AlpAtlas is an NGO set up in Lausanne in 2004. It aims to fight against poverty by enabling the poor to develop their strengths and potential to take charge of their destiny. Thank you Alexandre Stauffer, David Luthi, Yonathan Rajczyk, Sebastien Berra, Federico Eckert, Bernard Bahler and Hakim Yakia Cherif.
One of those events that bring a lump to your throat. Following on from a ground breaking Christmas activity with Simpson's Hospital - a residential hospice for elderly men, a team of SR's based in Dublin took a group out to the zoo.
This summer salesforce.com UK had a wonderful opportunity to get involved with The Elephant Family - a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness and funds for the plight of the Asian Elephant. We were the corporate sponsors of the event and supplied scores of volunteers to coat the 260 artist/designer painted elephants with anti-grafitti resin as well as being involved with installation of these elephants throughout London.
Lisa Hutt, Senior Director for Event Marketing, spent the day at Berger Primary School in the deprived area of Tower Hamlets. The children set up their own card business (making the cards themselves) and Lisa shared insight on how to best market them.
Isabel Kelly, International Director and Rie Endo, Japan Manager of
Salesforce.com Foundation were invited to speak on 1/1/1 model at an open
seminar 'CSR in Social Design' at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.