LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE Every year, Jotun provides financial support to both international aid organisations and local charities. While donations to global aid organisations are substantial, they represent only a fraction of Jotun’s total annual support for various local charitable causes. In fact, Jotun’s multiple activities in local communities have a greater and more direct and visible impact on people’s lives. These projects, which range from providing paint to schools to supporting orphanages, donating funds to local charities or organising events to raise awareness about health and safety, are generated locally and executed by Jotun employees. A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS Since 2011, Jotun Vietnam has been working with the Que Huong Charity Center in Ho Chi Minh City, a large orphanage with the capacity for 350 children ranging in age from three months to 25 years. Established in 2001 by businesswoman Huynh Tieu Huong, the Center provides food, housing, medical services and support for children seeking an education. In addition to donating paint and application costs to coat a threestorey building, Jotun raises money for the children, among other initiatives. SKILLS TRAINING In South Africa, Jotun works with the Zoë Academy of Skills training centre outside of Cape Town, to help disadvantaged young adults gain the skills to find and keep a job. The centre has about 30 teachers and administrators offering a broad range of courses to individuals seeking to learn a trade, such as plumbing, bricklaying, cooking and basic computer skills. Jotun sponsored nine trainees in 2016. In 2017, the programme will expand to 10 trainees, who will participate in classroom activities and receive 10 days a month of formal, on-the-job training. Examples of other local projects include: • Poland: Jotun provided anti-corrosive paints to maintain and restore historic sites in Gdansk and Warsaw • Oman: Jotun partners with the Dar Al Atta’a Charitable Organisation to provide support for various programmes for the poor • Since 2011, Jotun China has provided financial support to a high school in Tongren County, Tibet. 57 JOTUN AND SOCIETY Jotun sponsors students at the Zoë. Academy of Skills training centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Jotun Group Report 2016
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