Novartis celebrates 20th annual Community Partnership Day with more than 27,500 associates volunteering in their local communities
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* More than 27,500 Novartis associates worldwide dedicate an estimated
220,000 hours to volunteer with charitable causes in their communities
* Community Partnership Day symbolizes the company's commitment to improving
health and serving its local communities
* 20(th) annual volunteer event organized to commemorate the creation of
Novartis in 1996 and commitment to discover new ways to improve and extend
people's lives
Basel, April 28, 2016 - Today, in celebration of the company's annual Community
Partnership Day, more than 27,500 Novartis associates across 84 countries are
supporting local communities, social institutions and nonprofit organizations
with projects which emphasize the Novartis commitment to social responsibility.
This year marks the 20(th) annual Community Partnership Day, which commemorates
the 1996 creation of Novartis as a global leader in healthcare, and demonstrates
the company's heritage and commitment to discover new ways to improve and extend
people's lives.
Community Partnership Day gives associates the opportunity to dedicate their
work day to volunteer in the local communities where they live and work.
Associates are volunteering with local organizations in six continents and 84
countries, including Switzerland, the United States, Canada, France, Malaysia,
China, Mali, Russia, Slovenia, Taiwan, UAE, Brazil and Finland.
In Switzerland, for example, around 3,400 associates across different sites and
divisions will participate in a range of voluntary activities in family support
centers, assisted living facilities and nursing homes as well as undertaking
excursions with ill and handicapped children.
In the United States, more than 5,000 associates will be volunteering with non-
government organizations in activities ranging from supporting athletes at the
Special Olympics, building low income housing with Habitat for Humanity, blood
donation drives, manual labor for educational and nursing institutions, building
hands-on vegetable gardens for young adults with severe paralysis living in a
facility that offers independent living and packaging of medical supplies for
more than four million people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Other examples of volunteer service as part of this year's Community Partnership
Day include:
* More than 250 associates in Australia will be, among other activities,
supporting Transplant Australia, a national charity representing transplant
recipients, donor families, living donors and all those touched by organ and
tissue donation and transplantation, to help prepare for the Australian
Transplant Games 2016. Associates will also spend their day with the Youth
off the Streets organization supporting local outreach as well as partnering
with the Australian Red Cross to support those suffering from thalassemia.
* In Austria, more than 800 associates will be volunteering in varying
activities across the country. Associates in Vienna are continuing their
long-standing volunteer partnership with Caritas Socialis by taking
wheelchair-bound residents, Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer patients on day
excursions.
* Associates in Bangladesh will volunteer for a local organization which
caters to the need of visually impaired children from underprivileged
backgrounds. Volunteers will help provide health screening services to the
children with the support of in-house doctors and run several storytelling
events with the children.
* In Canada, over 600 associates will be undertaking a wide variety of
activities such as volunteering with a foundation that trains guide dogs to
assist Canadians with a medical or physical disability and donating their
time to several other local community and patient centers.
* In Ireland, more than 150 associates will be partnering with eight local
organizations to support, among others, patients suffering from Multiple
Sclerosis, the carers of children suffering from cancer and stroke victims.
* More than 1,600 associates in Indonesia will participate in a blood donation
drive and health screening activities for their local community. Associates
will also be providing basic health education sessions.
* Associates in Kenya are visiting the pediatric oncology ward at Kenyatta
National Hospital to spend time with children and distribute toys.
Associates will also be exploring home-schooling options for children who
are long-term patients at the hospital.
* Associates in Sweden have partnered up with Vision For All (VFA), an
organization that offers support to people suffering from visual impairments
in developing countries. Volunteers will clean, register and measure glasses
which will be donated to patients in need.
* Associates in Taiwan will be accompanying the blind on a hiking excursion in
the local area.
About Novartis
Novartis provides innovative healthcare solutions that address the evolving
needs of patients and societies. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis
offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines,
eye care and cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals. Novartis is the only global
company with leading positions in these areas. In 2015, the Group achieved net
sales of USD 49.4 billion, while R&D throughout the Group amounted to
approximately USD 8.9 billion (USD 8.7 billion excluding impairment and
amortization charges). Novartis Group companies employ approximately 118,000
full-time-equivalent associates. Novartis products are available in more than
180 countries around the world. For more information, please visit
http://www.novartis.com.
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