are particularly vulnerable, like children coming from difficult backgrounds and adults facing other social problems,” said Doriette Camilleri, on behalf of the CSR Day Organising Committee, which is made up of a representative from each of the participating companies.
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