Citi Philippines’ Annual Global Community Day (GCD)
More
than 5,000 Citi Philippines employees, with their families and friends, marked recently
the bank’s annual Global Community Day (GCD) by doing various service
activities in their local communities.
“Citi
is committed to making a positive difference in the Philippines. Participation
in our Global Community Day continues to grow every year and I’m proud to
volunteer alongside more than 5,000 of my colleagues and members of their
families,” said Citi Philippines chief executive officer Aftab Ahmed.
This
year, GCD volunteers took part in Brigada Eskwela, an annual project of the Department
of Education to prepare public schools for a new school year. In five days,
Citi volunteers painted classroom desks and chairs, cleaned schools, brought
plants and refurbished textbooks. They also helped build and paint 10 homes and
prepare for planting lots in Cavite; conducted workshops on career readiness,
finance and legal matters; donated clothes and toys and showed a movie for
street children; and took part in the Freedom Walk to raise awareness of and
respect for people with disabilities.
This
year’s GCD partners were the Philippine Business for Social Progress, Gawad
Kalinga, Bayan Academy, ChildHope Philippines, Habitat for Humanity, GMA Kapuso
Foundation, World Vision Foundation and the Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation
of the Disabled.
Globally,
more than 100,000 Citi volunteers from over 450 cities across 90 countries and
territories participated in 1,400 service projects helping to address a range
of community needs. Citi has contributed nearly four million hours of service
to GCD projects in hundreds of cities since the initiative was launched in
2006.
To
learn more about Citi’s citizenship efforts across the globe and to review the
2017 Global Citizenship Report, visit http://citizenship.citigroup.com.
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